Comic book movie news never stops flowing in Hollywood. Yesterday, IESB was in attendance at the press junket for Never Back Down, in which Djimon Hounsou stars. Hounsou said that he has signed on to star in a comic book trilogy, which he calls "his dream project." That dream project is none other than 'The Black Panther.'

Back in February of 2007, Marvel's President of Production Kevin Feige said that "Captain America and Thor and Black Panther and The Avengers are all on our development slate right now." (via SuperheroFlix.com) In addition, Shaft director John Singleton said in July of 2007 that he was "approached about doing Black Panther."


Black Panther was a superhero who first appeared in Marvel's Fantastic Four Vol. 1, #52 in 1966. He was the first prominent black superhero in comic history and the first to get his own comic book. The title "Black Panther" is a rank of chieftain of the Wakandan Panther Clan. As chieftain, the Panther is entitled to eat a special heart-shaped herb, as well as his mystical connection with the Wakandan Panther God, that grants him superhumanly acute senses (especially eyesight, night vision, and sense of smell) and increases his strength, speed, stamina, and agility to the peak of human development. He is a genius in physics and advanced technology, and is a brilliant inventor. His senses are so powerful that he can pick up a prey's scent and memorize tens of thousands of individual ones.

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