Djimon Hounsou Continues Campaign For 'Black Panther' Movie

[Sauronvoldemort]

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[quote=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/12/03/black-panther-movie-djimon-hounsou/]As Marvel Studios prepares for "Thor," "Captain America" and "The Avengers," the successful comic book movie studio is undoubtedly exploring future films starring some of their other popular superheroes.

Could Black Panther be one of them? That's certainly the hope, according to "Gladiator" actor Djimon Hounsou. The Oscar-nominated actor previously lent his voice to an animated "Black Panther" series, and in a recent interview with io9, Hounsou said that his work on that show was an attempt to generate interest in a big screen "Black Panther" film.

"That was the idea: using it as a leverage to tell a feature story," he said — and his hopes for a "Black Panther" movie are far from over.

"He's a king, he's a man of the people, and he's very powerful — he challenges himself throughout his kingdom, and I think that's rare when the king puts his own life [on the line] and challenges [people] to beat him, in order to see [who's] the best out there," the actor enthused. "He's really cool. He comes from a world in Africa that is cool, and has all those minerals and it's very exciting. It's just a matter of time for that to be realized."

We agree that it's just a matter of time before a "Black Panther" movie gets off the ground, but will Hounsou be in the title role? He's certainly got competition, as "Lost" actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje previously told MTV News that he was working with Marvel on bringing the character to theaters.[/quote]

[Colliseemoe2]

I've never read any of the Black Panther series but I've always been interested in the character and I'd like to see a film about him.

[Habsburg]

I feel like the market has become oversaturated.

[Madman_Andre]

For a second there I thought the OP misspelled "Digimon."

[Dr. Fishtastic]

Pkemon Hounsou is a better actor

[Sauronvoldemort]

It's more about the passion for the role!

[HumanAbyss]

There's too many comic book inspired movies around today in my opinion. I'd at least like to see original takes on most of them, but we're not likely to see that for a bit yet.

[GodKing]

Christ, is every member of every superhero team going to get their own film?

We need an Invincible movie.