Black Panther is one of the many comic book properties that Marvel Studios has been eyeing for the big screen adaptation for a while now. It looks like they are becoming more serious about developing the comic into a feature film. According to THR [1], Marvel Studios has hired documentary story editor and screenwriter Mark Bailey to write the big screen adaptation. Bailey seems like an odd choice, especially considering he has no fictional feature film experience. His filmography includes movies like Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House, Pandemic: Facing AIDS and A Boy's Life. He just got done writing a big screen adaptation of the non-fiction book The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon, which Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) is currently attached to direct. The Black Panther is considered the first modern Black superhero. Created by...
- 1/20/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Yesterday came the yearly announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as it extended 134 invitations to several artists and executives "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures" read the press release. Of course all of them can decline, but I wouldn't necessarily expect that to happen as all who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2009 to the Academy's roster of voting members. "These filmmakers have, over the course of their careers, captured the imagination of audiences around the world," said Academy President Sid Ganis. "It's this kind of talent and creativity that make up the Academy, and I welcome each of them to our ranks." The list follows below and reading around the best analysis I saw of it came from Nathaniel Rogers at The Film Experience who, among other things, pointed out the addition of longtime Darren Aronofsky's...
- 7/1/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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