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'Black Panther 3': Denzel Washington Teases Mystery Role In Ryan Coogler's MCU Sequel
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‘Black Panther 3’: Denzel Washington Teases Mystery Role In Ryan Coogler’s MCU Sequel

While “Black Panther 3” has yet to be officially announced by writer/director Ryan Coogler, Marvel Studios, or Disney, the cat is seemingly out of the bag thanks to Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington. During his promotion of “Gladiator II” in Australia, Washington told an interviewer on “Today” (See video clip below) about his limited upcoming projects, which included a role in Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther 3.”

However, Washington stopped short of discussing what that part might be and whether it would be villainous or heroic. The role will certainly be thrown into the rumor mill until Marvel Studios officially announces what this might be. But it doesn’t look like that Dormmamu rumor will hold up anytime soon.

Btw, Wakanda is no longer just a futuristic african nation in the comics, it's an intergalactic empire now : r/TwoBestFriendsPlay

We’re still in the dark about what “Black Panther 3” could be about as Shuri, after defeating Namor, has left the throne to M’Baku and has discovered that T’Challa has a secret son with Naika. Could we see the ancestorial plane become a realm that can be traveled to, going to war with Doctor Doom, or the expansion of Wakanda into outer space via The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda? Perhaps.

“Black Panther 3” had long been assumed as a project yet to be announced by the studio, and Washington’s comments certainly add fuel to them potentially having to announce those plans earlier than they would have wanted to. Of course, Coogler hasn’t made his live-action plans for the MCU public and recently reunited with Michael B. Jordan for the period vampire flick “Sinners.”

The last installment, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” saw his “Malcolm X” co-star Angela Bassett nab a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role as the matriarch of Wakanda’s royal family, which could potentially have something to do with Washington attaching himself to the project this early.

At one point, folks like myself mused about the potential of having Washington play Kang Prime after Jonathan Majors was fired from the role and “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” was reconfigured into “Avengers: Doomsday” with Robert Downey Jr. playing Victor von Doom.

You can watch that interview segment below.

SOURCE: TODAY

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Four Mystery Marvel Studios Movies Set For Release In 2024

Yesterday, Disney announced four new release dates for untitled Marvel Studios feature films in 2024. Those spots being etched-out for February, May, July, and November.

There are now seven release dates on the schedule for unnamed projects that will likely be named at the next big Marvel Studios presentation something that is likely around the corner.

However, we have an idea what at least four of those options might be with Jon Watts’ Fantastic Four reboot, Bassam Tariq’s Blade reboot, Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool 3, and Anthony Mackie’s Captain America 4 at various stages of development.

Below is a rundown of the current Marvel Studios schedule for films between 2021 to 2024.

  • ETERNALS – November 5, 2021
  • SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME – December 17, 2021
  • DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS – March 25, 2021
  • THOR: LOVE & THUNDER – May 6, 2022
  • BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – July 8, 2022
  • THE MARVELS – November 11, 2022
  • ANT-MAN & THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA – February 17, 2023
  • GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 – May 5, 2023
  • TBA – July 28, 2023
  • TBA – October 6, 2023
  • TBA – November 10, 2023
  • TBA – February 16, 2024
  • TBA – May 3, 2024
  • TBA – July 26, 2024
  • TBA – November 8, 2024
  • FANTASTIC FOUR (DIRECTOR JON WATTS) – TBA
  • BLADE (DIRECTOR BASSAM TARIQ) – TBA
  • DEADPOOL 3 – TBA
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA 4 – TBA
  • X-MEN – TBA

We could easily theorize that some other options might include their X-Men reboot, Shang-Chi 2, Eternals 2, Black Widow 2 (focusing on Yelena Belova), Avengers 5, Secret Wars, Spider-Man 4 (if Sony and Disney can expand their deal), Black Panther 3, Ant-Man 4, Doctor Strange 3, Thor 5, and Young Avengers.

Some other projects I’d love to see be considered for the film side such as Squadron Supreme, Captain Carter, Black Knight, The Invaders, Nova, Adam Warlock, Alpha Flight, Agents of Atlas, Namor (if they’re able to make it), Ka-Zar, Killraven, and Red Wolf.

As mentioned above, we’re likely on the cusp of a new Marvel Studios presentation that will likely give us an idea of what else is coming to both Disney+ (Disney+ Day in November) and the big screen in the future.

SOURCE: DISNEY

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Michael B. Jordan Admits He “Bombed” His ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Audition & Still Open To Reprise ‘Black Panther’ Villain Erik Killmonger

Michael B. Jordan is certainly is a different place in his career after two installments of Creed with a third on the way as he’ll make his feature film directorial debut on Creed III. He also got Marvel redemption after playing Johnny Storm in Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot only to play the complex villain Erik Killmonger in Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther.

Jordan is attempting to launch another franchise with Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, set directly within the Jack Ryan universe and is attached to reprise his role in a Rainbow Six movie based on the Clancy novel. The new action film is currently playing on Amazon Prime Video and the actor is making the press rounds to promote it.

While speaking on the Variety podcast Just For Variety with Mark Malkin (via The Playlist), the actor revealed not everything has gone his way during his Hollywood journey as he recalls completely messing up an audition for a role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens with J.J. Abrams himself in the room.

JORDAN: “It was probably the Star Wars’ audition that I had with JJ [Abrams], I think. It just wasn’t my best. It was probably my worst to date. I just couldn’t wrap my brain around some of the sides. When you’re reading for these high-level projects, there’s never really any specificity in the sides. Everything is super gray and a secret. Reading it through, I just couldn’t connect it. Definitely bombed that one, for sure.”

I think he’s recovered from that experience and might potentially have a sigh of relief after the publicly frustrating experience cast members of the recent Star Wars trilogy were exposed to on and off the set. Notably, the racism that John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran faced from so-called “fans” alongside what looked to be both their roles being trimmed at certain points in the trilogy by the studio.

Speaking of Black Panther, Entertainment Tonight also interviewed Jordan and brought up the possibility of him reprising the role of Erik Killmonger (died in last film) at some point. We know that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to shoot this July in Atlanta and could likely conflict with the pre-production/filming of Creed III as Jordan will direct and star making it difficult for him to have a significant role in the Marvel sequel.

JORDAN: “There’s always a love I have for those characters and Erik is definitely one of those that means a lot to me. So only if it’s the right thing and it’s impactful and if I could add something to it. If it means something then, yeah, I wanna be a part of that journey, you know?”

SOURCE: JUST FOR VARIETY & ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT