Black Panther - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Black Panther or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Black Panther

[elmer]

Amandla Stenberg auditioned for Shuri but dropped out because she felt that she wasn't the right fit.

[beth]

Wakanda's script is primarily based on a Nigerian hieroglyphic writing system called Nsibidi. Hannah Beachler drew additional influences from Latin, Chinese, Arabic, and the African languages of the Dogon and the Mursi.

[cassandra]

The gold design harkens back to the herringbone necklace we saw N'Jobu wearing earlier in the film. It is also a nod to the gold version Black Panther wore in the comics.

[nicholas]

The film won 3 Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, Best Production Design and Best Original Score.

[terry]

When Shuri gets T'Challa to test out his new "sneakers" (38:58), you can briefly see a series of characters on the surfaces, written in Wakandan glyphs, which correspond to 26 letters in the Roman alphabet. When deciphered, the letters read "Heir Tchaka", a reference to T'Challa's lineage (his father being T'Chaka), as well as being a joke reference to a popular brand of basketball shoe ("Air Jordan").

[darrell]

The Wakandan computer that Ross converses with is named Griot, after a West African historian/storyteller who preserves the history and the culture of a tribe through oral tradition.

[manuel]

Michael B. Jordan was allowed to keep his Panther costume.

[eli]

"Wakanda" was not a Marvel invention. In the first Tarzan film to star Johnny Weissmuller, Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), a large group of tribespeople are referred to as "the Wakandans."

[lynn]

In the 2015 London production of the 2009 play Eclipsed, written by Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright played the lead role, known only as "The Girl". In 2016, when the play opened on Broadway, Lupita Nyong'o played "The Girl."

[bessie]

When Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) broke the spear he was holding to make it a hand held weapon before he started his challenge with T'Challa it was a nod to the African warrior Shaka Zulu, one of the biggest military leaders in history. He couldn't understand why the Zulus would throw away their spears in battle so he developed a short stabbing spear.

[jesse]

The Black Panther suit is upgraded in this film to bear mystic runes. This is based on the "Doomwar" storyline, where T'Challa developed magical tactics to not rely on his nation's resources of vibranium.

[jessie]

Andy Serkis impressed Director Ryan Coogler to no end with his physical ability to take dives, do falls and just throw his body around, all while understanding the parameters of the VFX for his sonic blaster arm cannon, as if his real arm weren't there.

[michele]

Black Panther is the highest grossing non-Avengers film in the MCU and 9th highest-grossing film of all time.

[willard]

Wakanda's Warrior Falls are visually based on Iguazu Falls, on the border of Brazil and Argentina, Victoria Falls, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, and the Oribi Gorge, a canyon in South Africa.

[edgar]

The filmmakers referred to T'Challa's personal aircraft as the RTF (Royal Talon Fighter). Director Ryan Coogler really liked that the bottom of the aircraft is designed to look like subwoofers.

[riley]

The cast and stunt team practiced alongside African drums played by musician Jabari Exum so that the action would have a musical quality.

[nina]

Shuri's corset is inspired by the beaded corsets of the Dinka people, one of the largest tribes in South Sudan.

[terry]

This film marked chapter six of phase three in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

[riley]

Everything except the ceiling in the casino was practical.