Marvel is bringing back a major villain for Black Panther.
The studio has officially kicked off production on its first superhero movie led by a mostly-black cast, with Chadwick Boseman reprising his Captain America: Civil War role as Wakandan king T'Challa.
We now have confirmation that Andy Serkis will be returning as the weapons smuggler Ulysses Klaue, who found himself on the receiving end of beatdown in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
(Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaw in Avengers: Age of Ultron)
To celebrate this milestone, Marvel has released an official synopsis: "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.
"However, when an old enemy reappears on the radar, T'Challa's mettle as King and Black Panther is tested when he is drawn into a conflict that puts the entire fate of Wakanda and the world at risk."
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Typical Marvel. Putting the fate of the world at risk again.
Although the synopsis is a bit cryptic, the "old enemy" referenced here is likely to be Michael B. Jordan's character Erik Killmonger – a long-exiled Wakandan warrior bent on revenge.
The Ryan Coogler-directed feature boasts a hugely impressive cast – from Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, acting legends Angela Bassett and Forest Whitaker, The Walking Dead's Danai Gurira and Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown – as well as returning Marvel favourite Martin Freeman as terror czar Everett K. Ross.
Left off Marvel's official cast list was Winter Soldier actor Sebastian Stan, who we saw literally on ice hidden deep within T'Challa's kingdom.
Black Panther will hit UK cinemas on February 9, 2018 and arrives in the US on February 16, 2018.
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