New details why Wesley Snipes' Black Panther film didn't get made are revealed. Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film broke all sorts of box office records, effectively squashing the myth that minority-led films don't do well in sales. It boasted a pre-dominantly Black cast led by Chadwick Boseman playing the film's title role. Black Panther's narrative was both timely and thought-provoking, no wonder it's the only Marvel Studios movie nominated for Academy Awards Best Picture.

Marvel Studios had been teasing the arrival of T’Challa long before he made his on-screen debut in 2016's Captain America: Civil War that led to his own standalone. As early as 2010, there was already a hint about the existence of Wakanda in Iron Man 2. It turns out, if things panned out differently, fans would have gotten a version of the superhero much earlier.

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Speaking with Kevin McCarthy at a recent event, Snipes shared details about his planned Black Panther film and explained why it didn't push through. The actor didn't expound with regard to the plot specifics of the film, but he chalked it to the limitations of technology at that time that ultimately killed the project.

"At that time, we didn't actually have the technology, but we would have done all the Vibranium. All the x-ray vision and virtual operation and the whole nine of it. I wanted it to be like the comic book was [with a] super city and super science.

"I thought, 'Well, this would be a cool opportunity for me to do something for truly my friends. All the martial arts cats, all the cats that love Shaft.'"

Wesley Snipes in Blade Trinity

While things didn't pan out for Snipes' Black Panther, he eventually made his way to the comic book world via a different Marvel property - Blade. The actor played the jaywalker in three films known as the Blade franchise: Blade, Blade II and Blade: Trinity. At this point in time where superhero films are the norm, it's easy to overlook what this threequel means for the genre. No wonder, there's equal parts anticipation and pressure on its upcoming reboot starring Mahershala Ali, but Snipes is nothing but excited for it.

Snipes' failure to get Black Panther onto the big screen is totally understandable, and not just because of the state of technology at that point. After all, even during the height of MCU's success, Marvel Entertainment's CEO was against making the film with Kevin Feige overseeing it. Fortunately, things worked out for it and viewers are treated with arguably one of the best comic book film of all time. Considering that Snipes has been working on the project long before Marvel Studios did, perhaps he can score a role in Black Panther 2 which is currently being written by Coogler.

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Source: Kevin McCarthy

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