Chadwick Boseman Boards Samurai Story ‘Yasuke’

[hewontgo]

Chadwick Boseman Boards Samurai Story ‘Yasuke’ https://t.co/cyTUkygEdD
- Variety (@Variety) May 7, 2019
Chadwick Boseman will produce and topline the samurai story “Yasuke,” set in 16th century Japan

Comments

[wanderlost]

Wait, my manz only had three years as a samurai?? Cha! No wonder they haven't let another non-Asian do it since!

(I kiiiiiiiiiiiid, of course!)

[laminy]

I am into it while also steeling myself for all the racist shit that’s about to be said.

[felicityhaircut]

Same. Also, why is he so skinny?!

[xtinkerbellax]

I came into ask if he was always this thin, he looks tiny in that picture.

[ohwutevernvm]

Yeah it's noticeable from some other events which were posted here on ONTD. Dude is definitely skinner

[violue]

I feel like this is going to be hot af

[ilovespooons]

It's obviously long overdue but I'm excited for the stories we can get now that Hollywood has realized that not only white men can make them money at the box office.

[ohwutevernvm]

Damn this gonna be my jam. I looooooove Afro Samurai which need to be adapted into a live action film. I honestly need more samurai, ninjas and kunoichis, assassin movies. Which also means that I need more of this new film and other Afroasian centric standalone adaptions in books, film, anime, tv etc. Plus I LOVE James Kelly Daniels! I'm surprised there ain't an biopic or a movie on him or his likeness. >:(

I also want to mention that I'm glad the CAW system exists in Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors, that I was able to create black warriors, ninjas and kunoichis. I wish I could provide them a backstory or something like Romance of The Three Kingdoms. It’d be cooler if ROTK has more to that with an open world concept. I'd say about the same on The Way of The Samurais where I can play a lone samurai who is also afroasian. Omg I'd just die happy. It'd kick asses.

[juunanagou18]

We're honestly overdue for the martial arts genre revival. We haven't had any good movies since the early 00s (though let's leave the stereotypes and racist asian jokes behind).

and wow, I haven't heard of Dynasty Warriors in a minute. Probably one of the last games I played back when had an xbox. I didn't know it was still around!