How Captain America: Civil War Affects Black Panther
Marvel’s Black Panther will deal directly with the fallout from Captain America: Civil [...]
Marvel's Black Panther will deal directly with the fallout from Captain America: Civil War.
Chadwick Boseman made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as T'Challa in Marvel Studios' 2016 superhero vs. superhero blockbuster. His involvement in the film began with seeking vengeance for his father's death and ended with him granting sanctuary to Captain America and the Winter Soldier, the very men he had been hunting. That character arc continues in 2018's Black Panther
"It's shortly after Civil War has ended so he's still in mourning," Boseman tells Entertainment Weekly. "There's a guilt in terms of taking the throne. There's a feeling that he wishes that his father would have been alive to see it, if he would have given up the throne for being too old. That's the ideal way. His mindset is one of guilt and unsureness because he doesn't have [his father] there."
T'Challa's ascent coming under such tragic circumstances has a destabilizing effect on his nation, Wakanda.
"Generally, there is unrest because there's no leader on the throne," Boseman explains. "We're dealing with a similar thing right now in this country. Just because a person was elected doesn't mean everybody agrees with the things he's going to do. Having to make the first decisions...what do you do first? What do you choose to do that's going to get everybody on your side? It's a political drama essentially."
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Marvel Studios' Black Panther follows T'Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T'Challa's mettle as king—and Black Panther—is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.
Black Panther is directed by Ryan Coogler from a screenplay by Coogler and Joe Robert Cole. Black Panther stars Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther alongside Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis.
Black Panther opens in theaters on February 16, 2018.
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