‘Black Panther’: Danai Gurira Joins Cast, Lupita Nyong’o And Michael B. Jordan Confirmed [Comic-Con 2016]
Captain America: Civil Warwas all about the showdown between two of Marvel Studios' flagship heroes, Captain America and Iron Man. But a newcomer very nearly stole the show from right under them.Chadwick Bosemanmade a huge splash in his first appearance as T’Challa a.k.a. Black Panther, proving himself to be a very charismatic, very smart, and very different kind of Marvel superhero.
He’s got his own solo movie launching in 2018, and at Comic-Con today Marvel took a few minutes to confirm the incredible cast of the film. In addition to Boseman,Black Pantherwill starDanai Gurira(The Walking Dead) as Okoye,Lupita Nyong’oas Nakia, andMichael B. Jordanas Erik Killmonger.
Let’s run down who the newly confirmed actors are playing.
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— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel)August 02, 2025
Details about the plot ofBlack Pantherare still under wraps, but directorRyan Cooglerhas described itas his “most personal movie to date.”
It’s a specific challenge. What Marvel’s doing, and what you see a lot of studios doing now that Marvel has done it so successfully, is making content that exists in a particular universe, where the characters tie in and crossover, and I think that’s a great creative challenge to me—to make this movie as personal as possible. It’s going to be my most personal movie to date, which is crazy to say, but it’s completely the case. I’m obsessed with this character and this story right now, and I think it’s going to be very unique and still fit into the overall narrative that they’re establishing.
Besides the cast members named above, it’s also believed (but not confirmed) that characters could return from other Marvel films, includingAndy SerkisasAvengers: Age of Ultron’s Ulysses Klaue,Martin FreemanasCaptain America: Civil War’s Everett Ross, andSebastian StanasCaptain America’s Winter Soldier.
