Every Marvel Phase 3 Film Ranked By Anticipation

7. Black Panther

Release Date: February 16, 2018 It€™s been a long road, but Black Panther is finally on his way into the MCU. Since his homeland of Wakanda was referenced to back in 2010€™s Iron Man 2, Marvel has only continued to lay down the groundwork for his inevitable arrival, most recently highlighting the importance of Vibranium and setting up Panther villain Ulysses Klaue in last year's Age of Ultron. Though his own solo adventure won€™t be arriving until 2018 €“ a decade after the MCU kicked off €“ the world at large will get their first exposure to T€™Challa when Chadwick Boseman arrives as the character in Captain America: Civil War. His appearances in the various footage released for the massive sequel have been warmly received, and it's entirely possible that he could steal the show like Vision did in Age of Ultron. He€™s such a vastly different figure than the super-soldiers and iron-suited billionaires audiences have grown accustomed to over the years that it€™ll be refreshing to see how his neutral position pays off in the conflict and beyond and how he as a character meshes with the existing cast. Finally seeing him in costume and in action after so many years of teasing is exciting, and Civil War will undoubtedly go a long way in getting everybody hyped for the character's own solo adventure.
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