User blog comment:Living Machine/Marvel Movies Ideas/@comment-1713281-20130224025840/@comment-1895174-20130224035429

The problem with a Black Panther movie is, to put it bluntly, old-timey racism. Audiences tend to stay away from movies with an African-American lead, unless that lead is Will Smith or Denzel Washington. It's even worse when there's a predominantly Black cast. Maybe even worse in this situation considering the main character shares his name with a certain Black Power organization (which in all fairness he predates).

DC faces a similar problem with Wonder Woman.