BLACK PANTHER: The Roles Of Lupita Nyong'o, Letitia Wright, Forest Whitaker And More Have Been Confirmed

BLACK PANTHER: The Roles Of Lupita Nyong'o, Letitia Wright, Forest Whitaker And More Have Been Confirmed

Following Disney's CinemaCon presentation last night, we now know the characters that the likes of Forest Whitaker, Letitia Wright and Lupita Nyong'o will play in Marvel's Black Panther movie...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 29, 2017 07:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Black Panther
Disney may not have screened any footage from Ryan Coogler's Black Panther during their CinemaCon panel last night, but they did confirm which characters the principal cast members would be portraying in the Marvel film.

We already knew a lot of 'em, of course, but the image above confirms that Danai Gurira will be playing fearsome Dora Milaje member, Okoye, while Lupita Nyong'o is Nakia, who starts out as a fellow bodyguard of T'Challa's but eventually turns against him and joins forces with Killmonger. Forest Whitaker has also been confirmed as one of T'Chaka's old friends, Zuri.

Though many fans guessed as much, the biggest news here is that Letitia Wright will play Shuri, half-sister of T'Challa and one of his most formidable allies. Shuri also took up the mantle of Black Panther in the comics.

In addition, some new footage from the South Korean set of the movie has emerged, which you can check out HERE.
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knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 3/29/2017, 7:27 AM
this has to be one of the most hype'd movie coming up .... doesn't have the best rogue gallery but i can't wait to see what ryan can do .
MaximusTheMad
MaximusTheMad - 3/29/2017, 7:29 AM
If Nakia is the love interest in this movie, then damn....

My man, T'Challa, is gonna go through hell.


Nakia is one crazy broad in the comics. Especially in Priest's run.
Randolexe
Randolexe - 3/29/2017, 7:30 AM
What an awesome cast!!. It is incredible how far the MCU has gotten to be able to sign such amazing talents.
Nasseal82isback
Nasseal82isback - 3/29/2017, 7:38 AM
@Randolexe - You know whats even more crazy about Marvel Studios...the fact that they have not even scratched the surface
Scarilian
Scarilian - 3/29/2017, 7:31 AM
I know Black Panther will be a unique movie that will probably be important to setting up Infinity War, but i'm not particularly interested. His costume is nice, but 'Klaw' was set-up as a bumbling idiot and Killmonger is possibly the most boring villain i've heard of with a generic 'i killed your father in one-to-one combat and cheated' plot for most versions of him i am aware of - so it'll be interesting seeing how they adapt that given his father died due to a bomb in Civil War.

Just feel it may be better suited after Infinity War;

Spider-man Homecoming; Iron Man + Spider-man
Thor Ragnarok; Thor + Hulk + Doctor Strange
Black Panther; Black Panther + Winter Soldier (?) + Captain America (?)
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