Panther or Luke Cage? | Movie News
With all the attention being given to the A-listers, it seems like Marvel's second-string comic characters have been getting the shaft. Guys like BLACK PANTHER and LUKE CAGE have thus far been denied the big-screen treatment, as The Man has clearly kept them down.
Not for much longer, if John Singleton has anything to say about it. He's been attached to CAGE for years (possibly with actor/singer and robot-fighter Tyrese Gibson) but hasn't been able to get the bulletproof brawler a fair shake. And now the 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS director tells Blackfilm he might try to help T'Challa to screens as well: "There is a race to see if I'm going to do 'Luke Cage' first or 'Black Panther'. I really wanted to do both of those pictures. I've always been a fan of Marvel comics, so it depends. I can do 'Cage' or 'Black Panther'. I've just been approached about doing 'Black Panther'."
Singleton also says that CAGE has a script but is battling Hollywood's perception that the self-proclaimed Hero for Hire would be a "small superhero movie". Which it sort of should be -- a more grounded and gritty ghetto savior (or the politician/crimefighter dynamic of PANTHER) might be a welcome antidote to some of the brainless bigger-scale superhero flicks.Source: Blackfilm
Extra Tidbit: Wesley Snipes tried for ten years to get a BLACK PANTHER movie made. Snipes can currently be seen filling the bottom shelf of video stores.
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Better yet, do either but base him on Corey Booker from the jaw-dropping documentary 'Street Fight' about NJ's currupt political machine and the dude who stood up to it and it's evil leader, Sharpe James.
I'd pay to see that.
Better yet, do either but base him on Corey Booker from the jaw-dropping documentary 'Street Fight' about NJ's currupt political machine and the dude who stood up to it and it's evil leader, Sharpe James.
I'd pay to see that.
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"Singleton also says that CAGE has a script but is battling Hollywood's perception that the self-proclaimed Hero for Hire would be a "small superhero movie". Which it sort of should be -- a more grounded and gritty ghetto savior.."
Well, as a 32 year old black-American working towards a film career, I hope we don't see another 'ghetto' film...
I hope to see a
"Singleton also says that CAGE has a script but is battling Hollywood's perception that the self-proclaimed Hero for Hire would be a "small superhero movie". Which it sort of should be -- a more grounded and gritty ghetto savior.."
Well, as a 32 year old black-American working towards a film career, I hope we don't see another 'ghetto' film...
I hope to see a re-imagining of a superhero who happens to be black, that appeals to people all across the color spectrum...
Singleton did 'okay' with '2 Fast 2 Furious' (a guilty pleasure film) although 'Shaft' was a HUUUUGE letdown.
Here is hoping that either Luke Cage or Black Panther gets a strong script, and Singleton can come up...
And, how about having Devon Aoki(from '2 Fast 2 Furious' show up as the hot Asian-American love interest for Luke Cage?)
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Ouch. But I loved it. I really don't care for Snipes at all.
Ouch. But I loved it. I really don't care for Snipes at all.