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In creating a new kind of superhero movie, «Black Panther» also loyally embraces its own heritage — specifically the three black writers who have left an indelible mark on the character in the pages of the comic books.

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You've seen «em: the artsy writer types with black - rimmed glasses who sip coffee and hunker down in dark corners of coffee shops, pen in hand, writing contemplatively inside a hardback...

Roger Frison - Roche, who lived in Chamonix at the time and went on to become one of the Savoie's most beloved writers, recalled that at evening events, black tie was routinely required for all guests — except athletes, who could attend wearing team uniforms.

Also honored Monday was Buffalo broadcast producer and writer Jackie Albarella, and a committee of more than 20 women who created the Radical Women's Night Out, an event to be held April 19th at the Albright - Knox Art Gallery featuring «Black Radical Women» from 1965 to 1985.

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Credited to three writers, «The Fighter» was directed by David O. Russell, who reportedly rewrote the screenplay during filming, adding humor to a project originally planned for Darren Aronofsky («The Wrestler,» «Black Swan»), who isn't exactly known for his light touch.

Apart from Padilha, 7 Days in Entebbe has promising credentials: a strong cast headed by Daniel Brühl and Rosamund Pike as the German radicals who prove out of their depth running the hijack mission with two Palestinians, and a script by Black Watch playwright Gregory Burke, who also scored a notable Berlin hit in 2014 as writer of the super-tense Northern Ireland drama» 71.

English Writer / Director John Michael McDonagh is the elder brother of filmmaker Martin McDonagh, the mastermind who is behind such sterling black comedies as IN BRUGES (2008, 8/10) and SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (2012).

In a film filled with examples of whites either habitually exploiting blacks — or even in the case of the fundamentally decent but chronically guilt - stricken Schultz, deciding to «take responsibility» for them — Stephen's calculated and ultimately self - defeating betrayal of a figurative «brother» is truly diabolical and heartbreaking, not to mention a ballsy move for Tarantino, who could have easily gotten away cleaner as a white writer - director without hinging the back half of his movie on a case of Southern Stockholm Syndrome.

The shoot had Cassel and Aronofsky working again with several other members of the Black Swan crew: composer (and frequent Aronofsky collaborator) Clint Mansell, writer Mark Heyman and associate producer Ari Handel (who helped write the YSL spot).

Chris Salmanpour, a writer who was discovered through a partnership between The Black List, StudioCanal and The Picture Company to find new voices among EU writers, penned the adaptation of Russian Spy, which is using movies such as Marathon Man and Three Days of the Condor as touchstones.

When Van Sant and writer Dustin lance Black arrived at Dan White's infamous «Twinkie Defense,» a palpable disgust for him and those who continue to speak homophobic speech and practice homophobic violence rippled through the celluloid.

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In this panel, Black Lightning star Cress Williams and executive producers Salim Akil & Mara Brock Akil will join the acclaimed John Ridley, author and comic book writer Alice Randall (The Wind Done Gone, Earth M), and Black Girl Nerds Editor - in - Chief Jamie Broadnax as they look beyond the super suit to the African - American men and women who are heroes to their community.

«Three Billboards» is a pitch - black comedy by writer - director Martin McDonagh («In Bruges»), which follows a mother (McDormand) who unleashes her fury over her daughter's unsolved murder on the town's sheriff.

This entirely African American - conceived and produced ensemble drama is the result of a collaboration of a pair of pioneering Black artists: writer Ishmael Reed and filmmaker Bill Gunn, who wrote and... More

And all hail writer / director Ryan Coogler, the Black Panther, the Dora Milaje, and everyone who helped to bring this next - level, majestic, and wildly entertaining superhero movie to life.

Aaron Convington, the writer of Creed (who worked with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler), is set to write two issues of the Black Panther comics.

For my money it's a comedy, but of the blacker - than - black variety, which is exactly what you expect from writer - director McDonagh, who has already brought us the wickedly funny In Bruges, about two hitmen languishing in Belgium after killing an innocent bystander, and the astonishing play The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, a blood - soaked tale of mad Irish terrorists that I'm ashamed to say made me laugh until I cried.

Margot at the Wedding (R for sexuality and profanity) Nicole Kidman handles the titular role in this family skeletons dramedy about a narcissistic writer who causes quite a stir after showing up unexpectedly with her adolescent (Zane Pais) for the impending wedding of her freewheeling sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to an unemployed artist (Jack Black).

Through this violent, black - comic tale of the increasingly over-the-top challenges a rich couple, Colin (David Koechner) and Violet (Sara Paxton), offers to two desperate men (Pat Healy's Craig, a recently laid - off aspiring writer, and Ethan Embry's Vince, a childhood friend of Craig's who hasn't exactly been swimming in dough himself), Katz and screenwriters David Chirchirillo and Trent Haaga appear to believe they're exposing the dark depths of humanity when pushed to desperate extremes.

Anticipating the wave, Marvel Comics is putting out a crash course on the Wakandan king with next week's Black Panther Annual # 1, a one - shot featuring stories by three writers who played major roles in the character's past.

As a writer who has seen less likely things come to pass and who still has a shred of optimism in his black cynical heart, I have taken the liberty of compiling a list of lessons that Hollywood in general can and should take away from the Merc with the Mouth's solo success.

He pointed out writer - director Shane Black and producer Joel Silver in the audience, but it was star Russell Crowe who made his way to the stage to introduce an extended trailer.

So says writer - director Jordan Peele in Get Out, a horror / comedy hybrid about a black man (Golden Globe - nominated Daniel Kaluuya) who visits the posh, apparently liberal family home of his white girlfriend (Allison Williams) and ends up (spoiler alert) walking into a racist ambush.

Harnessing a West London underworld scuzzier than the greasy mop on its antihero's head, writer - director Johnson delves into a milieu where cops and crooks all wear black hats, and moral distinctions are made over who is the least corrupt.

The movie house will then host journalist and author Ta - Nehisi Coates, who is the latest writer for the comic book series, for a reading of his new book before a showing of «Black Panther» at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20.

The writer and director of «Get Out» on Sunday, March 4, won an Oscar for his first film, taking a best original screenplay statue for the sociological thriller about a black man who meets his white girlfriend's family and finds a house of racial horrors.

In the lead drama races, Taraji P. Henson (Empire) became the third black woman to win drama actress and the first in 23 years after Gail Fisher and Regina Taylor, while Jon Hamm — who didn't get to give a speech when he won his first drama actor Globe for Mad Men during the writers» strike — became the first former drama actor champ to get dropped as a nominee and return to win.

Writer - director Shane Black's horribly enjoyable action comedy The Nice Guys is an jauntily arch return to this tradition, the story of two dishevelled and incompetent private detectives in 1970s Los Angeles — played by Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling — who have been expensively tasked with solving the mystery surrounding the death of a missing porn actress, and what other kind of fascinatingly damaged female character can there be?

With a script by Black List writers Brian and Jim Kehoe, Blockers is the directorial debut of Kay Cannon, who has plenty of experience working on female - driven comedies.

Shane Black is a writer who directed the great 2005 action flick Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

On the surface, The D Train looks like the archetypal Jack Black film as in previous outings like School Of Rock, he plays a small - town lummox who lies, cheats and alienates everybody around him but writer - directors Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul smartly play on the actors manic misanthrope persona to deliver something surprisingly subversive.

I reached out to writer Roy Thomas, who penned the comic in which T'Challa pulled on his costume and explained why he'd suddenly started calling himself «the Black Leopard.»

There aren't many writer - directors who could tell a story of small - town rape, murder, grief and guilt at the same time as taking you down all sorts of black - comic paths and having immense fun with the writing and acting along the way.

Director Joseph Kosinski («Tron: Legacy,» «Oblivion») and writers Ken Nolan («Black Hawk Down») and Eric Warren Singer («American Hustle») set up characters we think we know, from Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin), the tough - but - fair superintendent who always seems to know more about fires than everyone around him; to Amanda (Jennifer Connelly), Eric's veterinarian wife who rescues horses and frets about her husband's safety while he's putting himself in harm's way; to Brendan (Miles Teller), a drug - using screw - up who tries to get his life together when a recent fling results in his becoming a dad.

Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, «The Help» stars Emma Stone (star of the breakout hit, «Zombieland») as Skeeter, a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends» lives - and a small Mississippi town - upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families.

This year's list included seven actors of color, three African American writers (including the late August Wilson, who wrote the screenplay for Fences), and a Best Director nomination for Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), who becomes only the fourth black director nominated in the Oscars» history after John Singleton, Lee Daniels, and Steve McQueen.

Writer - director team Jean - Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's endlessly inventive and wildly enjoyable post-apocalyptic black comedy follows a sinister butcher and the circus clown who becomes his nemesis.

The comic writer recently spoke about a new monthly series for the series Kick - Ass debuting February 14th, where Dave Lizewski passes on the title to a new hero Patience Lee, «a black woman who served in the military and is the mother of young children.»

Writer - director team Jean - Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro endlessly inventive and wildly enjoyable post-apocalyptic black comedy follows a sinister butcher and the circus clown who becomes his nemesis.

Writer - director Ryan Coogler opens the narrative on videos presumably taken by several passersby indicating that a huge, burly, cop manhandled a number of Black passengers on the BART while ignoring the White guy who started the brawl.

Bill Wittliff, writer and executive producer of «Lonesome Dove,» and writer of «The Black Stallion, «The Perfect Storm» and «Legends of the Fall» presented the HEB Legend award to Tommy Lee Jones, who got a standing ovation when he came out to accept.

Other speakers recently added to the Conference slate include «The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl» writer / producer / actress Tracy Oliver, «Se7en» writer Andrew Kevin Walker, «Veep» actor Tony Hale, NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke (President,), «Blind Side» writer / director John Lee Hancock, and «Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me» writer Michael McCullers

In 2006, Sian Heder, a writer for «Orange Is The New Black,» wrote and directed the short film, «Mother,» about a woman who hires a stranger to babysit her toddler.

Black's early screenplays were self - aware in a way that paved a path for Quentin Tarantino and the movie - crazy film - makers of the late 90s — David O Russell, David Fincher, Paul Thomas Anderson et al — and his innovations were simple and liberating for the writers who followed him.