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John Boyega to join 'Black Panther' cast

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' actor John Boyega is rumored to be... Read More
'

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

' actor The 24-year-old actor had a meeting with Marvel to discuss a role in the film, reported Ace Showbiz.

John Boyega has no intention of moving to LA

Boyega had shared on Snapchat a photo labelled 'Meeting' shortly before Kevin Feige started following the actor through his official Twitter account. Previously,

Lupita Nyong'o

was reportedly in negotiations to play

T'Challa

's love interest in '

Black Panther

' while

Michael B Jordan

inked a deal to star as a villain.

Black Panther debuted in '

Captain America: Civil War

,' which has the fifth-biggest opening ever in the US box office. The standalone 'Black Panther' movie is coming to US theatres on February 2, 2018, with production set to begin in early 2017.

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