Lupita Nyong'o Reveals BLACK PANTHER Story Details

Creed director Ryan Coogler is still working on the script for Marvel Studios' Black Panther, so when he and the cast showed up at San Diego Comic-Con this past Saturday (see the full panel here), they couldn't show off any completed footage because they haven't even started filming yet. They did confirm a couple of cast members, though, including Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia and Danai Gurira as Okoye, who are members of the Dora Milaje (the personal bodyguards of Black Panther who we first saw on screen briefly in Civil War).

Speaking with Marvel.com, Nyong'o let the following story details slip out:

The story of this Black Panther is - what am I allowed to say? The story is that the Black Panther’s leadership is really threatened by two foes who come together, and so Black Panther gets the help of the C.I.A. and the Dora Milaje to try and defeat the enemy.

It seems likely that Nyong'o will be playing one of those foes, since in the comics, Nakia becomes obsessed with marrying T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) and when he rejects her, she teams up with Erik Killmonger (who is played by Michael B. Jordan in the movie) to get revenge. 

For more on Black Panther, including how Marvel's current comic series is influencing the upcoming movie, click here.