Black Panther Adds To Its Cast

Michael B. Jordan Joins Marvel’s African Superhero Blockbuster

♦Over at the Hollywood Reporter, they have announced in a an exclusive story that Michael B Jordan will be adding to the already impressive cast for Marvel’s Black Panther movie…

Michael B. Jordan will reteam with his Creed director, Ryan Coogler, for Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, inking a deal to join the movie’s cast, which has already created a bit of a buzz, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

This marks the third time that Jordan will work with Coogler, who is both helming the comic book movie and writing the script with Joe Robert Cole. The first time the director and Jordan worked together was for the indie drama Fruitvale Station.

Chadwick Boseman is toplining Black Panther, while Lupita Nyong’o is in negotiations to star alongside him.

It is unclear who Jordan would actually play, but one source told THR that it could be a villain. Marvel had no comment.

Boseman and Black Panther were introduced in Captain America: Civil War, which crossed the $700 million worldwide mark in under a week and a half.

The lead character, whose name is T’Challa, is the warrior king of Wakanda, Marvel’s fictional African nation that is rich in an unbreakable alloy called vibranium.

Black Panther has a Feb. 16, 2018, release date, with production set to start in early 2017.

Panther won’t be Jordan’s superhero-movie debut. Last year, the actor starred as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in Fox’s Marvel film Fantastic Four.

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