Ryan Coogler Directing Black Panther
 

It’s official, Marvelites: Ryan Coogler will step up to direct Marvel’s “Black Panther,” in theaters February 16, 2018!

Chadwick Boseman will star in “Black Panther” after debuting as the character in the upcoming Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War,” in theaters May 6.

Chadwick Boseman stars as the Black Panther in Marvel's Captain America: Civil War


“We are fortunate to have such an esteemed filmmaker join the Marvel family,” said producer Kevin Feige. “The talents Ryan showcased in his first two films easily made him our top choice to direct ‘Black Panther.’ Many fans have waited a long time to see Black Panther in his own film, and with Ryan we know we’ve found the perfect director to bring T’Challa’s story to life.”

Coogler wrote and directed his first award-winning feature film, “Fruitvale Station,” in 2013. Most recently he directed the critically-acclaimed “Creed,” which earned Sylvester Stallone a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture.

Black Panther has been an important character in the Marvel universe for 50 years. He is the king of the technologically-advanced nation of Wakanda, and Panther has served as a member of the Avengers in addition to his many solo adventures.

Coogler is represented by WME and Cohen Gardner LLP.

More on Marvel.com: http://marvel.com/news/movies/25616/...#ixzz3wz9IRAFD

Awesome!

Really enjoyed Creed, so I can't wait to see what he can do with the prince of Wakanda.

That's an excellent choice.

Sweet. Glad this is finally official.

My money's on Klaw as the bad guy in this one.

Lupita Nyong'o is in talks for a role in this movie

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...o-talks-893213

With a last name like Googler he'd better do his research! :tlol:

I'll see myself out.

Aaaaand that I realized it's Coogler. That's what I get for reading the forums without wearing my glasses.

Micheal B Jordan joins Black Panther

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...ebook_20160513

Hell yes! So excited for this movie.

Now both versions of Human Torch are in the MCU.

Jordan is confirmed as Killmonger. Danai Gurira joins the cast.

https://www.google.com/amp/comicbook...oid-sprint-us#

Lupita revealed the gist of the Black Panther story after the SDCC panel:

"The story of this Black Panther - what I am allowed to say - is that Black Panther's leadership has been threatened by two foes who come together, and so Black Panther gets the help of the C.I.A. and the Dora Milaje to try and defeat the enemy."

So Killmonger and Klaue team up. And hopefully Emily van Camp has a role, don't see why else they'd bother involving the CIA.

Didn't think of that. Maybe.

More likely it's Martin Freeman as whoever the heck he was. Agent NotPhilCoulson. :tlol:

I remember reading elsewhere that Martin Freeman was going to be in this.

His character, Everett Ross, was with the fictional JCTC, not CIA. But perhaps Lupita misspoke.

Winston Duke has been casted as classic Black Panther villain M'Baku/Man-Ape: http://www.thewrap.com/black-panther...ke-as-villain/

Interesting. I wonder if he'll serve a purpose, or they just wanted to give Killmonger a cool goon.

Marvel released the cast list and synopsis for the movie. It was assumed but good to see Serkis is confirmed.

https://news.marvel.com/movies/58647...ack-panther-2/

Teaser trailer is coming tonight during the NBA finals.

https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2...ther.jpg?w=691

Excited for the teaser, but that poster looks terrible. He looks out of focus and it's obvious they just slapped his head onto that body.

Check out the Poster
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/black...onight-a151696

https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2...ther.jpg?w=691

Here's the trailer

Cooooooooooool.

I think I'm gonna like this.

I love what I'm seeing so far.

Teaser trailer looks really cool. The whole thing was a definite change from what Marvel movies usually look and feel like, so this is shaping up to be a good one.

Marvel hasn't made a bad trailer yet, even for their couple of stinkers.

I never even liked BP until Civil War last year, but I literally can't stop watching this teaser lol. Everything looks amazing. Can't wait for this one.

The solicit for the Prelude comic sounds awesome. Out in October.

This looks pretty damn good. If Suicide Squad can win an Oscar for make-up then surely this will get the nod for costumes. Everything about Wakanda looks incredible.

With this trailer out now I assume we won't get the trailer for Infinity War until late November / early December.

That trailer was f#cking tight.

The trailer was great, I like how Wakanda has this tribal/futuristic look to it, kind of otherworldly.

Taking a wild guess, I'd imagine that the Michael B. Jordan character is challenging T'Challa for his throne.

Yeah, he is, that's what his character is all about.
http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Erik_Ki...er_(Earth-616)

You could classify it as an afrofuturistic aesthetic

Here is the poster

https://i.imgur.com/i7gKcTs.jpg

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/black...pected-a154685

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