Out of all the Marvel Heroes, Black Panther is easily one of the most interesting and coolest character around and many fans are eager for a theatrical release. I'm going to list a few reasons why Marvel would be smart to add BP into Phase 3.
1. He has a Interesting story -
Black Panther's origin story is very cool, he has a very troubled childhood which leads him into ritual trials in Wakanda in which he defeats his Uncle (The existing Black Panther) in which becomes linked to Panther God Bast. Once he becomes king he turns his country into a high tech wonderland! This origin story is a great story and Marvel needs a new fresh story to play with. If they don't even go with an origin story and jump into Black Panther as he may be already established. (see more on point 4.)
2. He would be the first Black Superhero in Marvel's Cinematic Universe -
Ok, so Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) is a part of Marvel's Cinematic Universe but he isn't around a lot. Adding T'Challa to the Universe finally brings a different Culture into play, look at the Avengers so far they are all of similar ethnic backgrounds, if Marvel start bringing in new ethnics like Black Panther it will look great for Marvel showing they aren't afraid to have all types of superheroes. Face it, the world is afraid of stereotyping and being racist on films, Ironman 3 (SPOILERS) stopped Ben Kingsley's Mandarin (an Asian ethic) being the Villain and instead made Guy Pierce's Killian the bad guy, are Marvel afraid of stereotyping? Well how about having a African superhero! That will give confidence to many other films to start including different ethnic cultures without fear of backlash.
3. He is the Batman of the Marvel Universe -
Black Panther has very similar qualities to Batman, his Mother died at childbirth and his father is murdered, sound familiar? then T'Challa becomes king and uses his money to create advanced technology. Hell, his suit even looks like Batman's!! Batman is one of the most popular characters around, if Marvel have someone who has that similar vibe that may attract audiences, also it may keep fanboys who want another Batman film happy.
4. He would make a cool addition to The Avengers -
Black Panther would add some diversity in more ways than one, he is a great fighter and is quite brutal which means he would do well in the action scenes and would stand well with someone like Hulk or Captain America, also with Robert Downey only signing to Avengers 2 and 3, Ironman's addition in Avengers will decrease and with additions of new characters more than likely in each Avengers film, Black Panther could get his first onscreen appearance in Avengers 2 and set up a film afterwards.
5. There are some very underrated actors who could bring T'Challa to life -
Forums are constantly throwing names around to play T'Challa and even lately there are news reports of names been dropped for the role. To name a few of the fan favourite are those like Michael Jai White, Aldis Hodge, Idris Elba and many more. I am on the side of having a lesser known actor play T'Challa and a person favourite for me is Mahershala Ali who played Mombasa in 2010's Predators.
Honestly If a Black Panther Film was announced for Phase 3 along with Ant-Man and Doctor Strange, I would say Phase 3 could be something very special indeed.
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