Marvel Studios has announced
today that production has begun on Ryan Coogler's ("Creed," "Fruitvale
Station") Black Panther, who is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote
with Joe Robert Cole ("The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story").
The film, which opens in U.S. theaters on February 16, 2018, will be shot in
Atlanta and South Korea.
Marvel's Black
Panther follows T’Challa, who after the events of Civil War, returns home to
the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his
place as King. However, when an old enemy reappears on the radar, T’Challa’s
mettle as King and Black Panther is tested when he is drawn into a conflict
that puts the entire fate of Wakanda and the world at risk.
Black Panther stars Chadwick Boseman ("Get on Up," "Captain
America: Civil War,"), Michael B. Jordan ("Creed,"), Oscar
winner Lupita Nyong’o ("Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "12 Years
a Slave"), Daniel Kaluuya ("Sicario"), Martin Freeman
("Hobbit" trilogy, "Sherlock"), Danai Gurira ("The
Walking Dead"), Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett ("American
Horror Story"), Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker ("Rogue One: A
Star Wars Story"), and Andy Serkis ("Avengers: Age of Ultron,"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens").
Additional cast
members include Letitia Wright ("Urban Hymn"), Winston Duke ("Modern
Family"), Florence Kasumba ("Captain America: Civil War," "Emerald
City"), Sterling K. Brown ("Whiskey Tango Foxtrot," "The
People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story") and John Kani ("Captain
America: Civil War," "Coriolanus").
Marvel’s Black
Panther is produced by Kevin Feige with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Nate
Moore, Jeffrey Chernov and Stan Lee serving as executive producers.
Coogler’s creative brain trust includes his frequent collaborators:
director of photography Rachel Morrison, A.S.C. ("Dope,"
"Fruitvale Station"), production designer Hannah Beachler
("Creed," "Fruitvale Station"), editors Claudia Castello
("Creed," "Fruitvale Station") and Michael P. Shawver
("Creed," "Fruitvale Station"); along with costume designer
Ruth E. Carter ("Selma," "Lee Daniels’ The Butler"),
visuals effects supervisor Geoffrey Baumann ("Doctor Strange,"
"Avengers: Age of Ultron"), Academy Award winning makeup designer
Joel Harlow ("Star Trek Beyond," "Black Mass") and
seven-time Academy Award nominee, special effects supervisor Dan Sudick
("Captain America: Civil War," "The Avengers").
Based on the Marvel comic character that first appeared in "Fantastic
Four Vol. 1" Issue 52, published in 1966, Black Panther joins Marvel
Studios’ slate of releases in its Phase 3 commitment to introduce film
audiences to new heroes and continue the adventures of fan favorites over the
course of four years and nine films.
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