Obviously in the MCU having some of the characters they've put in there have been just straight up amazing black panther
Was masterfully played by Chadwick Boseman prior to his very unexpected and very
Excuse me untimely death from cancer
Initially after his death the studio
Said we're not gonna recast we don't want to we don't think that's honoring Chadwick's legacy
We don't want to do it. We think it's disrespectful to Chadwick Boseman
So they released Black Panther 2 and in Black Panther 2 they made sure he the Black Panther
Because that's well, that's what Ryan Coogler wrote
But it appears that Disney and the folks over at Marvel may have changed their mind so this broke yesterday
um
over at the insniter
so
He's really good at
He's generally pretty right. He's one of the very few like online only
Guys who generally gets it correct
He's saying that Marvel is going to recast the role of T'Challa
With a new actor what's most interesting about that is apparently they've already offered it to somebody and they got turned down
Right they offered it to a how does he quote it here a prominent
black actor and
They said no
They didn't want to halt their own career momentum by trying to step into Chadwick Boseman's shoes
Is what Jeff Snyder saying
So I find this interesting for a couple of reasons right
One I think that that it kind of goes to show that
Their experiment making sure the Black Panther just did work, right? I think that that's what they're seeing
There was also some issues with the actress who was playing Shuri when they were filming
That's a whole other ball of kittens
And I think they see with Secret Wars coming up and all the weird multiversal
That it's gonna be easier to explain a recast now
So here's my my two questions to you UJ one
Do you think it's a good idea to recast T'Challa?
and
If they do
Who do you think? What are some some names you think would be good for that role?
Wow
Oh
Gosh, okay
Wow
That's those are some big questions there. Um, I
Think it's very hard to
Hard to
Continue the I don't know the Marvel cinematic universe without a superhero like him
I do you feel like it's a little too soon
It's been five years
Five years really that's about he died in 2020
Wow, I did not know that okay
Time flies
Time flies when you're having amazing amazing politics stories like we are right now. Um
This is kind of this gets into
Yeah, I
This is a risk this is a huge risk which
You kind of have to do in the business world
The whole reason for instance why we are on Thursdays now
Is because I am in a business
strategy
class
or my MBA currently
and we're talking a lot about like you have to
Like strategy is all about like looking at the risk and then
choosing
Kind of like which risk you want to take on or a lot of times like
What you don't want or like you choose not to do some things, right?
So
This is I think this is a huge risk on them that they're kind of like rolling the dice
This is obviously part of their pretty big
Hopefully well thought out strategy plan here
I'm
I don't know
From a comic book point of view
Like you said it does make sense to kind of recast now you can easily explain it away
I think people are going to be tied to
much right
I think people are going to view this as like how can you replace them you know
And like correct me if I'm wrong but I mean like yes we've had many Batman's throughout the years
Even going all the way back to Adam West
But we didn't really ever have a superhero die on us
And then had to recast it
Because of that so that they've
They've done
Four recastings major recastings in the MCU that I can think of
And chat I see that question. I'm going to address that that question there and chat here in just a second
So
One so it within the the MCU
The only other time they've recast
Due to death is Thunderbolt Ross
Because William Hurt died
And so now
Harrison Ford is taking on that character in the upcoming Falcon and the Winter Soldier movie
Right
And so that's the only other time they've had to recast due to death
Right
They recast in Roadie after Iron Man 1 to Don't Kill the Iron Man
They recast in Roadie after Iron Man 1 to Don Cheadle which both from a
Don't get me wrong I love
God why can't I think it was named the guy who played Roadie in Iron Man 1
He's great. He was amazing
Apparently it was a contract issue
Was why they recast it they just couldn't come to terms on the contract and that was the very beginning
This was not like now when you sign an MCU contract as an actor now
It's always a multi-film deal
It's usually you're gonna headline two movies
But you're appearing in at least four more or something along those lines
Right those guys don't sign single film deals
That was the very beginning of the MCU
So they didn't know they had to get these guys on multi-film deals right out the gate and stuff like that
You know because the MCU was new this was they didn't even know who was gonna work
So that's the only time the other so that's a recast
And then technically Mark Ruffalo is a recast
Because the Ed Norton incredible Hulk is in the MCU everybody forgets about it
It kind of flies past everybody
Post credits right William Hurtson that is Thunderbolt Ross
Tony Stark shows up in the post credits
They recast Ed Norton to Mark Ruffalo again pretty good recasting
I was I was fine with that recasting
As much as I again I love Edward Norton
I think he's a great actor
I thought he was a fun bruise I thought he did a good job in that Hulk movie
As far as whether it's to I just I don't know
I know that their experiment was sure he didn't work
Yeah
It just
It didn't it didn't work
I think it's a great actor
And then
Chats asking why are they trying to recast rather than you as AI
Because quite frankly I've looked at some of the AI output stuff and I think that Disney's at the point where it's just a it's just not good enough
Right the AI that's out there just is not good enough to do what they wanted to do most AI stuff I've seen
Still looks really uncanny Valley janky it just doesn't look right
And to I don't think Disney wants the controversy
Yeah, they just don't
They are going to be very careful about their use of AI
Because they don't want the controversy and you're coming back to the show the unethical it's not again to them
I don't it's less about ethics. It's more about PR
And I think the PR of trying to create T'Challa whole cloth out of
Composite Chadwick Boseman a I don't know if they have the rights to do it because there is like you have to buy the rights
So for example
James Earl Jones
Sold the rights to his voice
to Disney
To use for Darth Vader
Right, so if they produce something
Where Darth Vader's in it?
They will not recast it. They will use composited James Earl Jones AI dialogue
To do the voice because James Earl Jones sold them the rights to do so I
Don't know if Chadwick Boseman's estate did the same I doubt it
But yeah, I think from a PR standpoint, I think it's a bad idea
Would you agree with that?
Yeah, also, so I just like I think it's just really expensive like Marvel movies are already expensive
adding the extra cost of having to
AI
Flash CGI someone else's face on someone else like
That has to be kind of expensive
Um, so yeah, I think it's just like easier just to recast if you are going to do like go that route, but
Yeah, I just don't I just don't know it's
It's gonna be very interesting to see how they kind of pull that off
Your second question of who yeah, gosh, I don't even know I know
Like
Like if I was in a very similar situation
Yeah, I 100% would turn it down turn it down because it's it's just
It's fun risky as an actor to kind of try to do that. That's
It's
I don't know
So here's a couple that I've thought of off the top of my head
Number one on my list is John David Washington
He was the lead in Tenet
Okay, yes. Yes. He's on ballers as well. I think he was in black Klansman
Right. He was in the creator
He's Denzel Washington's son
Which again part of the reasons came I was watching the show and they were talking about this because Denzel
Let's slip that Ryan Cougars writing him a role in Black Panther 3
Which is coming after secret wars at some point
Right, so I think it would be fun. I think he's a really good actor. I think again with the you know with the Marvel
Training, you know what I mean
I think that he could do it. I really do I
Don't want somebody too old
You know what I mean, I want somebody kind of young
You know
I'm all for them finding a
a a a
New actor
Here was one somebody brought up in the chat on the show that I watch and I'm curious what your thoughts on this are
Michael B. Jordan
So that's who I was like literally just looking at because he was kill longer in Black Panther 1
Yeah, but multiverse multiverse right in another universe. Did he become the Black Panther?
I
We know he can carry a movie
Yeah, I
Kind of I kind of like that kind of oh in this universe. He is Black Panther. I think that's a fun little spin
Yeah, I really I think that's not a bad spin again John David Washington's probably the one if you're gonna get like somebody relatively well
known
Right, that's probably the direction that I would go I
Mean but you need somebody who can carry a movie and Chadwick could do and again
I'm curious. I wish Jeff Snyder had found out who turned it down
Here's the thing he may know who turned it down. He may not just have put it into his article
You know
I mean now give credit to the Marvel casting department. They're really good at what they do
They have been really really on point as far as
As far as casting people they there have been very few times in Marvel like movies where I'm like that was miscast
You know what I mean
Like can you think of any off the top of your head where they really screwed the casting up
For their main characters
I can't
Chat let me help me out here if you think if you could think of some because for their main like mainline characters
I think they've knocked it out of the park every time
Yeah
Yeah, yeah, I can't think of anything you know who might be able to do it John Boyega
I'd be willing to give him a shot
I
Be willing to give John Boyega a shot I
Think he got kind of the short end of the stick with Star Wars. I think John Boyega could I'd give him a shot as Black Panther maybe
Yeah, I'm just not sure I
And I do kind of I'm kind of wondering about this like Hayden Christensen has said that like Star Wars ruined his film career
But now he's come back. He is coming back. He has I thought he did great and Obi-Wan
Yeah, I agree, but that's another Star Wars movie and it's okay
When Star Wars came out
Like the critics like ruin like Hayden Christensen
Oh, yeah, I ate him up saying though acting was horrible. He was horrible like Star Wars fans love him now
Now they do see everybody forgets
Everybody wants to forgets
Everybody crapped on the prequels
Everybody crapped on the prequels when they came out believe me. I remember I was there for the deep magic dude people were upset
right
They were upset with a lot of things short shit um
He's a jar jar being
Yeah, um anyway back to Black Panther I again I I think that I
Think they've got a tall order Marvel's done a good job casting in the past
But yeah, this one's this one's risky
Yeah, I do think if you're gonna keep the Black Panther character in there you should be cast
Yes, I agree
You know, but stepping into that. It's like the same as like replacing rubber Downey Jr
Um, it
It's not going. Yeah, I don't know. Anyway folks. Let us know down in the comments
Who would you like to see as the new Black Panther? What should they do?
Is there any actress you like for the role or do you think she gets kind of like quietly dropped the character?
Let us know down in the comments below. You