Ryan Coogler’s ‘Black Panther’ has welcomed the actor Michael B. Jordan to its cast.
Good news below….
‘Panther‘ recently bagged a 2018 release date and a leading actor in Chadwick Boseman who portrays the African superhero in ‘Captain America: Civil War.’
This week, he joins Coogler to welcome Jordan to the project before filming kicks off at the start of next year.
‘The Hollywood Reporter’ reveals:
It is unclear who Jordan would 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 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. 2, 2018, release date, with production set to start in early 2017.
Panther won’t be Jordan’s superhero movie debut. The actor last year starred as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in Fox’s Marvel franchise, The Fantastic Four.
Lupita Nyong’o is also expected to star in the release.