Ahead of its November 11 release,\u00a0Marvel Studios\u2018\u00a0\u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever\u201d\u00a0will hold its African premiere in Lagos, Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The Walt Disney Company,\u00a0in association with\u00a0Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF)\u00a0and\u00a0FilmOne Entertainment, today announced that the premiere will hold early in November in Nigeria\u2019s entertainment centre.<\/p>\n
In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, fans will welcome back some familiar faces whilst being introduced to brand-new characters. In this instalment, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M\u2019Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including\u00a0Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T\u2019Challa\u2019s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong\u2019o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. Introducing\u00a0Tenoch Huerta Mej\u00eda\u00a0as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, the film also stars\u00a0Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena\u00a0and\u00a0Alex Livinalli.<\/p>\n
In a statement by\u00a0Moses Babatope<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Kene Okwuosa<\/strong>, Co-founders of FilmOne Entertainment, official distributors of the movie in English West African territories, said: \u201cBeing instrumental to the release of\u00a0Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/i><\/b>\u00a0in West Africa is a proud achievement and a milestone for us and the entire FilmOne team, it will be celebrated for a long time. We are excited and fully committed to working with The Walt Disney Company to deliver a grand African premiere, even as we channel all our arsenal towards realizing a momentous box-office performance for the title.\u201d<\/p>\n Chioma Ude<\/strong>, founder of AFRIFF, said: \u201cWe are excited and proud to be a part of the premiere of this milestone film here in Africa. This is huge for the continent of Africa as it symbolises to us further bridging the gaps between the global film industries.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to be bringing\u00a0Black Panther: Wakanda Forever\u00a0to Lagos this November,\u201d said\u00a0Christine Service<\/strong>, Senior Vice President and General Manager for The Walt Disney Company Africa. \u201cWorking closely with our long-term distribution partners FilmOne and this association with AFRIFF, we are anticipating a wonderful celebration with Nigeria\u2019s cinema-goers and\u00a0Black Panther\u00a0fans.\u201d<\/p>\n The movie,\u00a0directed by\u00a0Ryan Coogler<\/strong>\u00a0and produced by\u00a0Kevin Feige\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Nate Moore<\/strong>, opens in cinemas on November 11th.<\/p>\n Watch the trailer\u00a0here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n