The next film to premiere from the Marvel Cinematic Universe is "Black Panther," and everyone is excited for what the Wakandan King will bring to the franchise.
As everyone might have seen in the trailers, Martin Freeman will be reprising his role as Everett K. Ross. He recently shared some details regarding his role in the upcoming movie. In an interview with TORYMax, Freeman joked that him and co-star Andy Serkis, who is reprising his role as Ulysses S. Klaue in the movie, have been called the "Tolkien white guys," referring to their time in the "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" franchise.
Freeman said that Everett Ross is an agent from the CIA, a character in the comics, who has a little tension with T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), also known as the Black Panther. He went on to say that his character will go on a strange journey to Wakanda, the fictional African country.
Everett Ross was introduced in last year's "Captain America: Civil War" where he was trying to track down Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) for his role as the assassin called the Winter Soldier. At the end of the film, however, he ended up working with the heroes as they took down Baron Zemo (Daniel Bruhl), who had been trying to turn them against each other.
In other news, director Ryan Coogler revealed that filming the upcoming installment was quite an emotional process. At the Vulture Fest LA, Coogler talked about what the audiences and fans will be seeing in "Black Panther" when it premieres. He also talked about the production process of the Marvel film and how it emotional it was for him, given that he was directing an epic blockbuster that shed light on diversity.
Coogler shared a conversation between T'Challa and his father T'Chaka (John Kani), both of whom were using the South African language of Xhosa as a special moment. The moment in particular made him realize how important the movie was when it came to promoting diversity in Hollywood.
"Realizing that we were going to have this film where a father and son talk to each other in this native African language in a superhero movie - it hit me for a moment. It was emotionally moving. That was a big one" said Coogler.
"Black Panther" will premiere on Feb. 16, 2018.
