In August 2020, the world of cinema lost one of its shining stars: Chadwick Boseman. Best known for his ground-breaking performance as King T’Challa in the Marvel movie Black Panther, Boseman created a legacy for himself that future actors will find difficult to rival. As a stage and screen performer, he was simply sublime, and he was an even better human being. To many people, he was considered a deity – a god-like figure who provided a whole community with a hero to look up to.
Chadwick Boseman was taken from this earth far, far too early. If you wish to honor him in the best way possible, you should check out his extensive array of amazing films.
Here are four Boseman movies that you should watch right away:
The Express
Chadwick Boseman’s career in film took him to heights that not many actors have managed to soar, and all...
Chadwick Boseman was taken from this earth far, far too early. If you wish to honor him in the best way possible, you should check out his extensive array of amazing films.
Here are four Boseman movies that you should watch right away:
The Express
Chadwick Boseman’s career in film took him to heights that not many actors have managed to soar, and all...
- 4/9/2021
- by Michael Walsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The late Chadwick Boseman made just 15 films before his shocking, devastating death last week from colon cancer. But many of those 15 movies had already left an undeniable and in some cases massive impact on cinema, even before becoming the permanent legacy of an incredible actor taken from us far too soon.
Not only did his portrayal of King T’Challa in Marvel’s Black Panther and three other Marvel Cinematic Universe entries change film history itself, but he brought some of the most important figures in both Black and American culture to the screen. Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall were American heroes of gigantic stature, and Boseman managed to introduce them to new generations of viewers through his sensitive, complex portrayals.
By all accounts, Chadwick Boseman wanted each of his roles to mean something. He wanted to tell the story of Black history and push that story forward every time...
Not only did his portrayal of King T’Challa in Marvel’s Black Panther and three other Marvel Cinematic Universe entries change film history itself, but he brought some of the most important figures in both Black and American culture to the screen. Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall were American heroes of gigantic stature, and Boseman managed to introduce them to new generations of viewers through his sensitive, complex portrayals.
By all accounts, Chadwick Boseman wanted each of his roles to mean something. He wanted to tell the story of Black history and push that story forward every time...
- 9/1/2020
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Just four movies into his career, Chadwick Boseman has already played a football legend (Floyd "The Franchise" Little in "The Express") and a baseball icon (Jackie Robinson in "42"). Now, he's back in the game playing a fictional outside linebacker named Vontae Mack who hopes to be the Cleveland Browns' first draft pick in Ivan Reitman's "Draft Day." That puts him on the receiving end of some highly charged conversations with Kevin Costner as Browns general manager Sonny Weaver -- although all their scenes but one are over the phone.
So Boseman's played two sports greats while acting opposite the likes of Costner and, in "42," Harrison Ford -- where do you go from there? How about playing James Brown in the upcoming "Get on Up" or the Egyptian god of wisdom, Thoth, in 2016's "Gods of Egypt"? If you need a legend -- a real one or otherwise -- it...
So Boseman's played two sports greats while acting opposite the likes of Costner and, in "42," Harrison Ford -- where do you go from there? How about playing James Brown in the upcoming "Get on Up" or the Egyptian god of wisdom, Thoth, in 2016's "Gods of Egypt"? If you need a legend -- a real one or otherwise -- it...
- 4/11/2014
- by Don Kaye
- Moviefone
Hollywood has finally found its Jackie Robinson.
Chadwick Boseman will play the iconic baseball star and civil rights pioneer in "42," Legendary Pictures announced on Friday night. A relative fresh face to audiences, Boseman will be joined by screen icon Harrison Ford, who will play Branch Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers executive who signed Robinson to be the first African American ballplayer in Major League Baseball history. Robinson made his Major League debut in 1947.
Brian Helgeland, the Oscar-winning writer of such hits as "La Confidential" and "Mystic River," will both write the screenplay and direct "42." Previously, he directed the 2001 film, "A Knight's Tale."
This is by far the biggest role in Boseman's career; to this point, he's best known for guest roles in TV shows such as "Fringe," "Justified" and "Castle," as well as a regular role in thirteen episodes of "Persons Unknown." He's actually featured in a movie about another sports legend,...
Chadwick Boseman will play the iconic baseball star and civil rights pioneer in "42," Legendary Pictures announced on Friday night. A relative fresh face to audiences, Boseman will be joined by screen icon Harrison Ford, who will play Branch Rickey, the Brooklyn Dodgers executive who signed Robinson to be the first African American ballplayer in Major League Baseball history. Robinson made his Major League debut in 1947.
Brian Helgeland, the Oscar-winning writer of such hits as "La Confidential" and "Mystic River," will both write the screenplay and direct "42." Previously, he directed the 2001 film, "A Knight's Tale."
This is by far the biggest role in Boseman's career; to this point, he's best known for guest roles in TV shows such as "Fringe," "Justified" and "Castle," as well as a regular role in thirteen episodes of "Persons Unknown." He's actually featured in a movie about another sports legend,...
- 12/10/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
How do you find the right actor to play Jackie Robinson in a biopic? A while back you could have had either Will Smith or Denzel Washington do it, but considering Robinson was 28 when he broke the color barrier and Smith and Washington are 43 and 56, respectively, that's just not going to work. There's also the issue of finding an actor who can disappear into the role be Jackie Robinson instead of just playing him. Given those factors, the best bet would probably to find a talented up-and-comer to take the role, and that's exactly what's happening with Legendary Pictures' 42. Chadwick Boseman is now in final talks to take the role of the legendary baseball player, according to Variety. While the project won't be his first film role - he recently wrapped production on an action movie called The Kill Hole for writer-director Mischa Webley and played Floyd Little in The...
- 12/9/2011
- cinemablend.com
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