<P> In April 2016, Feige said that Coogler was working on the script with Cole, and that filming would begin at the "very beginning of next year". Feige noted that Civil War laid "the groundwork" for T'Challa's morality, and established the "geopolitical landscape" that he would have to deal with on returning to Wakanda for Black Panther . Civil War also introduced the Wakandan language, based on the Xhosa language . Boseman was taught Xhosa by John Kani, who portrayed T'Challa's father King T'Chaka in that film . Lupita Nyong'o entered negotiations to star as T'Challa's love interest the next month, and Michael B. Jordan also joined, in an undisclosed role, after previously working with Coogler on Fruitvale Station and Creed . Later in the month, Nate Moore, now serving as a producer on the film, stated that filming would occur in Atlanta, Georgia, with Marvel "definitely investigating shooting in Africa" as well . </P> <P> At San Diego Comic - Con International 2016, Nyong'o was confirmed for the film, in the role of Nakia, while Jordan's role was revealed to be Erik Killmonger . Also announced was Danai Gurira as Okoye . Coogler confirmed that filming would begin in January 2017 . In September 2016, Winston Duke was cast as M'Baku, a role that Yahya Abdul - Mateen II had also tested for . The following month, Forest Whitaker was cast as Zuri and Daniel Kaluuya as W'Kabi, with Florence Kasumba revealed to be reprising her role as Ayo from Captain America: Civil War . Letitia Wright was also cast in an unspecified role . Angela Bassett was cast as T'Challa's mother, Ramonda, in November, and by January 2017, Sterling K. Brown was cast as N'Jobu . At that time, Marvel received permission from the Oakland, California - based public transit agency AC Transit to use their logo in the film for the opening flashback sequence . The setting was chosen due to Coogler's Oakland roots . Amandla Stenberg was also considered for a role in the film, before she ultimately declined to appear . Stenberg, who is bi-racial and light skinned, called the decision "really challenging" as she did not feel comfortable taking a role in the film from a dark - skinned actor saying, "it would have just been off to see me as a bi-racial American with a Nigerian accent (playing a dark - skinned African) just pretending that I'm the same color as everyone else in the movie ." </P> <P> The production team was inspired by Ta - Nehisi Coates' run on Black Panther, who was writing the comic at the time, including Coates' poetic dialogue, the art by Brian Stelfreeze, and "some of the questions that it's asking". Other runs of Black Panther in the comics that inspired the film include those by Jack Kirby, Christopher Priest (which Coogler felt most influenced the film), Jonathan Hickman, and Hudlin . Characters for the film were picked from throughout the comics, based on what worked best for the film's story . Coogler had hoped to include Spider - Man villain Kraven the Hunter early in the process (before being told the character was unavailable to use in the film) because of a scene in Priest's run that had T'Challa fighting Kraven . Donald Glover and his brother Stephen Glover made some minor contributions to an early draft of the script, which included developing the relationship between T'Challa and his younger sister Shuri . </P> <P> Cole called the film an historic opportunity to depict a black superhero "at a time when African - Americans are affirming their identities while dealing with vilification and dehumanization". He added that it was important to root the themes of the film in the actual cultures of Africa, and that they would be working with experts on the region of Africa that Wakanda is supposed to be located in . Elaborating on this, Cole noted that all the countries in Africa have "different histories, mythologies, and cultures (so) what we tried to do was hone in on some of the history, some of the cultural influences and then extrapolate out in our technology...we wanted to root it in reality first and then build out from there". Coogler compared the rarity of vibranium existing only in Wakanda to the real - life mineral coltan that can almost only be found in Congo . He wanted Wakanda to feel like a country rather than just one city by featuring multiple tribes, each with their own cultures, and created a project bible that listed each Wakandan tribe and their origins, which guided the design process . Special care was taken in all aspects of the design to create a futuristic look that was not alien, as some of Jack Kirby's comic designs appeared . </P>

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