When asked about Wakanda’s real-world commentary on immigration and providing refuge for the impoverished, Coogler told Empire in a recent interview that it was something that they wanted to do because they wanted Wakanda to feel like it existed in the real world, which was partly inspired by Gotham City in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.
Christopher Nolan’s version of Gotham City in The Dark Knight partially inspired the depiction of Wakanda in Marvel’s Black Panther.
One of the best thing’s The Dark Knight had going for it was that it felt real, that it could happen in the real world.
I remember watching The Dark Knight and the film having commentary on privacy, commentary on terrorism.