It is a blockbuster morning as far as the Producers Guild of America is concerned as it revealed film and TV nominations Thursday for its 34th annual PGA Awards.
24.12.2022 - 02:25 / deadline.com
Ryan Coogler has revealed the complicated backstory on what his film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was supposed to be before the tragic death of the original film’s star, Chadwick Boseman.
Speaking to the New York Times, Coogler said the original intent was to make the film’s center about the relationship of fathers and sons. The struggle would have dealt with T’Challa’s five-year absence after “The Blip,” the Thanos-induced mass extermination that saw half the universe’s population reduced to dust, only to be brought back later.
The sequel still would have had Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, as its villain. But T’Challa would have been tied to his love interest Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), who gave birth to a son, Toussaint, while he was away. Dealing with that new reality would have been the focus even as the Black Panther battled Namor.
“It was, “What are we going to do about the Blip?” Coogler said to the Times. “That was the challenge. It was absolutely nothing like what we made. It was going to be a father-son story from the perspective of a father, because the first movie had been a father-son story from the perspective of the sons.”
Coogler continued. “In the (original) script, T’Challa was a dad who’d had this forced five-year absence from his son’s life,” Coogler said. “The first scene was an animated sequence. You hear Nakia talking to Toussaint. She says, “Tell me what you know about your father.” You realize that he doesn’t know his dad was the Black Panther. He’s never met him, and Nakia is remarried to a Haitian dude. Then, we cut to reality, and it’s the night that everybody comes back from the Blip. You see T’Challa meet the kid for the first time.”
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It is a blockbuster morning as far as the Producers Guild of America is concerned as it revealed film and TV nominations Thursday for its 34th annual PGA Awards.
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures* Avatar: The Way of Water* The Banshees of Inisherin* Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* Elvis* Everything Everywhere All At Once* The Fabelmans* Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery* Tár* Top Gun: Maverick* The WhaleAward for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures* Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio* Marcel the Shell with Shoes On* Minions: The Rise of Gru* Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* Turning RedNorman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama* Andor * Better Call Saul * Ozark * Severance * The White Lotus Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy* Abbott Elementary * Barry * The Bear * Hacks * Only Murders in the Building David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television* DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story* The Dropout * Inventing Anna * Obi-Wan Kenobi * Pam & Tommy Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures* Fire Island* Hocus Pocus 2* Pinocchio* Prey* Weird: The Al Yankovic StoryAward for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television* 30 for 30* 60 Minutes * George Carlin’s American Dream * Lucy and Desi* Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television* The Daily Show with Trevor Noah * Jimmy Kimmel Live! * Last Week Tonight with John Oliver * The Late Show with Stephen Colbert * Saturday Night Live Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television* The Amazing Race * Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls * RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars * Top Chef * The Voice
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