Chadwick Boseman is set to star in Marvel’s “Black Panther,” it was revealed Tuesday. Boseman has signed a five-picture deal with Marvel, an individual with knowledge of the deal has told TheWrap.
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Boseman joined Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans onstage, where the established superheroes bucked-up for his services for “Captain America: Civil War.”
Black Panther is also getting his own movie, whichย will hit theaters on Nov. 3, 2017. “It’s about how this isolationist country of Wakanda needs to meet the world,” said Marvel’s Kevin Feige.