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\"28635045805_a6a328b34e_b<\/a>It is not often that a movie is surrounded by so much hype before it is even released. Marvel\u2019s \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d however, has been discussed almost non-stop since it was announced in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack Panther\u201d is the eighteenth movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is directed by Ryan Coogler with Coogler and Joe Robert Cole writing the screenplay. The film takes place shortly after the events of the blockbuster \u201cCaptain America: Civil War,\u201d and the story centers on the young king of Wakanda, T\u2019Challa, who takes the throne after his father\u2019s death in \u201cCivil War.\u201d As no tale of royalty is complete without palace intrigue, T\u2019Challa faces an old enemy who seeks to challenge T\u2019Challa\u2019s claim to the throne. T\u2019Challa, his younger sisterand the elite female warriors of the Dora Milaje must work together to prevent a world war.<\/p>\n

The movie has been hailed as a cultural milestone almost since its inception. \u201cBlack Panther\u201d has an almost all-black cast and is set in the fictional country of Wakanda, an advanced but ruthlessly isolationist African country. The film stars Chadwick Boseman as T\u2019Challa, whose alter ego is the titular Black Panther. He is joined by Michael B. Jordan who plays Killmonger, Danai Gurira as the leader of the Dora Milage and Letitia Wright as T\u2019Challa\u2019s younger sister and genius level inventor, Shuri.<\/p>\n

The cast and crew alike have been outspoken about the role in culture that they hope the film will hold. \u201cIt couldn\u2019t have been done on a bigger level,\u201d said Jordan. \u201cIf Marvel is behind it, then it\u2019s got to be okay. Moving forward, everybody\u2019s going to start to have the courage to tell bold stories that people didn\u2019t think were lucrative, didn\u2019t think that anybody wanted to see. All of that, I feel, is getting ready to dissolve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gurira agreed. \u201cI\u2019ve had a passion for telling African stories for a really long time, being American-born and Zimbabwe-raised. That biculturalism is something that I try to address in my work as a playwright, but nothing can address it like a Marvel movie,\u201d she said. \u201cI had a childlike glee after my meeting with Ryan. I kind of floated around, found my car somehow. You think you\u2019re alone in the struggle until you meet someone and then you think, \u2018Oh, wow, we\u2019re all in it together? And y\u2019all are doing this already? And I just have to be in it?\u2019 It was just so beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack Panther\u201d opens on Thursday, February 18, 2018, and ticket pre-sales are already off the charts. The film is facing a lot of pressure from excited fans, and Marvel\u2019s past success have set a high bar. The studio has risen to the challenge before, however, and one can only hope they do so again.<\/p>\n

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