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The first reactions to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever are here following the Ryan Coogler-directed sequel’s Hollywood premiere. The film, set to hit theaters next month, arrives four years after the Chadwick Boseman-led original. In 2020, Boseman died at the age of 43 due to complications from colon cancer. “Lift Me Up,” a new Rihanna song […]
While shooting the highly anticipated sequel to Black Panther, actress Letitia Wright has been hospitalized with minor injuries, Deadline reports. Sources told the outlet that Wright, who plays MCU fan favorite Shuri, was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries following an incident involving a stunt rig. “Letitia Wright sustained minor injuries today while filming a stunt for Black […]
When you watch Steve McQueen’s five-part anthology series Small Axe on Amazon Prime, the West Indian experience in London from the late 1960s to mid-1980s will be a conduit for a multitude of the Black experience to be introduced to new eyes. The dancefloor exorcisms to Janet Kay’s 1979 lovers rock hit “Silly Games;” the […]
Breakout Black Panther star Letitia Wright, who played the titular character’s sister Shuri, is eager to be involved in a possible all-women Avengers film. In an interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Wright suggested that the possibility is actually quite high, and that there’s already people working to make it happen. “I don’t think we have to fight for it,” she said of […]
Letitia Wright took to Instagram to share a moving tribute to her late Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman. Wright played the character Shuri in the film, the sister of Boseman’s T’Challa and a Wakandan princess that posses genius-level intellect. “A soul so beautiful, when you walked into a room, there was calm. You always moved with grace and ease,” Wright said of Boseman […]
Deadline reports Black Panther star Letitia Wright will play twin sisters June and Jennifer Gibbons in the film The Silent Twins, based on the 1986 book of the same name by Marjorie Wallace. The story of the Gibbons sisters is an odd yet disturbingly fascinating one, to say the least. It’s the type of material that should […]
After Black Panther‘s record-breaking performance at the box office, Marvel swiftly informed fans they would be making a sequel. Now, the studio has hinted that Black Panther 2 is inching its way towards production. While talking to Marvel president Kevin Feige, BET inquired about the running rumor that Michael B. Jordan‘s character Killmonger would be returning in […]
Donald Glover‘s Guava Island has arrived. You can watch the film, which also stars Rihanna, Letitia Wright, and Game of Thrones‘ Nonso Anozie, over on Amazon Prime. Don’t have a Prime account? No worries. The film will be accessible to those without a subscription for 18 hours. You’ll have until 6:01 pm PT/9:01 pm ET to watch it. Head here to watch […]
It was quite a year for Letitia Wright. Though she’s worked in the industry since 2011, the Guyanese-born actress remained relatively unknown among American audiences—that is, until February 2018. Wright was deemed the breakout star of Marvel’s Black Panther, where she portrayed the unapologetically confident Shuri. Since then, the 25-year-old has appeared in some of the year’s most commercially […]
Back in August, Rihanna and Donald Glover were spotted together in Cuba, sparking rumors about an upcoming project they had on the way. Now, as Stereogum points out, we know for certain that it’s an upcoming movie reportedly titled Guava Island. Glover premiered the trailer at his Childish Gambino PHAROS festival in New Zealand this weekend, and a fan […]
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