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who should play black panther in a movie?
I think Morris Chestnut would fit as the Wakandan King.

This project almost happened in the early 90's - Wesley Snipes was attached. Now, he may be a bit past it. What about Taye Diggs?

I bet Spike Lee will pull some s**t to get the directing gig!

That guy who played "Spawn".

I dunno, but it definately shouldn't be Wesley Snipes. I would not be able to stomach that...

Wesley Snipes is a good, heroic actor. But he's been Blade already. You can't have EVERY Black hero played by the same guy. tbh, though, I'm not exactly rife with ideas.... I know few actors and even fewer black ones. =(

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
That guy who played "Spawn".

That was Michael Jai White.

How about Usher?

if only lawrence fishburne was still 30

How about Chiwetel Ejiofor? I thought he was great in Dirty Pretty Things.

50-cent... lol

Originally posted by roughrider
How about Usher?
Black Panther will be dead to me if Usher plays him.

Originally posted by hoorayforpeepee
if only lawrence fishburne was still 30

If only Denzel Washington was still 30...


Bet they will come up with a mentor figure who schools T'challa -

Samuel L. Jackson with a big bamboo cane!
(Whack!) "Do it again, motherf**ker! Jump that pit of crocodiles clean this time!"

samuel jackson

Djimon Hounsou. No one else would be able to play him in my eyes. He was in Amistad as a slave, in Gladiator as Maximus's ( Russell Crowe ) companion in the Gladitorial Arena and played Papa Midnite in Constantine. He's PERFECT.

Djimon Hounsou is good, yes.

Originally posted by Swanky-Tuna
Black Panther will be dead to me if Usher plays him.

agreed

Bill Cosby could play him.

Originally posted by nathan summers
Djimon Hounsou. No one else would be able to play him in my eyes. He was in Amistad as a slave, in Gladiator as Maximus's ( Russell Crowe ) companion in the Gladitorial Arena and played Papa Midnite in Constantine. He's PERFECT.

Sayyy, this is a good idea. Good work.

Anyone but Wesley Snipes, there should be a rule against actors playing more than 1 superhero, so that way they only get 1 chance to screw a character up. I know that rule would have saved everyone some grief if it was implied before catwoman.

Originally posted by DrDoom101
Bill Cosby could play him.

wayne brady!

ummm...How about Nelly? That was him in The Longest Yard, right?

Originally posted by Bushwacker
ummm...How about Nelly? That was him in The Longest Yard, right?
Didn't The Longest Yard suck noodles? And there's no way Nelly could do justice to Black Panther.

Michael Jai White(Guy from Spawn) would be excellent. He's a martial arts expert and he's been training in the martial arts for over twenty years, since he was a little kid. He also is very proficient in boxing, and played in the HBO films movie Mike Tyson, which was mostly about Tyson's glory years and early mistakes.

He played in universal soldier, the return and exit wounds, where he showed a little of his agility and martial arts expertise. He's also quite muscular, with a very impressive and balance physique.

Ben Affleck..................

Djimon Hounsou.

Snipes could do it, but like ervyone said he already done blade so they should get somebody else, though unlike Mericlous said, he did not screw Blade up, he made it better. They should get maybe Samuel Jackson, bcause Denzel is too much of a dramatic actor that a action actor now, USHer, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, and Willl Smith are all okay actors but ush jj and cube would not fit into that type of [persona, and smith would just be too comedic in the role.

Djimon Gaston Hounsou. He's the best and most logical choice at the moment. First, he's actually African which gives him a better idea of how a Wakanda might act. He's also been a damn decent actor in the last few films he's been in. Especially Amistad, Gladiator, Constatine, The Island. etc. After watching the Island, I'm convinced HE'D be T'Challa. Now Reggie has to make it so. I mean why throw out obscure names? ( Ice Cube? No. Jamie Fox? No. Usher?! Wtf!? USHER!?! No. ) Hell, next someone will say " Hey - What about Danny Glover! He's black! He could play T'Challa! "

2 words: Dave Chappelle

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Dave_Chappelle.jpg

Patrick Stewart.... he's done well as a Marvel character so far

Hey I just though that maybe Lauerence t Fishhburne could do it.

He's too old... but I should be Green lantern

How about Daniel Day Joules

Micheal Jai White would be good. (would be an irony though. He'd be playing another comic character that was voiced by Keith David)
Taye Diggs could pull it off
Lawrence Fishburne if he slimmed down

Originally posted by Scoobless
Patrick Stewart.... he's done well as a Marvel character so far

I say they should have Michael Caine as black Panther.

Very original...not a bad idea. I should be a fan of this guy. Can't wait.

Djimon Hounsou from Gladiator was the first guy that poped into my mind. I heard Storm of the X-men is about to marry The Black Panther.

Here's some more info on Chiwetel Ejiofor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiwetel_Ejiofor
He also played the villain in Serenity.

OJ Simpson

I don't think they should make a Black Panther film. I think, for characters like that, they should just make an Avengers film or something that combines a lot of them...like how supposedly there's an Iron Fist and Ant-Man movie...seems kind of pointless if you ask me.

Originally posted by NoFate007
I don't think they should make a Black Panther film. I think, for characters like that, they should just make an Avengers film or something that combines a lot of them...like how supposedly there's an Iron Fist and Ant-Man movie...seems kind of pointless if you ask me.

The same could have been said about Blade, but it did fairly well and was popular when it debuted.

I never saw the Blade films - I'm not particularly fond of the character. They did pretty well, which is good, I'm always glad to hear that a comic film did well just so that we don't start getting another Batman & Robin type of ending to comics on the big screen.

But I think they should focus on bigger projects instead of taking any character they can. Wouldn't you guys much rather see an Iron Man film than an Ant-Man one? How about Flash instead of Luke Cage? Green Lantern instead of like, Zatanna? I could even see having (one, just one) Dr. Strange film over having say...Hawkman.

Though, I'd be happier seeing a Black Panther film being marketed than a film about like, Black Widow. I'm getting really tired of the "I'm the badass chick who's got the skill to beat up any guy that comes my way" movie, and so is the general audience. Aeon Flux and Ultraviolet - we still hearing about them? If you are, you're in a tight knit circle my friend lol.

As for actually who should play Black Panther, I don't know. Definitely not Snipes though. He's not on a short list of black actors like Jamie Foxx and Denzel Washington lol. There are a lot of others. Obviously you need someone that looks the part in more than just skin color, cause you don't want Michael Clark Duncan playing Nick Fury or Rick Moranis playing Captain America, lol.

This superheroe is not tall, so why not this guy from Dr. Dloitle I think is Eddie Murphy.

Eddie Murphy is in his early 40's now, and has never done a true dramatic role. I don't think he's up to this.

Panther is not a young fella. This actor has the perfect face and body...seriously.

Djimon Hounsou.

Djimon from The Island.

Djimon Hounsou as Papa Midnite.

Djimon Hounsou...

T'Challa..

Originally posted by redcaped
Panther is not a young fella. This actor has the perfect face and body...seriously.

T'Challa is in his late 20's, early 30's. And like I said, Eddie Murphy has never tried a serious role. He always wants to do comedies. Right now, Djimon Hounsou looks the best.

Life is a comedy anyway...it was just a suggestion.

NO! That's almost as bad as Jack Black as Green Lanern!

Originally posted by Scoobless
Patrick Stewart.... he's done well as a Marvel character so far

Shit, I STILL forget he can walk.

LOL... I have a great idea...
























































... WHOOPI GOLDBERG!

Originally posted by roughrider
T'Challa is in his late 20's, early 30's. And like I said, Eddie Murphy has never tried a serious role. He always wants to do comedies. Right now, Djimon Hounsou looks the best.
Him or Morris Chestnut!

Morris has the look, but not the voice. Good call Katie.

Originally posted by nathan summers
Djimon Hounsou...

Yeah, for sure. He was in the Island, wasn't he?

Originally posted by nathan summers
Djimon Hounsou.

Definately. Amistad was a great movie that was way overrated. That's the first movie I saw him in and everything else he's done has been perfect. He is the Black Panther.

Originally posted by CaptainStoic
Morris has the look, but not the voice. Good call Katie.
Thanks!

Originally posted by Etrigan
Yeah, for sure. He was in the Island, wasn't he?

Yes. And Constantine as Papa Midnite.

Jamie Foxx wouldnt be a bad T'Challa.

If he would stop rapping with Kanye West I might actually respect him

The guy who plays Simon Adebisi in "OZ" and also Mr Eko in Lost would be good with some martial arts training, he's well builted, and with the BP suit putted on he'll be scary for any supervillain

Originally posted by K3VIL
The guy who plays Simon Adebisi in "OZ" and also Mr Eko in Lost would be good with some martial arts training, he's well builted, and with the BP suit putted on he'll be scary for any supervillain

Mr. Eko is Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje...He'd be good for the role.

Or like who's already been said Djimon Hounsou.

Guy from Blade.