--- description: Following the massive success of Black Panther, director Ryan Coogler is apparently considering a female-led spinoff of the superhero flick. title: The Black Panther Director Is Interested in a Female Spinoff image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0438249affcfeb6/6988d707096a945e4869ee2d/mld-24055_r.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The _Black Panther_ Director Is Into the Idea of a Female Spinoff  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 11, 2018 4:28 PM CUT  Black Panther. L to R: Okoye (Danai Gurira), Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o) and Ayo (Florence Kasumba) Black Panther. L to R: Okoye (Danai Gurira), Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o) and Ayo (Florence Kasumba)Marvel  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 11, 2018 4:28 PM CUT **Warning:** Minor [_Black Panther_](http://time.com/5133882/black-panther-review/ "undefined")spoilers ahead. Following the [massive success](http://time.com/money/5215397/black-panther-box-office-record/ "undefined") of _Black Panther_, director Ryan Coogler is apparently interested in the idea of a female-led spinoff of the [Marvel superhero flick](http://time.com/5167535/upcoming-marvel-movies/ "undefined"). According to [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2018/film/features/female-black-panther-spinoff-ryan-coogler-1202805956/ "undefined"), during a discussion at Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, Coogler spoke about how integral the female characters of _Black Panther_—chiefly, Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and Shuri (Letitia Wright)—were to the movie’s triumph. “I think you could argue they are more important,” he replied when asked if the women were as important as the men. “There’s a whole section of the film where T’Challa \[Chadwick Boseman\] is out of the movie and you’re just following the women. That’s one of my favorite parts of the movie when I watched it, and I didn’t expect that. That part of the movie you feel like you’re watching something fresh and new. That part of it was exciting. We have these actresses who could easily carry their own movie.” But Coogler didn’t stop there. The director went on to say that if the chance arises, he would totally be on board with helming that very film. “That would be amazing if the opportunity came up,” he said. “They did it in the comic-book version.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5274278/black-panther-female-spinoff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5274278/black-panther-female-spinoff/"},"headline":"The Black Panther Director Is Into the Idea of a Female Spinoff","datePublished":"2018-05-11T16:28:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:49.279Z","description":"Women of Wakanda forever!","url":"https://time.com/5274278/black-panther-female-spinoff/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","black panther"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0438249affcfeb6/6988d707096a945e4869ee2d/mld-24055_r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0438249affcfeb6/6988d707096a945e4869ee2d/mld-24055_r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"null","caption":"null","creditText":"Marvel","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5274278/black-panther-female-spinoff/","name":"The Black Panther Director Is Into the Idea of a Female Spinoff"}}]}] ```