Black Panther may get theme park
Los Angeles Feb 27 (IANS) Disney CEO Bob Iger has hinted at a "Black Panther" themed park.
Iger said at a conference here that there s a one-hour line to meet the "Black Panther" walkaround character at Disneyland reports hollywoodreporter.com.
Speaking on a theme park he said: "We haven t had a chance to build a ride. Though I m sure there are people who are working on it."
Iger said Disney has $11 billion franchises so many that "we are competing with ourselves" and the film "Black Panther" should make the 12th.
"I pretty much guarantee that this coming Halloween and even Christmas you know you ll be seeing a lot of Black Panther merchandise " said Iger.
"Black Panther" is among the first films by the house of Marvel Studios which predominantly has a black cast and also shows a number of strong women of substance who work as the protagonist T Challa s (Chadwick Boseman) allies.
Set shortly after "Captain America: Civil War" "Black Panther" shows T Challa returning home to the isolated technologically-advanced African nation of Wakanda to become king.
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures "Black Panther" also features Lupita Nyong o Michael B Jordon Danai Gurira Letitia Wright Angela Bassett Forest Whittaker and Martin Freeman among others.
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