Marvel’s Black Panther has finally arrived in theaters after spending 24 years stuck in development hell, of which at least eight of those years were at Marvel Studios. Hollywood had been trying to adapt T’Challa’s story onto the big screen for more than two decades. Columbia Pictures initially tried their hand at a Black Panther film starring Wesley Snipes, but that project never came to fruition. Then, Black Panther’s character rights bounced around a bit until they finally settled at Marvel.
Black Panther was the first character that Marvel Entertainment reacquired when they launched Marvel Studios in 2005. And while a Black Panther film was always a priority for the studio, it didn’t actually enter ...
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