#’Black Panther’ Director Ryan Coogler to Develop Wakanda Series at Disney+

Black Panther writer, director, and producer Ryan Coogler is teaming up with the Walt Disney Company again as his Proximity Media has signed a five-year overall television deal.

Joined by principals Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis, and Peter Nicks, Coogler, who is currently at work on Black Panther‘s sequel, is going to develop a new TV series based on the Kingdom of Wakanda for Disney+. The deal also allows the Proximity Media team to work on other TV projects within other divisions of the Walt Disney Company.

“It’s an honor to be partnering with The Walt Disney Company. Working with them on Black Panther was a dream come true. As avid consumers of television, we couldn’t be happier to be launching our television business with Bob Iger, Dana Walden and all the amazing studios under the Disney umbrella,” Coogler said in a statement released to the press on behalf of Proximity Media.

“We look forward to learning, growing, and building a relationship with audiences all over the world through the Disney platforms. We are especially excited that we will be taking our first leap with Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso and their partners at Marvel Studios where we will be working closely with them on select MCU shows for Disney+,” he continued. “We’re already in the mix on some projects that we can’t wait to share.”

No further details on the Wakanda-set series have been provided, as fans of Black Panther will recall, star Chadwick Boseman died last year after a lengthy battle with colon cancer. In December Marvel announced that they wouldn’t recast Boseman’s role as King T’Challa in the films and MCU.