12 Biggest Comic Book Movie Reveals From CinemaCon 2017

10. The Black Panther Cast

Shuri Black Panther
Marvel Comics

Though it's still a little way off, Black Panther is beginning to shape up, as we now have the principle cast in place. There probably will be belated additions (there usually are with Marvel), but Disney used CinemaCon to fill in the casting mysteries.

The Walking Dead's Danai Gurira will be playing Okoye, a member of the Dora Milaje, Black Panther’s personal bodyguard. Lupita Nyong’o will be playing Nakia, who is initially another Dora Milaje, but who turns against T'Challa and allies herself with his enemy Killmonger. And Forest Whitaker is playing Zuri, one of T'Chaka's oldest friends and allies.

Probably the biggest revelation is that Letitia Wright is playing T’Challa’s half-sister Shuri - as predicted widely - who followed him as Black Panther. So maybe we'll see two suited-up heroes practicing cat-fu?

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