Okoye was written as queer in the World of Wakanda comics but in Black Panther, the movie version of the character played by Danai Garira was married to Daniel Kaluuya’s W’Kabi. Similarly, the final cut of Thor: Ragnarok omitted a key flashback scene which would have alluded to the bisexuality of Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson). Until now, the closest Marvel have ever come to having an openly gay character in their screen canon was Season 3 of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, which introduced inhuman Joey Gutierrez (Juan Pablo Raba) as part of the “Secret Warriors” subplot. However, Joey never really got much to do, and the show’s first gay Latino superhero was promptly written out without fanfare.Ĭhloé Zhao is attached to direct The Eternals, which will begin shooting in Atlanta in August. She is the first woman of color to direct a Marvel movie, and only the second female director in the history of the MCU after Cate Shortland, who is behind the upcoming Black Widow. Tipped to lead Phase 4 of the sprawling on-going movie mythos, the Eternals are a powerful alien race. #GAY SEX COMICS BLACK PANTHER MOVIE MOVIE# #GAY SEX COMICS BLACK PANTHER MOVIE MOVIE#.
