Americans are calling such moments, "vibranium strap."
MGM has boarded world sales rights to western Surrounded, starring Letitia Wright, Jamie Bell, Jeffrey Donovan, Brett Gelman and the late Michael K. Williams in his last movie role.
Anthony Mandler directed the feature, which has been in post-production since early 2021.
Andrew Pagana and Justin Thomas penned the script, which is set five years after the Civil War, where former Buffalo Soldier Moses “Mo” Washington travels west to lay claim on a gold mine bequeathed by her late slaveowner father. It is a mean, dangerous world for an unaccompanied Black woman and so Mo travels into the deep frontier disguised as a man. After her stagecoach is ambushed, she is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit’s gang tries to free him.
Bron co-produced with Blackhand Media Production, in association with Mandalay Pictures, 3.16 Productions and Creative Wealth Media. Producers include Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, Mandler and Derek Iger for Blackhand, Mandalay’s Jason Michael Berman, and Wright and Ade O’Adesina of 3.16.
We haven’t had word yet from the partners on the reason behind the lengthy post-production (Williams’ untimely death could potentially be a factor). They were also unable to confirm whether MGM/Amazon will release in the U.S. We hear this is a possibility.
Mandler’s feature film directorial debut Monster, based on the bestselling young adult novel by Walter Dean Meyers and starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., John David Washington and Jeffrey Wright, was released on Netflix.
Wright is coming off blockbuster hit Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The Wire star Williams died last year aged 54 following an overdose.
Ryan Coogler has revealed his original plan for the Phase 4 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever movie before Chadwick Boseman's tragic passing in 2020. After the massive success of 2018's Black Panther, Coogler entered into talks immediately for a second installment, which would receive large changes after Boseman passed away. The reworked Wakanda Forever hit theaters on November 11, 2022, giving a larger role to Letitia Wright as Shuri, and finally introducing Namor, portrayed by Tenoch Huerta, to the MCU. However, the original plan would have been the perfect story for the franchise in the wake of Avengers: Endgame.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever dealt directly with Wakanda's grief over the loss of their King, causing Ramonda (Angela Bassett) to assume the throne, and Shuri to bury herself in her technological advancements. Coogler's original plan for Wakanda Forever would have also explored grief, but T'Challa's grief over lost time, since he was one of a multitude of characters who disappeared for five years after Thanos' snap in Avengers: Infinity War. While Wakanda Forever is certainly one of the strongest Phase 4 projects, the original story could have investigated the effects of "the Blip" like no other MCU project has done.
During an interview with Inverse, Coogler confirmed "the tonal shift, I will say, was less of a shift than in [casting]," proving that themes of grief and loss were to be explored in both the original plan for Wakanda Forever, and the released film. However, the original story would have been a more personal, grounded exploration of grief, told from the perspective of Boseman's T'Challa after returning to fight the battle against Thanos at the climax of Avengers: Endgame. The original draft would have seen T'Challa struggling to resume a normal life after losing so much time during the Blip, with one very important factor that would have informed this.
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