EgonSpengler
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TIL the younger T'Chaka in the prologue of Black Panther was played by Atandwa Kani, John Kani's son.
I looked him up because of Kevin Feige's comment that more prequels could be on the table for the MCU. I don't think he was announcing anything, he was just saying that prequels aren't out of the question, especially if Black Widow is well received. Naturally, the first three things that came into my head were The Invaders; the original Ant-Man & The Wasp; and a Black Panther prequel featuring one of T'Challa's predecessors/ancestors. I feel like I must've mentioned those before.
With decades and centuries of sometimes-turbulent history to choose from, I was thinking post-Colonial Africa of the early 1960s could be an intriguing setting for a Black Panther story. According to Wikipedia, thirteen African countries declared independence from France in 1960 (9 of them in August alone). And then there was the "Congo Crisis." It's some interesting reading, even if you just want to browse the Wikipedia entries. I don't know if the MCU wants to involve its stories in real-world historical events too closely, but I see no reason they couldn't invent another fictional country. That period was so tumultuous, they could say that the fictional country in question later became part of another, real country and doesn't exist anymore. And if you wanted to weave in some existing MCU history, what are the odds that Hydra wouldn't try to take advantage of the chaos? John Boyega as T'Challa's grandfather in hand-to-hand with The Winter Soldier? They could continue to play up the super-spy aspect with some kind of homage to Dr. No-era James Bond. Imagine a scene where a Desmond Llewelyn lookalike gives the main character a Walther PPK, but he hands it back. "You better hang onto that. I won't need it." Maybe that's too obscure?
I looked him up because of Kevin Feige's comment that more prequels could be on the table for the MCU. I don't think he was announcing anything, he was just saying that prequels aren't out of the question, especially if Black Widow is well received. Naturally, the first three things that came into my head were The Invaders; the original Ant-Man & The Wasp; and a Black Panther prequel featuring one of T'Challa's predecessors/ancestors. I feel like I must've mentioned those before.
With decades and centuries of sometimes-turbulent history to choose from, I was thinking post-Colonial Africa of the early 1960s could be an intriguing setting for a Black Panther story. According to Wikipedia, thirteen African countries declared independence from France in 1960 (9 of them in August alone). And then there was the "Congo Crisis." It's some interesting reading, even if you just want to browse the Wikipedia entries. I don't know if the MCU wants to involve its stories in real-world historical events too closely, but I see no reason they couldn't invent another fictional country. That period was so tumultuous, they could say that the fictional country in question later became part of another, real country and doesn't exist anymore. And if you wanted to weave in some existing MCU history, what are the odds that Hydra wouldn't try to take advantage of the chaos? John Boyega as T'Challa's grandfather in hand-to-hand with The Winter Soldier? They could continue to play up the super-spy aspect with some kind of homage to Dr. No-era James Bond. Imagine a scene where a Desmond Llewelyn lookalike gives the main character a Walther PPK, but he hands it back. "You better hang onto that. I won't need it." Maybe that's too obscure?
). I tend to just disregard that silliness (although I guess its technically canon) and go with Superman not being fast enough to time travel, therefore making Flash faster.
