Winston Duke Cast as M’Baku in ‘BLACK PANTHER’!

Marvel has announced the casting of the main villain for their upcoming ‘Black Panther‘ film. According to Superherohype, actor Winston Duke has been cast for the role ofM’Baku. If you would like to learn more about the M’Baku character check out the details below and share your thoughts. ‘Black Panther‘ is slated to hit theaters February 16, 2018!

M’Baku was one of Wakanda’s greatest warriors, second only to his then friend T’Challa (Black Panther). M’Baku greatly disliked T’Challa’s technological revitalization of Wakanda and sought to have all technology outlawed so the nation could return to its natural primitivism of several decades before. M’Baku had a contingent of supporters who shared this view. While T’Challa was on leave of absence from the throne in order to serve the Avengers in America, M’Baku plotted to usurp the throne. Wakandan culture had was traditionally ruled by it’s greatest warrior. M’Baku therefor sought out to defeat T’Challa by reviving the outlawed White Gorilla cult, and to personally stalk and kill one of the rare white gorillas living in the jungles near Wakanda. Bathing in the gorilla’s blood and eating the gorilla’s flesh mystically endowed its great strength upon M’Baku.

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