Avengers: Infinity War is going to be released less than three months after Black Panther reaches the big screen, so common sense dictates that T'Challa's first solo adventure is going to set that up Iron Man 2 style right? Thankfully, that's not going to be the case as producer Nate Moore has explained that the movie is going to be given the freedom to stand by itself rather than setting up what's next.
Rumour has it that Black Panther will introduce the Soul Stone, of course, but that doesn't necessarily mean we're going to spend two hours with T'Challa dropping hints about Thanos' upcoming invasion.
"I think it’s inherently linked because of the Civil War connections and because of the Ultron connections with Klaue. So there are strings that we are playing with. But again, much like Doctor Strange, we felt this had enough storytelling that it could stand alone beyond those things. We wanted to give Ryan the freedom to tell a story that wasn’t relying on other things that were happening in the MCU. Now that doesn’t mean what happens in the film won’t have ripples in the MCU but the film itself isn’t relying on other plot points in the MCU."
It sounds like Marvel has found the right balance here just as Doctor Strange and Ant-Man did a couple of years back (the latter included a cameo from an Avenger but Black Panther isn't expected to head down that route). What do you guys think about these comments? Let us know in the usual place.
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