The Cast of Marvel's Black Panther Movie Is Seriously Stacked

Chadwick has already played Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War, and this will be the character's first stand-alone movie.

Marvel has confirmed that Nyong'o will star as the female lead.

Jordan is playing Erik Killmonger, a supervillain in the Black Panther universe.

Known to fans of The Walking Dead as Michonne, Gurira has joined the cast as Okoye.

According to Variety's exclusive scoop, Whitaker has joined the cast as Zuri, an elder statesman in Wakanda.

Bassett joined the cast as Ramonda, Black Panther's mother.

According to Marvel, the This Is Us actor will be playing "N'Jobu, a figure from T'Challa aka Black Panther's past."

Serkis is reprising his Avengers: Age of Ultron role in the upcoming Marvel film.

The Person of Interest actor will play another one of Black Panther's rivals in the film.

Freeman will reprise his Captain America: Civil War role in the upcoming film.

The actress will be playing T'Challa's younger half-sister in the film.

The Get Out star will play T’Challa's best friend, who is "head of security for the Border Tribe."

The actor will reprise his role from Captain America: Civil War, likely through flashbacks seeing that his character died in the 2016 film.

In March 2017, the actor confirmed he would be part of the project on Instagram. He will reportedly be playing the younger version of King T'Chaka, who is played by his real-life father John Kani.

According to director Ryan Coogler, the actor will be playing "the elder of one of the largest tribes in Wakanda."

According to the GLOW actress's Twitter bio, her character will help protect Black Panther.