Black Panther Star On T'Challa's Relationship With His Mother

07/12/2017 03:56 pm EDT

Every hero has their roots. In Black Panthers, T'Challa's will be revealed, following his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War.

In Captain America: Civil War, T'Challa lost his father in a tragic explosion. Such a loss made him hungry for revenge against the Sokovian survivor who wants the Avengers dead. However, before the film came to a conclusion, he took on an important trait which T'Chaka, his father, had always tried to instill in him: diplomacy. Rather than killing Baron Zemo, Black Panther spared his life and allowed the justice system to have its way with him, instead.

In the Black Panther movie, the character portrayed by Chadwick Boseman will rely on his other parent to guide him as he becomes the King of Wakanda, with Angela Bassett stepping into the role of T'Challa's mother Ramonda.

"She is one of the advisors that he would look to," Boseman tells EW. "He has to look to her for some of the answers of what his father might want or might do. She may not be exactly right all the time, but she definitely has insights. The one thing I will say about all the female characters in this movie is that they are very strong. It's a very matriarchal society. She is the queen mother. And she's that for not just him, but for everybody. She's has her hands in everything – even his love life."

As for that love life, Boseman equates Black Panther's relationship with women to that of the iconic British secret agent James Bond.

More details of Black Panther will continue to trickle out in the lead up to San Diego Comic Con later this month, with the expectation of a new trailer being released during the Marvel Studios panel. However, with D23 on the horizon, the possibility of Marvel getting a jump on the competition a week ahead of SDCC's massive news bursts remains.

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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.

Marvel's Black Panther will open in theaters on February 16, 2018.

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