South African actor Atandwa Kani confirmed on Twitter that he will be joining the A-list cast of the upcoming Marvel movie, ’Black Panther’.
Atandwa Kani in "Black Panther"#LivingTheDream #Marvel #BlackPanther #KaniDynasty pic.twitter.com/MOEOCOzScf
— #ThePrinceOfTheatre (@AtandwaKani) March 26, 2017
Black Panther is the first Marvel movie with an all-black cast, and the first to have a black superhero as a lead.
The cast includes Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, Michael B Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker and John Kani.
Atandwa will be playing the young version of King T’Chaka, which is played by his real life father, John Kani.
The movie is set to be released in 2018.
