Lupita Nyong’o in Talks to Star in ‘Black Panther’ With Chadwick BosemanPosted by Wilson Morales
May 12, 2016
Source: THR
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave) is in talks to star opposite Chadwick Boseman in Marvel’s Black Panther, that will be directed by Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed).
Joe Robert Cole is co-penning the script with Coogler.
Black Panther, whose name is T’Challa, is the warrior king of Wakanda, Marvel’s fictional African nation that is rich in an unbreakable alloy called vibranium. The character was introduced in Captain America: Civil War, which crossed the $700 million worldwide mark in under a week and a half.
N’yongo’s character has not been revealed although she will be the Panther’s love interest. N’yongo last appeared as the alien Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and voiced the wolf Raksha in Disney’s The Jungle Book. She’s currently on Broadway in the Tony nominated play Eclipsed, which she received a nomination as well for Best Actress in a Play. She will next be seem in Mira Nair’s Queen Katwe, opposite David Oyelowo.
She is slated to star in DreamWorks’ Intelligent Life, a sci-fi drama currently seeking a director after Ava DuVernay left the project.
Panther won’t hit theaters til February 2, 2018, but production should start shooting in early 2017.
