Last year, Marvel's Kevin Feige confirmed the news of the Black Panther movie during a press conference for Thor: The Dark World. BlackTree TV asked the question if whether the film would be made or not.
Quotes taken from Screen Rant:
"In terms of Black Panther, it's absolutely in development, and when you have something as rich as Wakanda and [Black Panther's] backstory - and clearly, Vibranium's (the powerful metal that Captain America's shield is made from) been introduced in the universe already"
"I don't know when it will be exactly but certainly we have plans to bring him to life someday."
Fast forward to a year after, T'Challa aka Black Panther has been confirmed for a November 3, 2017 release date. Chadwick Boseman has been reported to play Wakanda's first son. Its also reported that Black Panther will debut in 2016's Captain America 3: Civil War. Other reports say that he may already be appearing in Age of Ultron, as Captain America is already recruiting a new group of Avengers meaning more cameos from characters that have been introduced.
Boseman, who played James Brown in 2014's Get On Up spoke about taking on the role of Black Panther in an interview with Variety (quote taken from I Am Rogue):
"I'm excited about it too! I'm beyond excited. It's like to the point where you feel numb and then your mind goes off into, 'Okay, how do I achieve that?' But I think the great thing about it is that this actual character is unique in a lot of ways," he said. "I can't think of another character that's like the leader of a nation and is a superhero at the same time. There are a lot of different ways this story can go, you know, and ways that they can do it, so I'm really just excited about how it fits into the bigger picture of what Marvel is doing."
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