I don't know why people are
at Morris Chestnut as an actor, yes he's been in some underwhelming movies but I've never really see him give a "bad" or "phoned in" performance
Now as BLACK PANTHER like I said, there are at LEAST three actors I'd rather see in the role, my favorite being Michael J White (check out Spawn, Black Dynamite, and Blood on Bone plus he's got the acting chops) but they COULD do worse than Morris Chestnut and it shows that Marvel isn't thinking they have to get a BIG NAME from the SHORT pool of African American superstar actors to carry the film.
I'm trying trying to be optimistic, as I said Black Panther is my favorite superhero of all time and I want nothing less than for this potential film and Avengers 2 role to be nothing less than spectacular....
Joss Whedon loves casting actors he's worked with before and he worked with Chiwetol Ejifor on Serenity so i always thought he'd be in the running