Marvel unveiled plans Tuesday for a slate of new superhero films, expanding its already wildly successful comic book universe -- and breaking ground with its first solo black and female hero movies. The studio named its first African American solo lead actor -- Chadwick Boseman, who will play the title role in "Black Panther," due out in 2017. "I'm blessed to be part of this Marvel Universe and I look forward to making magic together," Boseman told the crowd at an event at Hollywood's famed El Capitan Theatre, according to industry press. The 37-year-old Boseman is best known for playing groundbreaking baseball star Jackie Robinson in "42" and soul singer James Brown in this year's biopic "Get On Up."
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