Does anyone else feel like the next Marvel phase should feature all female-led Marvel movies? Because I totally do. Next year, the massive studio will unleash the first female-centric movie [1] in the 20-something movies they've completed so far: we're about to meet the incredibly powerful Captain Marvel [2]. But that's not the only exciting release we're looking forward to; we received confirmation of a Black Widow movie [3] back in January, and there are even rumblings of a Marvel movie with an all-female cast [4]. Now, we can add another idea to the bank: what about a film featuring just the women of the Black Panther universe?!
Yes, we know Marvel has already signed up for a Black Panther sequel [5], but it really seems like "the more, the merrier" is the attitude in the Marvel universe. And we're not just pulling this out of nowhere; Black Panther director Ryan Coogler discussed the idea at the Cannes Film Festival [6]. The conversation started when Coogler talked about how powerful the women of Wakanda are. "I think you could argue they are more important," he said. "There's a whole section of the film where T'Challa is out of the movie and you're just following the women . . . That's one of my favourite parts of the movie when I watched it, and I didn't expect that."
"We have these actresses who could easily carry their own movie."
Coogler continued: "That part of it was exciting. We have these actresses who could easily carry their own movie . . . Some of them have before. We were so fortunate. I would watch a movie with them!" When asked, point blank, if he would do a Black Panther spinoff with just women, he was more than open to the idea. "That would be amazing if the opportunity came up. They did it in the comic-book version."
Luckily, it seems like Coogler isn't the only one warming up to the idea. Letitia Wright basically volunteered to jump in [7] on the film. "Ready, big bro," she tweeted with a folded hands emoji. Between Captain Marvel, Black Widow, and the ideas for two different all-female Marvel films, things are about to get a whole lot more feminist in the superhero universe. And we are 100 percent here for it.