Disney CEO, Bob Iger, says that he decided to prioritise Black Panther for Marvel after reading a comic.
Black Panther is one of the most successful Marve movies ever, especially in the US market. The character will continue to have a big presence in the MCU but what made Disney decide to push ahead with this character?
Well, Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, has revealed in his memoir (via ComicBook.com), that after reading a comic, he knew what had to be done: “Around the same time, Dan Buckley, who runs Marvel’s television and comic book businesses, told me that the writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, who I felt was one of the most important voices in contemporary American literature, was writing a Black Panther comic for us.
“I asked Dan to send it to me and was amazed by the elegant storytelling and the way Ta-Nehisi had added such depth to the character. I devoured the comic, and before I even finished it had placed Black Panther on the list of must-do Marvel projects in my mind.”
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Disney certainly isn’t regretting this decision, that’s for sure. It will be interesting to see how well Black Panther 2 is received in comparison when it arrives on the big screen.
