The 2018 release for Black Panther is now getting excitingly close, and they’re not wasting any time getting the promotional machine rolling. The Black Panther movie will be the third Marvel movie in the next two years specifically intended to launch new franchises, so it’s crucial that they get everything just right.
They’ve assembled the right group of people to do it. Aside from the incredible cast (more on them down below), Black Panther is directed by Ryan Coogler, who helmed the superb Creed and Fruitvale Station.
Black Panther Release Date
Black Panther will be released on Feb. 16, 2018.
Black Panther Story
Here’s the official synopsis from Marvel:
Black Panther Trailer
Check out all the footage released from Black Panther so far!
We did a detailed analysis of this footage right here if you’re interested.
Black Panther Review
Read our full review here.
Black Panther Cast
Here’s the full cast list from Marvel:
Black Panther Characters
Chadwick Boseman is T’Challa, the Black Panther and Michael B. Jordan is the film’s villain, Erik Killmonger. This will be the third consecutive Coogler film to star Jordan, following Fruitvale Station and Creed. Killmonger was created Don McGregor and Rich Buckler in the pages of Jungle Action.
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Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave, The Jungle Book) is Nakia, a member of the Dora Milaje, the royal bodyguards of T’Challa (we glimpsed them in Captain America: Civil War). That’s cool enough on its own, but The Walking Dead‘s Danai Gurira is Okoye, the head of the Dora Milaje!
Angela Bassett will play Ramonda, T’Challa’s mother, and the widow of King T’Chaka. Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker is also on board.
Winston Duke (Person of Interest) is M’Baku, a character known by the rather ridiculous nom-du-supervillain of Man-Ape in the comics (but not in the movie, thankfully). M’Baku has been around almost as long as T’Challa, first appearing in Avengers #62 in 1969, where he was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema.
Sterling K. Brown, who won an Emmy for his portrayal of Christopher Darden in The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story will play N’Jobu “a figure from T’Challa aka Black Panther’s past.” No other details are currently available about the character, and N’Jobu isn’t ringing any Marvel Comics lore bells for us right now.
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Black Panther Soundtrack
Kendrick Lamar and Anthony “Top Dawg” Griffith will produce the Black Panther soundtrack, appropriately known as Black Panther: The Album. Listen to it here…
