Marvel Studios has chosen actor, Chadwick Boseman to play the well-liked superhero, Black Panther in several feature films, according to a new report.
The comic giant has branched out with picking Boseman, known for such biopics as '42' and 'Get On Up.' He is the first African-American to play a superhero in a stand-alone leading role for Marvel, reported Deadline.
Boseman has signed a 'lucrative five-film deal that begins with 2016's 'Captain America: Civil War' on continues through 'Black Panther' apart of the studios' just-unveiled Phase 3 lineup. On Tuesday, Marvel CEO, Kevin Feige joined Boseman, 'Iron Man' Robert Downey Jr. and 'Captain America' Chris Evans to make the major announcement at a fan event at Disney's El Capitan theater in Hollywood.
But that is not all, for the Disney-owned studio also unveiled the third phase of their Marvel universe movie releases schedule, which will includes two Avengers movies, Dr. Strange and The Inhumans. Cool, huh?
And the studios head, Kevin Feige also surprised fans by announcing a 'Captain Marvel' movie for 2018; this is extremely notable because it will mark the comic giant's first movie following a stand-alone female superheroine.
But though many fans may have thought that the Scarlett Johansson-played Black Widow would be the first female hero to get her own film, Feige said that is not the case, reported Deadline.
'Black Widow couldn't be more important as an Avenger, but like Hulk, the 'Avengers' films will be the films where they play a primary role,' said Feige. 'Her part in 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' is very, very big and further develops her character. The plans we have for her through the rest of the Avengers saga are very big and she is a linchpin, in fact, to those films.'
Feige continued, 'So instead of taking her out there or doing a prequel which we haven't done yet, we're continuing the forward momentum of the continuity of the Cinematic Universe, of which Widow is a key part.'
'Captain Marvel,' chronicling Carol Danvers' story, will introduce another popular comics character to the MCU while building on the thematic threads established during Phase 3, said Deadline. The Carol Danvers character appears in Marvel's Civil War comic series, which 'splits superherodom into two factions supporting and opposing the government's Superhuman Registration Act.'
Iron Man and Captain America set up to lead opposing sides, prompting a huge rift between them.
'Captain Marvel' will also 'unite the two elemental strains of the Marvel Cinematic Universe' after 'Guardians of the Galaxy' was a huge success.
'This film has been in the works almost as long as 'Doctor Strange' and 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' and one of the key things was figuring out what we wanted to do with it,' said Feige. 'Her adventures are very earthbound, but her powers are based in the cosmic realm.'
'Black Panther' arrives in theaters on Nov. 3, 2017, and 'Captain Marvel' makes its debut on May 4, 2018, reported Forbes.
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