Marvel Releases First Black Panther Poster, Teaser Trailer On The Way

The fans have cried out, and Wakanda has answered the call! Black Panther is finally on the way!

On Friday morning, the official Twitter account of The Avengers tweeted out the first official poster for the upcoming Black Panther solo film.

The tweet also revealed that the first teaser trailer for the movie would be released on Friday night, during the NBA Finals.

Check out the poster below!

Black Panther arrives in theaters on February 16, 2018.

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After the events of Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War, King T’Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country’s new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakanadan special forces, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

The film stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira , Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis. Additional cast members include Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Sterling K. Brown, and John Kani.

Ryan Coogler directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Joe Robert Cole.