The Kingdom of Wakanda is staking out turf on
the Disney + streaming service.
A TV series set in the “Black Panther” kingdom
will be developed as part of a five-year,
exclusive television deal the Walt Disney Co.
announced this week with filmmaker Ryan
Coogler’s Proximity Media company.
Coogler wrote and directed 2018’s “Black
Panther,” a box-office hit that turned Chadwick
Boseman into a superstar. The actor died in
August of cancer.