'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler to produce Wakanda-based TV series for Disney+

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Aside from working on the sequel for Black Panther, Ryan Coogler will be creating a Disney+ series set in the Kingdom of Wakanda. The writer/director/producer's company Proximity Media signed an exclusive five-year television deal with Walt Disney Company to develop this show and other series that might appear beyond Disney+ and even the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The agreement extends to the entire Walt Disney Company, so his team might produce shows for other Disney-owned networks and streamers.

"Ryan Coogler is a singular storyteller whose vision and range have made him one of the standout filmmakers of his generation," said Bob Iger, executive chairman of The Walt Disney Company, in a press release. "With Black Panther, Ryan brought a groundbreaking story and iconic characters to life in a real, meaningful, and memorable way, creating a watershed cultural moment. We're thrilled to strengthen our relationship and look forward to telling more great stories with Ryan and his team."

‘Black Panther’ director open to working on an all-female spin-off of the successful Marvel film

If given the chance Black Panther director Ryan Coogler says he’d want to direct a spin-off movie based on the women of Wakanda. When asked during a talk at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday about whether the women were just as important as the men in the film, Coogler said, “I think you could argue they are more important.” So when asked if he’d be onboard to directing a film that centers around the characters played by actresses Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, and Letitia Wright, he said “That would be amazing if the opportunity came up. They did it in the comic book version.”

Now, whether Marvel Studios follows through and does something about this is an entirely different discussion. If you are interested in the female warriors on Black Panther, Sony has partnered with a Nigerian network to produce a television series about the 19^th-century Dahomey Warriors, which were the all-female military regiment that inspired the creation of the Dora Milaje.

Source: CNET