Michael B Jordan cast in Marvel's Black Panther

The film his theaters February 2, 2018.

Michael B Jordan is all smiles. (Christopher Polk/Getty)

Michael B Jordan will join his former Creed director Ryan Coogler in the up-coming Marvel film Black Panther, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Jordan's role is unclear but he may play a villain in the film, which will hit theaters on February 2, 2018.

Coogler and Jordan first teamed up for the 2013 drama Fruitvale Station, the retelling of the fatal police shooting of Oscar Grant.

The news comes days after reports that Oscar winner and Tony nominee Lupita Nyong'o is negotiating to star alongside Chadwick Boseman, who plays T’Challa, the king and warrior of the fictional African nation of Wakanda.

Boseman’s Black Panther was introduced in Captain America: Civil War, which generated $700 million worldwide since its release. Civil War directors The Russo Brothers will also team up with Jordan to produce his upcoming remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, Deadline reports.

Last year, Jordan made his major superhero debut when he starred as Johnny Storm in Marvel’s The Fantastic Four.

Production for Black Panther will begin in 2017.