Marvel’sBlack Pantheris just around the corner and the hype is starting to get very real. Marvel Studios has just started the official 50 day countdown for their latest movie, which arrives in theaters on February 16. To honor the occasion, the studio has released a very brief new teaser, featuring the titular hero in action. While there’s not much footage here, it serves as a nice reminder that one of themost exciting MCU moviesto come around in a while is going to be here before we know it.
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Even though many casual movie fans weren’t even vaguely familiar withBlack Pantherprior toCaptain America: Civil War, his MCU introduction was more than enough to get people excited for the upcoming solo movie. Not only that, but every trailer and every piece of new footage, or really any bit ofmarketing material for the movie(for the most part) has only further made it look like this is going to be a truly unique and awesome movie within the framework of the MCU.
Black PantherstarsChadwick Boseman as T’Challa, Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia, Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross, Daniel Kaluuya as W’kabi, Letitia Wright as Shuri, Winston Duke as M’baku, Angela Bassett as Ramonda, and Forest Whitaker as Zuri. In addition, Andy Serkis returns as Ulysses Klaue, after first playing the role briefly inAvengers: Age of Ultron. It will be nice to see Serkis get to do some acting outside of a motion capture suit for a change.
In addition to the killer cast that Marvel has assembled for this one, they also haveCreedandFruitvale Stationdirector Ryan Coogler at the helm. To say the very least, there’s a whole lot to look forward to when it comes toBlack Panther. Not only that, but we’re going to get even more of Chadwick Boseman asT’Challa, and all of Wakanda for that matter, just a few months later inAvengers: Infinity War. That much was made very clear by the movie’s first teaser trailer.Black Pantheris poised to be a major factor in the MCU moving forward.
Despite the fact that general audiences aren’t as familiar with the character, it looks likeBlack Panthercould be thefirst major blockbuster of 2018. Though it’s very early, estimates have the movie pulling in $90 million on its opening weekend. That would be another huge win for the MCU and would put it in the same ballpark asDoctor Strange, which made $85 million on its opening weekend. We’ll likely have a much better idea of what to expect once the first critical reactions to the movie online. Be sure to check out theBlack Panther50 day countdown teaser, courtesy ofMarvel Studios, for yourself below.
