Coogler’s creative brain trust includes his frequent collaborators: director of photography Rachel Morrison, A.S.C. (Dope, Fruitvale Station), production designer Hannah Beachler (Creed, Fruitvale Station), editors Claudia Castello (Creed, Fruitvale Station) and Michael P. Shawver (Creed, Fruitvale Station); along with costume designer Ruth E. Carter (Selma, Lee Daniels’ The Butler), visuals effects supervisor Geoffrey Baumann (Doctor Strange, Avengers: Age of Ultron), Academy Award-winning makeup designer Joel Harlow (Star Trek Beyond, Black Mass) and seven-time Academy Award nominee, special effects supervisor Dan Sudick (Captain America: Civil War, Marvel’s The Avengers).
The full Black Panther cast includes Chadwick Boseman (Captain America: Civil War, Get on Up), Michael B. Jordan (Creed, Fruitvale Station), Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 12 Years a Slave), Danai Gurira (The Walking Dead, upcoming All Eyez on Me), Martin Freeman (The Hobbit trilogy, Sherlock), Daniel Kaluuya (upcoming Get Out, Sicario), with Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett (American Horror Story, London Has Fallen), with Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Lee Daniels’ The Butler), and Andy Serkis (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Star Wars: The Force Awakens).
Black Panther follows T’Challa, who, after the events of Captain America: Civil War, returns home to the isolated, technologically-advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King.
Marvel Studios announced today that Black Panther production has begun!