Because Black Panther is still a few years off, and because Marvel Studios is notoriously secretive about all of their upcoming projects, nothing has been officially confirmed about the plot of the film just yet, but it’s expected to pick up after the events of Captain America: Civil War, and will almost certainly all but entirely take place in Wakanda, the African nation that Black Panther calls home (which we will get into more later).
Because the movie isn’t tied to explaining who T’Challa is or how he got his suit, the feature can hit the ground running by presenting the character in any of the classic adventures he’s experienced in the comics — be it involving his position as a diplomat and representative of Wakanda on a global scale; doing battle with the various rival tribes that live on the border of his nation; or protecting the country’s most valuable resource: Vibranium.