{"id":220784,"date":"2016-06-08T14:27:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T14:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=220784"},"modified":"2016-06-08T14:27:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T14:27:08","slug":"jordan-lupita-nyongo-lined-up-for-black-panther-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/jordan-lupita-nyongo-lined-up-for-black-panther-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o lined up for Black Panther movie"},"content":{"rendered":"
Michael B Jordan has confirmed he and Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o will be among the cast of the upcoming Marvel superhero film Black Panther.<\/p>\n
He told The Hollywood Reporter he was “super excited” and wanted “to put a different spin on it”, but did not expand on what role he would play.<\/p>\n
The film will see Jordan reunite with his Creed director Ryan Coogler.<\/p>\n
“I’m looking forward to working with Ryan once again. It’s gonna be a good time,” he said.<\/p>\n
He added he could not wait to work with Nyong’o, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for 12 Years a Slave in 2014, as well as Chadwick Boseman – who is currently on the big screen playing Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War.<\/p>\n
Jordan played the Human Torch in last year’s Fantastic Four flop reboot. Nyong’o also played CGI character Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.<\/p>\n
Black Panther will be released in February 2018.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Michael B Jordan has confirmed he and Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o will be among the cast of the upcoming Marvel superhero film Black Panther. He told The Hollywood Reporter he was “super excited” and wanted “to put a different spin on it”, but did not expand on what role he would play. The film will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":220789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n