John Boyega Believes Black Panther Has Opened The Door To African Stories In Hollywood

The performance of Marvel's 'Black Panther' at the box has kindle optimism in the African stories gaining attention from Hollywood's top movie makers.
British-Nigerian actor John Boyega is of that view and believed the industry is ready to tell African stories and Black Panther has set the pace for it.
"Because of the success of 'Black Panther,' now Hollywood wants African stories and I think Nigeria is at the forefront of that. They are ready to see all these epic stories that we have," he said at a Q&A session organised in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Ryan Cooglar directed film is current third all-time best selling movie in domestic market at the box office with growing growing reaching up to $670m, but for Samuel L. Jackson, a renowned African American artist, that might not nessarily change how black stories are told.
"I'm not positive that Black Panther is going to change the dynamic of black stories being told in Hollywood and being accepted all over the world," he told Vogue Arabia.
According to the CNN, the 'Pacific Rim Uprising' star, 28, wants to help African artists to get the right trainings and exposure they need to fit into the global market.
"My goal was to create original stories and I wanted to be a part of the development of stories. We will have Nigerian people, young people present on set, shadowing those professionals...And its not just acting, it's cinematography, it's all the basics of the crew that matter," he said.