Isaach de Bankolé Among Black Panther Cast MembersPosted by Wilson Morales
March 4, 2017
With production having started on Marvel’s Black Panther in Atlanta, among the cast members listed on IMDB is Isaach de Bankolé, who is best known for his work on three of Claire Denis‘ films and four of Jim Jarmusch‘s films, including Night on Earth, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Coffee and Cigarettes, and The Limits of Control.
Black Panther is scheduled to hit U.S. theaters on February 16, 2018.
Bankolé joins a cast that includes Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Sterling K. Brown, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Shaunette Renée Wilson, and John Kani.
Ryan Coogler (“Creed,” “Fruitvale Station”) is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Joe Robert Cole.
“Black Panther” follows T’Challa who, after the events of “Captain America: 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.
Chadwick Boseman will star as the title hero while Michael B. Jordan will play Erik Killmonger. Lupita Nyong’o is Nakia (a former member of Wakanda’s Dora Milaje, now an agent of Killmonger), and Danai Gurira as Okoye (a member of the Dora Milaje, the all-female security for the King of Wakanda). Winston Duke has the role of the villain M’Baku, aka Man-Ape. Andy Serkis will reprise his role as Ulysses Claw from Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Whitaker will play the role of Zuri, an elder stateman in Wakanda. Kasumba will reprise her “Captain America: Civil War” role as Ayo, a member of the Dora Milaje. Kaluuya will play T’Challa confidant W’Kabi while Brown will play N’Jobu, a figure from T’Challa’s past.
de Bankolé will play the role of a River Tribe Elder. His other film credits include Casino Royale, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and The Last Witch Hunter. He will next be seen opposite Richard Gere in Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer followed Ernest Dickerson’s Double Play.
Interesting enough, de Bankolé and Danai Gurira were paired together in Andrew Dosunmu’s Mother of George.
Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” is produced by Kevin Feige with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Nate Moore, Jeffrey Chernov and Stan Lee serving as executive producers.
