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Chadwick Boseman Wins Posthumous Golden Globe for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

Gone but not forgotten, Chadwick Boseman in February became the first actor to receive two posthumous nominations in the same year at the 26th Critics’ Choice Awards. After receiving his first Golden Globe nomination for his role opposite Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Boseman became a first-time Critics’ Choice double nominee for Best Actor (Ma Rainey’s) and Best Supporting Actor (Da 5 Bloods). Best Actor nominees include Boseman (Ma Rainey’s, Netflix), Ben Affleck, (The Way Back, Warner Bros), Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal, Amazon Studios), Tom Hanks, (News of the World, Universal Pictures), Anthony Hopkins (The Father, Sony Pictures Classics), Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods, Netflix), Gary Oldman, (Mank, Netflix), and Steven Yeun (Minari, A24).

Boseman was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Da 5 Bloods), and competes against Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7, Netflix), Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah, Warner Bros), Bill Murray (On the Rocks, A24/Apple TV+), Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami, Amazon Studios), and Paul Raci (Sound of Metal). Boseman’s Da 5 Bloods filmmaker Spike Lee is nominated for Best Director alongside Lee Isaac Chung (Minari), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman, Focus Features), David Fincher (Mank), Regina King (One Night in Miami), Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7), and Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, Searchlight Pictures).

At the 78th Golden Globe Awards, late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman was posthumously awarded the honor of Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for his role as Levee Green in director George C. Wolfe’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. This marks the first Golden Globe of Boseman’s career. The actor was nominated alongside Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal), Anthony Hopkins (The Father), Gary Oldman (Mank), and Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian). Boseman’s wife, Simone Ledward Boseman, accepted the award on his behalf.

Boseman said that if her husband were still alive, he would thank “God,” “his parents” and “his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices.” She continued, “He would say something beautiful. Something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside of us that tells us you can, that tells you to keep going, that calls you back to what you were meant to be doing in this moment… I don’t have his words but we have to take all the moments to celebrate those we love.”

In respect to his impeccable performance as Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the studio has decided to take some mastic steps. Previously, during Disney Investor’s Day, we heard a lot of new announcements. News that the world was not expecting. Disney, in a tweet, announced that “Black Panther 2, opening July 8, 2022, is being written & directed by Ryan Coogler. Honoring Chadwick Boseman’s legacy & portrayal of T’Challa, @MarvelStudios will not recast the character but will explore the world of Wakanda & the rich characters introduced in the first film.”

Feige told Deadline during an interview that, “So much of the comics and that first movie is the world of Wakanda. Wakanda is a place to further explore characters and different subcultures. This was always and initially the primary focus of the next story. We’re not going to have a CGI Chadwick and we’re not recasting T’Challa.” Feige continued, “Ryan Coogler is working very hard right now on the script with all the respect and love and genius that he has, which gives us great solace, so it was always about furthering the mythology and the inspiration of Wakanda. There’s also the task of honoring and respecting the ongoing learnings and teachings from Chad as well.”

Marvel Releases a Tribute Video for Chadwick Boseman

It was also rumored that either Namor or Doctor Doom will be responsible for T’Challa’s death. All of this is strictly based on rumors, and it may remain this way. Marvel Studios exec Victoria Alonso also confirmed that they will not use CGI to recreate Boseman’s likeness. Alonso said, “No. There’s only one Chadwick, and he’s not with us,” she further continues to say that, “Our king, unfortunately, has died in real life, not just in fiction, and we are taking a little time to see how we return to history and what we do to honor this chapter of what has happened to us that was so unexpected, so painful, so terrible, really.”

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Da 5 Bloods are now streaming on Netflix. The Oscars ceremony airs on April 25 live on ABC. Boseman passed away on Aug. 28, 2020, following a four-year-long battle with colon cancer.

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