Black Panther (2018)
Black Panther is a 2018 action movie directed by Ryan Coogler, with a running time of 2h 15m. It stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong'o.
Wakanda hides in plain sight. To the world it looks like a poor East African nation, but behind a holographic jungle lies a gleaming city built on vibranium, the strongest metal on earth. When his father dies, T'Challa comes home to be crowned king and to take up the Black Panther mantle, only to face a challenger with a claim to the throne and a grudge that reaches back generations. Ryan Coogler grounds the eighteenth Marvel film in real questions about heritage, isolation, and responsibility, and Chadwick Boseman gives the young king a quiet, watchful gravity.
Quick answers
What is Black Panther about?
Wakanda hides in plain sight. To the world it looks like a poor East African nation, but behind a holographic jungle lies a gleaming city built on vibranium, the strongest metal on earth. When his father dies, T'Challa comes home to be crowned king and to take up the Black Panther mantle, only to face a challenger with a claim to the throne and a grudge that reaches back generations. Ryan Coogler grounds the eighteenth Marvel film in real questions about heritage, isolation, and responsibility, and Chadwick Boseman gives the young king a quiet, watchful gravity.
When was Black Panther released?
Black Panther was released on 13 February 2018.
How long is Black Panther?
Black Panther runs 2h 15m.
Who made Black Panther?
Black Panther was directed by Ryan Coogler.
Where can I watch Black Panther?
Black Panther is available on Disney+, Hulu, YouTube TV, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch Black Panther
Stream: Disney+, Hulu, YouTube TV
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
Buy: Fandango at Home, Google Play
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Cast
- Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther
- Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger
- Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia
- Danai Gurira as Okoye
- Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross
- Daniel Kaluuya as W'Kabi
- Letitia Wright as Shuri
- Winston Duke as M'Baku
- Sterling K. Brown as N'Jobu
- Angela Bassett as Ramonda
- Forest Whitaker as Zuri
- Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue
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A few thoughts on Black Panther
For heroes forged by duty and lineage, My Hero Academia turns inherited power into a coming-of-age saga, while the game The Last of Us shares the film's ache over what one protector owes the people behind him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon offers a young reader's quest through a richly imagined kingdom.
Marvel movies with heart and stakes
Black Panther gives its hero a real inheritance to weigh, grief, duty and a divided nation. These Marvel films carry the same emotional heft, pairing the spectacle with heroes who lose something and grow, so the drama hits as hard as the action around T'Challa.
Rulers fighting to hold a throne
At its center Black Panther is about who deserves to be king and what the crown costs. These games and films dig into the same question, following rulers, heirs and challengers through wars of succession where holding the throne means answering for a whole people.
Superhero origin stories to line up next
Black Panther introduces a hero and his world in one confident stroke. These films do similar work, launching costumed leads and their mythologies from scratch, so if you like watching a legend take shape you have a full lineup of first chapters to run through.
Manga heroes bound by duty
T'Challa spends Black Panther torn between what he wants and what his people need, and these manga live in that same tension. Their heroes shoulder impossible responsibility, protecting a nation, a crew or a dream, and measure themselves by what they owe to everyone counting on them.