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Marvel said to be eyeing Ryan Coogler to direct Black Panther

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It appears Marvel Studios wants to bet on a black director to bring to life their iconic Black Panther superhero. Months after Selma director Ava Duvernay passed on the project, Marvel is now rumored to be eyeing Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler to helm the film, according to Heroic Hollywood.

Black Panther will be Marvel’s first film featuring a black superhero as the title character. The film studio seems to understand the historical significance of the character. The Black Panther was perhaps the first black mainstream comic book superhero when he was created in 1966. His alter-ego is an African king named T’Challa who rules the fictitious nation of Wakaanda, that is also suppose to be one of the world’s most technologically advanced in the Marvel Universe.

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Chadwick Boseman to star as ‘Black Panther’ superhero flick

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Chadwick Boseman attends the 'Get On Up' Opening Film and Opening Ceremony of the Zurich Film Festival 2014 on September 25, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for ZFF)
Chadwick Boseman attends the ‘Get On Up’ Opening Film and Opening Ceremony of the Zurich Film Festival 2014 on September 25, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for ZFF)

 

 

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Chadwick Boseman has been cast as the Black Panther in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther film, slated for release in November 2017.

This marks the first time a black actor will play the solo lead in one of Marvel’s superhero blockbusters, with Boseman set to star as T’Challa, leader of the fictional country of Wakanda.

It was also reported that Boseman’s character would play a major role in the upcoming 2016 film Captain America 3, which has been announced as Captain America: Civil War.

The 37-year-old Boseman is coming off two performances in which he portrayed legends—first appearing as Jackie Robinson in the biopic 42, and later starring as James Brown in Get on Up.

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Greek ‘Black Panthers’ Warn Racist Gangs: ‘Don’t Mess With Black People’

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by D.L. Chandler, NewsOne

 group of Black and immigrant Greeks have banded together to form a self-defense group to counter the attacks of a gang that targets citizens of color in the country. Nicknamed the “Black Panthers,” the group uses cell phones, social media, and neighborhood patrols to record any activity perceived as a threat from the far-right neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party.

Regarding the massive economic crisis in Greece, the Golden Dawn Party has risen in power and blame immigrants for the high unemployment and crime. According to reports, more than 150 hate-fueled attacks occurred over the past year alone. Michael Chege (pictured), a 28-year-old of Kenyan descent, told Britain’s Channel 4 that he and his Black Panthers are taking on the Golden Dawn faction without fear.

“You cannot be living your life in fear because of some stupid neo-Nazi group,” said Chege to Channel 4 reporter Jamal Osman. “In WW2, they were crushed. In WW3, we will exterminate them out of the face of the earth.”

Chege added, “And me personally? I am a member of the Black Panthers and everybody knows that. And I am giving them [Golden Dawn] a straight warning –  don’t mess with Black people, anyhow.”

Chege said he has warred with the Golden Dawn 10 times in a “kill or be killed” battle in his words. Osman asked if the encounters with the gangs are random, to which he replied, “They mostly target Black people.”

Even more shocking? According to Chege, the police do not intervene in hate crimes because they secretly support Golden Dawn.

Watch Chege discuss being a Black Panther and fighting the Golden Dawn here:

 

Channel 4 also showed that immigrants are seized and searched far more than native Greeks — even when Greeks are seen openly using drugs.

Native Greeks feel that the 3 million immigrants who land in Greece on their way to the richer countries in Greater Europe are sucking the country dry. One Golden Dawn supporter said he’d turn the immigrants “into soap” before insultingly saying the soap would give him a rash. The same man even threatened to make lamps of their skin shortly after.

However, Chege welcomes the challenge of stopping Golden Dawn in their tracks.

“They want to try what Hitler did, let them try it,” said a defiant Chege, a trained martial artist. “They will have the same fate and even worse.”