'Black Panther' movie news, rumors: Michael B. Jordan cast as villain? Martin Freeman to join as Everett Ross?

The latest "Black Panther" movie news unveiled Michael B. Jordan ("Creed") as the newest addition to the cast of the upcoming stand-alone film for Marvel's latest superhero.

At the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic event held June 4, the actor confirmed that he would be joining the highly anticipated Marvel superhero film. And while he tried to avoid revealing which character he will be playing, he somehow confirmed as well the involvement of Lupita Nyong'o in the T'Challa/Black Panther origin film, according to reports.

Jordan kept mum on his role in the film, but he shared that he was eager to "put a spin on it," which had fans speculating that his excitement was due to his likely big role. Since the lead role is already taken by Chadwick Boseman, what's left is the role of the villain.

Nothing has been confirmed so far, however, but that does not mean there is a lack of speculations brewing as to who the character Jordan could be playing.

Some reports say that the 29-year-old actor could play White Wolf/Hunter, the adopted son of T'Challa's father who had a grudge over T'Challa taking the throne. Another villain Jordan could play is M'Baku, who differed from T'Challa's father in ideology in that the "Man-Ape" held to the Wakandan traditional role as tribal warriors and hunters.

Still, if Jordan can't be a villain, there is the role of W'Kabi, right-hand man to T'Challa who takes charge of Wakanda in the absence of the latter.

In other cast news, Martin Freeman is also rumored to be joining the film as Everett Ross, who first appeared in "Captain America: Civil War" in which the superhero Black Panther also made his debut.

Ross is a character created by Christopher Priest in the comic book version. He is seen as the mouthpiece for the social issues of race in the story of fictional Wakanda.

Priest said, "I just think that his stream of conscious narrative is a window into things I imagine many whites say ... myths about black culture and behavior."