Actor Chadwick Boseman has signed onto the Marvel Cinematic Universe for five films, according to Deadline.
Marvel Studios, with the help of “Avengers” actors Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr., announced the “42” actor was cast as their new Black Panther. Marvel confirmed Boseman would star in his own solo film during its Los Angeles press event on Tuesday but didn’t reveal how many films he signed on for the studio.
Downey and Evans took the stage to welcome Boseman, who will debut as the Black Panther in “Captain America: Civil War.”
“I’m blessed to be a part of this Marvel Universe, and to work with you both, and I look forward to making magic together,” Boseman told Downey and Evans.
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige also shared a few words about Boseman’s casting.
“Black Panther and all of Wakanda is one of the most interesting characters in Marvel history," Feige told the press. "Something I already showed you today contains an Easter egg that leads directly into ‘Black Panther.’ He’s a bit of a prince, he may even become a bit of a king, but it’s all about how this isolationist country meets the world. Maybe it goes well, maybe it doesn’t.”
Marvel also announced its “Doctor Strange” film is the works and is the studio's first female standalone superhero film “Captain Marvel” will be released in 2018.
Unfortunately for fans, it’s unlikely the will get to see Scarlett Johansson in her own solo Black Widow movie.
“Black Widow couldn’t be more important as an Avenger, but like Hulk, the Avengers films will be the films where they play a primary role,” Feige said. “Her part in 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron' is very, very big and further develops her character.
“The plans we have for her through the rest of the Avengers saga are very big and she is a linchpin, in fact, to those films. So instead of taking her out there or doing a prequel which we haven’t done yet, we’re continuing the forward momentum of the continuity of the Cinematic Universe, of which Widow is a key part.”
