Heads up Atlantans, Marvel is taking over your city one superhero at a time.Avengers: Infinity Warkicked off filming on Monday and now, close on its heels,Ryan Cooglerhas commenced production onBlack Panther.Chadwick Bosemanreturns as the king, superhero and spiritual figure T’Challa, following him back to his homeland of Wakanda in the wake ofCaptain America:Civil War.
The official announcement also revealed the first synopsis for the film, teasing the return of an “old enemy”. There are a whole lot of actors playing various levels of villains and scumbags in this movie, so it’s not totally clear which enemy that could be, butMichael B. Jordan’s Killmonger, Black Panther’s longtime comic book nemesis seems like a good bet.
Check out the full snyopsis below:
“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.
Black Pantheralso starsSterling K. Brownas N’Jobu, a figure from T’Challa’s past;Lupita Nyong’oas the Wakandan warrior, Nakia;Angela Bassettas as T’Challa’s mother, Romonda; andWinston Dukeas a key villain, M’Baku, a.k.a. “Man-Ape”. Other cast members includeForest Whitakeras Zuri, an elder statesman of Wakanda;Daniel Kaluuyaas W’Kabi, a loyal friend to T’Challa; and the return ofAndy Serkisas Ulysses Claw andMartin Freemanas Everett K. Ross, withDanai GuriraandFlorence Kasumbaas members of T’Challa’s personal guard, the Dora Milaje. Additional cast members includeLetitia WrightandJohn Kani.
The announcement also solidified some details on the Coogler’s “creative brain trust”, aka his below-the-line crew, which boasts plenty of his frequent collaborators fromFruitvale StatinandCreed:director of photographyRachel Morrison, production designerHannah Beachler, and editorsClaudia CastelloandMichael P. Shawver. Coogler has also recruitedSelmacostume designerRuth E. Carter,Doctor StrangeandAge of Ultronvisual effects supervisorGeoffrey Baumann,Star Trek Beyondmakeup designerJoel Harlow, andCivil Warspecial effects supervisorDan Sudick.
Black Panther will land in U.S. theaters onFebruary 16, 2018.For more of the latest on the MCU happenings, check out the links below:
