Danai Gurira signs on for Avengers: Infinity War. Danai will be reprising her role as Okoye from Marvel’s Black Panther. Deadline has reported her involvement in the next installment of the Avengers. Danai is known for her role on The Walking Dead as Michonne, and she’ll be appearing in the Tupac biopic All Eyez On Me starring Demetrius Shipp jr.
The trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther hit over the weekend, where you can see Danai as Okoye in action. Check out the trailer below:
Pretty awesome trailer, right?!
Avengers: Infinity War currently stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Elizabeth Olsen, Scartlett Johansson, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Patt, Tom Holland, Karen Gillan, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brie Larson, Sebastian Stan, Vin Diesel, and many more favorites from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is directed by Joe and Anthony Russo with the script written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
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Marvel’s Black Panther crawls into theaters February 16th 2018, and Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters May 5th, 2018.