BLACK PANTHER (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Chadwick Boseman (Marshall), Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station), Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave), Danai Gurira (All Eyez On Me), Martin Freeman (The World’s End), Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out), Letitia Wright (My Brother The Devil), Winston Duke (film debut), Angela Bassett (What’s Love Got To Do With It), Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Andy Serkis (War for the Planet of the Apes), Florence Kasumba (Wonder Woman), John Kani (Killing Heat), Sterling K. Brown (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot), Isaach de Bankolé (Calvary), Nabiyah Be (film debut), Sydelle Noel (Captive)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ryan Coogler (Creed), director, writer; Joe Robert Cole (Amber Lake), writer; Kevin Feige (Thor: Ragnarok) and David J. Grant (Guardians of the Galaxy), producers; Ludwig Göransson (Fruitvale Station), composer; Rachel Morrison (Mudbound), cinematographer; Debbie Berman (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Claudia Castello (The Funeral Guest) and Michael P. Shawver (Warren), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After the events of Captain America: Civil War, T’Challa (Boseman) returns to his secluded and technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda as its new King. However, when an old enemy resurfaces that tests T’Challa’s stance as both King and the Black Panther, he is drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the rest of the world at risk…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

After stealing scenes in Captain America: Civil War, Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa aka Black Panther returns with his own movie to integrate the nation of Wakanda swiftly into the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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