Bassett will play Ramonda, mother of T’Challa, aka Black Panther.

The film is slated for a Feb. 16, 2018, release.

Bassett is one of the stars of American Horror Story, Fox’s horror anthology, with her work garnering two Emmy nominations. She last appeared on the big screen in London Has Fallen and before that, Spike Lee’s Chi-raq.

She is repped by Gersh, Lighthouse Entertainment, and Fox Rothschild.

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