After meeting Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War, we knew his standalone film would be on our must-see list, but I don’t think any of us could have predicted how glorious a cast Marvel would round up. I have a feeling Boseman’s steady, sleek Panther will provide a measured and thrilling superhero film (hopefully, with a few less explosions) as compared to our volatile Avengers. Check out the official synopsis, and then feast your eyes on the rest of Black Panther‘s incredible cast.
Black Panther follows T’Challa who, after the events of Captain America: Civil War, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King. However, when an old enemy reappears on the radar, T’Challa’s mettle as King and Black Panther is tested when he is drawn into a conflict that puts the entire fate of Wakanda and the world at risk.
Danai Gurira as Okoye
Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger
Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia
Forest Whitaker as Zuri
Angela Bassett as Ramonda
Daniel Kaluuya as W’Kabi
Sterling K. Brown as N’Jobu
Florence Kasumba as Ayo
Winston Duke as M’Baku
Letitia Wright, TBA
John Kani as King T’Chaka
Phylicia Rashad, TBA
Atandwa Kani as Young T’Chaka
Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue
Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross
Production has begun on the Ryan Coogler (Creed, Fruitvale Station) directed film, with the script by Coogler and Joe Robert Cole (The People v. O.J. Simpson); it hits theaters February 16, 2018.
