With Black Panther tracking to open at $150 million, it's virtually certain that star Chadwick Boseman will generate more money in this role, in one weekend, than he did playing James Brown , Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall . Oh, hell no, says Panther writer-director Ryan Coogler, whose rousing, thoughtful new movie - it's black and it's proud, and says it loud - leverages the classic appeal of Marvel characters in the service of his interest in social, political and racial themes.
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