Ava DuVernay On Black Panther Meeting "It really wasn't going to be an Ava DuVernay film"

[Brandeezy]

Didn't feel like looking for the other threads but anyways

DuVernay also opened up about her meetings with Marvel. “It was really an enlightened day in terms of the quality of journalism,” she said of the reports that she had signed on to direct Black Panther, the first Marvel movie starring a black superhero (Chadwick Boseman).

When asked about meeting repeatedly with Marvel head Kevin Feig for the opportunity, DuVernay didn’t get excited about it until she did her research on the character and the potential cultural impact. "For me, it was a process of trying to figure out, are these people I want to go to bed with? Because it’s really a marriage, and for this, it would be three years. It’d be three years of not doing other things that are important to me. So it was a question of, is this important enough for me to do?"

"At one point, the answer was yes, because I thought there was value in putting that kind of imagery and culture in a worldwide, huge way that they do in a certain way: flying, exciting action, fun, all those things, and yet still be focused on a black man as a hero — that would be pretty revolutionary," she continued. "These films go everywhere from Shanghai to Uganda, and nothing that I probably will make will reach that many people, so I found value in that. That’s how the conversations continued, because that’s what I was interested in. But everyone’s interested in different things."

"What my name is on means something to me — these are my children," she said of her body of work. "This is my art. This is what will live on after I’m gone. So it’s important to me that that be true to who I was in this moment. And if there’s too much compromise, it really wasn’t going to be an Ava DuVernay film."

She amicably compared the opportunity to guest-directing a Scandal episode. "Scandal is Shonda [Rhimes]' world, and I was there to serve her vision, in her world — a fabulous world!" DuVernay said.

Still, of the Black Panther film, she noted, “I think it should be good when it comes out. I’ll be there,
watching.”
Ava DuVernay Advice on Hollywood at BlogHer: "Follow the White Guys, They've Got This Thing Wired" - Hollywood Reporter

respect her decision

 

[Alan Emerald]

Curious as to the specific differences of visions. Kinda leary of the T'Challa we might see on screen.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

All of these people are brought in to see Kevin Feig's vision put to film. If you go into it thinking anything else, you're going to be disappointed. Don't blame her.

 

[loyola llothta]

Thank God this lady aint ruin one of the best superhero films

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Thank God this lady aint ruin one of the best superhero films

Everything worked out in the end. lol

 

[Starboy52]

Yeahhhh, I generally like Ava... but I'm high key glad she didn't pen her name on this one if it means getting what we got in the end.

 

[Easy-E]

This shyt would've been worst than Tahisi's reboot of the comic--breaking down the "toxic" nature of being a king and focusing on the "woke" Dora Majale

Sorry, but, I agree with these white boys on how entertainment has gotten retarded with the shallow liberal themes

Coates Black Panther (that I actually read for ten issues) was the least fun I had reading a comic book in my whole life

 

[Ziggiy]

This shyt would've been worst than Tahisi's reboot of the comic--breaking down the "toxic" nature of being a king and focusing on the "woke" Dora Majale

Sorry, but, I agree with these white boys on how entertainment has gotten retarded with the shallow liberal themes

Coates Black Panther (that I actually read for ten issues) was the least fun I had reading a comic book in my whole life

It gets better in the Avengers Of The New World arc for what its worth. He toned down on deconstruction of T’Challa and the Dora Milaje bullshyt and actually built up T’Challa and had him acting much closer to his classic personality.

plus he got T’Challa and Storm back together which I wasn’t mad at

 

[The axe murderer]

This shyt would've been worst than Tahisi's reboot of the comic--breaking down the "toxic" nature of being a king and focusing on the "woke" Dora Majale

Sorry, but, I agree with these white boys on how entertainment has gotten retarded with the shallow liberal themes

Coates Black Panther (that I actually read for ten issues) was the least fun I had reading a comic book in my whole life

Jesus it's becoming a joke now

 

[Easy-E]

It gets better in the Avengers Of The New World arc for what its worth. He toned down on deconstruction of T’Challa and the Dora Milaje bullshyt and actually built up T’Challa and had him acting much closer to his classic personality.

plus he got T’Challa and Storm back together which I wasn’t mad at

I haven't read it in years.

I heard the Intergalatic run was trash.

I'm scared to get invested.

I see Evan Narcisse's run get a lot of love. I bought it and didn't read, yet.

Jesus it's becoming a joke now

I was on my last leg as a legit "liberal" at the point.

 

[Supercoolmayo]

It gets better in the Avengers Of The New World arc for what its worth. He toned down on deconstruction of T’Challa and the Dora Milaje bullshyt and actually built up T’Challa and had him acting much closer to his classic personality.

plus he got T’Challa and Storm back together which I wasn’t mad at

Damn I haven't followed comics in a minute since the end of cap hydra, they back together now?

 

[Ziggiy]

Damn I haven't followed comics in a minute since the end of cap hydra, they back together now?

Yea they were back as an official couple the last few issues I read

 

[loyola llothta]

Yea they were back as an official couple the last few issues I read

how is the writing ?

 

[Ziggiy]

how is the writing ?

Much better. It was like after Coates got that first arc out of his system he started actually writing T’Challa IN character.


The last issue I read, Klau had returned.

 

[loyola llothta]

Much better. It was like after Coates got that first arc out of his system he started actually writing T’Challa IN character.


The last issue I read, Klau had returned.

No. The relation between storm and t'challa?