Disney+Hotstar drops ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ OTT release date
Black Panther:Wakanda Forever hit theatres on November 11 and became a commercial success. The film has garnered a lot of good reviews with critics calling it “an emotional roller-coaster ride”.
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Two and a half months after it was released in theatres on November 11, the film is now all set to be released on OTT. Disney+ Hotstar have picked up the rights and it will be released on February 1 on the streaming service. Directed by Ryan Coogler, the superhero movie will be available in English, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil.
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“Disney+ Hotstar rang in the New Year with fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, announcing the Feb. 1 streaming debut of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The movie will be available to stream in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam,” a press release said.
Plans were changed
Director Ryan Coogler recently revealed that the original plans for the movie were different before actor Chadwick Boseman’s untimely death in 2020.
“It was absolutely nothing like what we made,” he told New York Times. “It was, ‘What are we going to do about the Blip?’ [which saw T’Challa and others vanish for five years following the events of Infinity War]. It was going to be a father-son story. In the script, T’Challa was a dad who’d had this forced five-year absence from his son’s life.”
Critical Acclaim
The Marvel hit has been critically acclaimed on the big screen and has minted over $820 million in theatres worldwide, with a $180 million bumper opening weekend in the US alone.
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A sequel to the 2018 superhit, Black Panther, the new film chronicles the events that take occur after the death of T’Challa, portrayed by the late Chadwick Boseman. Letitia Wright and Lupita Nyong’o lead the cast with Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Dominique Thorne, and Michaela Coel, among others. Angela Bassett reprises her role as Queen Ramonda.
