Danai Gurira suggests a Black Panther spin-off series that is centered around Okoye
Black Panther Star Danai Gurira The rumors of Okoye’s spin-off series received a positive response.
The playwright and actress suggested that there might be a Disney+ Series about her fan-favorite warrior, and loyal protector for Wakanda, during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Friday
Gurira stated, “I have heard… that I can gently allude to this possibility,” as she listened attentively when being probed by the host Stephen Colbert The rumors. “So, I am gently alluding.” Colbert was stunned and said, “You gently alluding? That’s the Marvel version a full monty.” You are amazing.
2021: Hollywood Reporter Profile on top Hollywood lawyers highlighted Jamie Mandelbaum, Gurira’s lawyer and noted that he helped to broker a deal for a Okoye origin spinoff series for Disney+. Deadline Later it was confirmed that Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler This was developing the series.
EW reached out to Disney representatives for comment but they didn’t respond immediately.
Eli Adé/Marvel Studios Danai and Angela Gurira in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Gurira appeared first as Okoye, an officer of the all-female special Force group Dora Milaje in the first Black Panther Film in 2018. She played the same role in 2018’s film Avengers: Infinity War, 2019’s Endgame, and the 2022 Black Panther Continuation Wakanda ForeverThis video follows Wakandians in their efforts to deal with the death of their leader T’Challa (the late). Chadwick Boseman).
Coogler and the cast — including Gurira, Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett?, and Tenoch Huerta — spoke about the movie’s themes of loss in an EW cover story last year Following the death of Boseman who? died in 2020 at 43 from colon cancer.
Coogler stated that there is a feeling of intense grief and extreme emotion like it comes in waves. Sometimes a wave can sweep you away and you lose control. While you might think you have everything under control, the water may remind you otherwise.
Watch Gurira’s interview below with Colbert.
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