Black Panther is already a confirmed character in the upcoming Marvel Studios flick "Captain America: Civil War," and word has it that we will be seeing a villainous figure.

Several reports suggested that T'Chaka, the father of the current Black Panther T'Challa, will be among the casualties of the film, and if the movie stays true to the succession found in the comics, S'yan, the brother of T'Chaka, will take over the mantle next.

More evidence that points to Black Panther taking the side opposite Captain America is the fact that the character is supposedly on the hunt to find the Winter Soldier also known as Buck Barnes — the best pal of Steve Rogers. It has been claimed that the Winter Soldier will join Captain America's team during a battle against Iron Man's side. This means that regardless if T'Challa will be the next Black Panther or not, he would be just like the Winter Soldier in the previous "Captain America" film — a character who is not necessarily bad, but someone with his own plan, according to Latinos Post.

T'Challa or Black Panther, the king of a technologically-advanced African nation called Wakanda, is quite a very unique character. He became a solo hero outside of the Fantastic Four franchise and was also a member of the Avengers in the early years of the comic, SuperHeroHype has learned.

Chadwick Boseman, who is best known for portraying iconic African-American figures, will play T'Challa aka Back Panther. He portrayed Jackie Robinson, the first African-American Major League Baseball player in the flick "42."

Fans can expect a split in the Avengers characters in "Civil War" with Falcon, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Ant-man and Winter Soldier taking the side of Captain America against Vision, Black Widow, War Machine and Spider-Man on Iron Man's team.

The first in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to include this number of heroes in one film, "Captain America: Civil War" will hit theaters May 6, 2016.

Meanwhile, Christopher Priest, one of the most notable creators to work on Black Panther, will release "Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1," a collection of the first 17 issues of his run on Aug. 12, Newsarama reported.