Chadwick Boseman is truly living a Hollywood fairytale as he has just been cast in the lead role of T'Challa in the Marvel film "Black Panther."

Marvel recently announced its Phase Three cycle for comic book movies and "Black Panther" was part of the slate. Kevin Feige showed some art work at the press conference and Boseman also arrived at the event. It was also announced that before the superhero got its standalone film, Boseman would join "Captain America 3: Civil War." The Black Panther would be joining Iron Man and Captain America as they fight new enemies.

Marvel's revelation of Boseman is one of the most surprising casting choices in years. The actor is still rising to stardom and had his major breakout last year when he starred in the acclaimed "42" about the life of Jackie Robinson. This past year, he had two major roles. Earlier this year, he was seen in a minor role in "Draft Day," starring Kevin Costner. In August, he played the role in "Get on Up" and played the iconic role of James Brown. The actor garnered great reviews and critics stated that his performance was electrifying. David Debny of the New Yorker stated, "Chadwick Boseman gives a startling and galvanic performance." There was also some early talk of an Oscar nomination, but the film unfortunately underperformed and fell off the radar.

Before taking on the role of the Black Panther, the actor will be seen in "Gods of Egypt" in 2016. Prior to his stand out work on these films, Boseman was known for his work on TV, but was not a familiar face to most.

"Black Panther" is one of the many superheroes created by Stan Lee with Jack Kirby and is notable for being the first black superhero in mainstream American comic books.

Also known as the king of the fictional nation of Wakanda, T'Challa joined the Avengers in 1968. According to president of Marvel, Feige, the Black Panther will have a big role in "Captain America 3."

Feige added, "It's a big storyline. This is the Civil War of the cinematic universe, inspired by comic book universe, but the Civil War that's based on all of the other films, particularly ('Captain America: The Winter Soldier') and ('The Avengers: Age of Ultron')."

In Marvel's comics, Wakanda has the world's largest deposits of vibranium, a highly-durable meteoric ore that is used to create the mesh in Black Panther's costume and Captain America's shield. The material will play a larger role in future Marvel movies.

The "Black Panther" is expected to join the rest of the Avengers in sequels to that franchise, which is being broken up into two films in 2018 and 2019. Boseman has signed a deal for five pictures with Marvel and the first film is set to be released on Nov. 3, 2017. There is no word of a sequel at the moment.

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