Something's got a hold on Ryan Coogler
CHICAGO — 'I got the movie,' exclaimed Ryan Coogler while doing the dishes.
For months, the director had been trying to weave together several threads that had been loose in his mind since wrapping 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.' There were multiple conversations carrying on in his head at once. The murder of rapper Young Dolph. Cotton. The Stephen King novel 'Salem's Lot.' Grunge. The memory of his late Uncle James. Grief. Love.
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