This is a series. Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe universe.
The film was directed by Ryan Coogler from a screenplay he wrote with Joe Robert Cole, and stars Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther alongside Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Sterling K. Brown, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis.
T'Challa is crowned king of the African nation Wakanda following his father's death, but he is soon challenged for the throne by Killmonger (Jordan), who plans to abandon Wakanda's isolationist policies and use the country's resources to begin a global revolution.