Marvel's 'Black Panther' Is Going to Be So Lit, Says Twitter
Marvel announced a Black Panther film back in 2014. But this week, two casting announcements have fans excited about just how lit the superhero movie, due out in 2018, will be.
The Hollywood Reporter reported friday that Michael B. Jordan, star of Creed and Fruitvale Station, joined the production; Oscar winner and #OscarsSoWhite advocate Lupita Nyong'o began talks to join the film as well. Jordan and Nyong'o will join Chadwick Boseman who plays the movie's titular hero and director Ryan Coogler, whose past credits include Creed and Fruitvale Station.
As news of the casting announcements piled up, Twitter couldn't contain its collective enthusiasm anymore — thus a hashtag was born: #BlackPantherSoLit.
Posters using the hashtag expressed the sheer joy of seeing so many of Hollywood's young, black stars share the screen together in a film helmed by Coogler, who has a knack for making critically acclaimed films with fully developed black characters. People tweeting their excitement about the film included director Ava Duvernay and Twitter user ReignofApril, who began the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag.
Had to text #RyanCoogler and make sure he found someone to show him #BlackPantherSoLIT. Because epic! Cannot wait!pic.twitter.com/9Clkwanw4F
BlackPantherSoLIT I gotta wear one of my good suitspic.twitter.com/HtAeM0vjus
BlackPantherSoLIT every casting update has me likepic.twitter.com/tmSqOEjPgr
BlackPantherSoLIT every black person is gonna walk up to the ticket counter on opening night likepic.twitter.com/w2mMqwjumO
BlackPantherSoLIT, we all will be in the streets likepic.twitter.com/fqOX3pCktk
BlackPantherSoLIT we doing the Electric Slide, The Wobble, AND The Cupid Shuffle in line while we wait to get in the theater.
BlackPantherSoLIT I'm bringing fried chicken to the theater. IMAX.
BlackPantherSoLit Black folks should get free tickets as reparations for suffering through whitewashed hero movies.
BlackPantherSoLit we gon show up at the theater, like...pic.twitter.com/ojU51QSXM7
BlackPantherSoLIT you get a full body du-rag with your IMAX ticket purchasehttps://vine.co/v/blUQuHWgg9I
BlackPantherSoLit the crowd is gonna swag surf in the lobby while we wait to buy ticketspic.twitter.com/UBDklh6aIG
BlackPantherSoLit we gotta swag surf in the theater. For the culture. #BlackPanther
BlackPantherSoLIT, we're already rehearsing for the afterparties.pic.twitter.com/GX9UCg3IbN
BlackPantherSoLit you can only get into the theater in FORMATIONpic.twitter.com/rDaulw2WMe
BlackPantherSOLIT there will be a soul train line when you enter the theater.pic.twitter.com/OSt9CQKk31
BlackPantherSOLIT we're all going to be in the movie theater likepic.twitter.com/WXXUzQAdx1
When #BlackPantherSoLIT is trending so you need to inform the world you identify as Wakandan:pic.twitter.com/JdfCiCoML9
You really can't buy organic social media buzz like #BlackPantherSoLIT so studios please don't try to start #NinjaTurtlesSoDope next week
BlackPantherSoLIT when we walk out the theater, folks will look at other superhero movies like:pic.twitter.com/DIPthUS2ub
BlackPantherSoLit the moment Lupita & Chadwick appear on screen together, I will be screaming:pic.twitter.com/uIiTifxapB
To find out just how lit Black Panther will be, we'll have to wait until July 6, 2018. But for now, those wanting to see the Wakandan superhero on screen can get their fix in Captain America: Civil War.