This would explain why Marvel isn't making a Black Panther movie

[Jello Biafra]

Disney And Marvel Do Damage Control After Media Scrutiny Of Big Boss Ike Perlmutter

But the*FT*story also reported that, when*African-American actor Terrence Howard was replaced by African-American actor Don Cheadle in the role of* Colonel Jim Rhodes for Iron Man 2,*”Perlmutter apparently told Mr. Mooney the change cut costs. He allegedly*added words to the effect that no one would notice because black people ‘look* the same’,”* Garrahan wrote. A Marvel spokesperson told the FT in a statement: “Mr. Perlmutter and all* of Marvel have a long record of diversity in the workplace and on movie sets*around the world as evidenced by both Mr. Perlmutter’s own history and Marvel’s*management team.”

There’s also conflicting descriptions of*a formal complaint with Disney
Human Resources about Perlmutter filed by former CFO Anne Gates before she left the company. Several sources told me it was a racial complaint but others say it wasn’t race-related.

Add that to the stupid comments from Marvel co-president Louis D'Esposito said the main reason they weren't doing a Black Panther movie was due to the difficulty involved in creating a fictional country like Wakanda right before announcing that they were doing Guardians of the Galaxy movie which is likely to almost entirely be set on alien planets and it starts to look bad.

 

[Anbesa]

He allegedly*added words to the effect that no one would notice because black people ‘look* the same’,”

no one would notice that change

 

[AquaCityBoy]

That's some crazy racism/ignorance to think no one could tell the difference between Terrence Howard, who's six foot and light skinned, and Don Cheadle, who's 5'8" and dark skinned.

But let's be honest--the real reason they won't do a Black Panther movie is because no one would go see it. They saw the dump Red Tails took at the box office

 

[Fury616]

Blade was an anomaly that happened at the exact right time with the perfect action star for the role. There isn't a single black ACTION star that can hold down his own major movie and generate top dollars. Michael Jai White is the only one that comes close but he's not worldwide status. Denzel has done action but I don't know if he can do Black Panther type action. The one thing working for them is he wears a mask and CGI.

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

fukkin cacs

 

[duncanthetall]

If the movie is good enough and the story is right, people will flock to it. That's what I truly believe

 

[Tom]

no one would notice that change

look the same to me

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

If the movie is good enough and the story is right, people will flock to it. That's what I truly believe

doesn't matter what you believe. they think all black people look alike...

 

[StatUS]

Oh No too much cism.

QUICK somebody post Jamie Foxx shytting on T Howard to lighten the tension

 

[Rekkapryde]

they just needed to fold Wakanda/T'Challa into the Avengers universe in bits and pieces. Of course it's too late now with IM3, CA2, and Thor2 in production.

 

[courtdog]

That's some crazy racism/ignorance to think no one could tell the difference between Terrence Howard, who's six foot and light skinned, and Don Cheadle, who's 5'8" and dark skinned.

But let's be honest--the real reason they won't do a Black Panther movie is because no one would go see it. They saw the dump Red Tails took at the box office

Soooooo because Red Tails didn't do major numbers, they wouldn't make a black super hero movie?

SHUT THE fukk UP BRUH

 

[Xtraz2]

look the same to me

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Soooooo because Red Tails didn't do major numbers, they wouldn't make a black super hero movie?

Pretty much, yeah.

 

[Cap. Scarlet]

Let's be honest. The main reason why they don't want to do a Black Panther movie is because the character's name would scare a lot of white folks away.

Hollywood doesn't care about the true comic book fans. They only care about what's going to make the most money. I wish Marvel would grow some balls and at least have Black Panther to make an appearance in one of these upcoming movies.

 

[jackswstd]

You'd think in 2012 we'd be past all this type of bullshyt, but Cacism and Racism will never die.