Forest Whitaker cast in upcoming Marvel film, 'Black Panther'

Image from Variety

By Darian Scalamoni

Marvel is taking over the world. With high profile castings galore, the additions don’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. With Black Panther being due out in 2018 and already having a plethora of African-American actors in the cast such as Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira, it seems they wanted to add a veteran actor to the bunch.

            According to Variety, Marvel has cast Academy Award winner, Forest Whitaker in Black Panther as Zuri, an elder statesman of Wakanda. It seems to be filling the normal role in some MCU films as the established actor to bring another level of excitement to the superhero spectacle; similar to Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Redford in the Captain America movies as well as Michael Douglas in Ant-Man.

            This casting news is incredibly exciting because Whitaker is one of the most talented actors working today. Not only that, but he is new to the Disney family as he has a role in the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opening in December. He’ll be seen next month as well in Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival alongside Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner.

            Black Panther will be released on February 16^th, 2018. Be sure to check the site for more Marvel TV/Movie news whenever!