A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Thursday, honoring the late actor Chadwick Boseman for a career that mixed portraying the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero T'Challa with historical figures.

Ryan Coogler and Viola Davis are set to speak at the 11:30 a.m. PT ceremony across from the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.

Coogler directed Boseman in ``Black Panther'' and its 2022 sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”

When Boseman portrayed singer James Brown in the 2014 biographical musical “Get On Up,” Davis portrayed Brown's mother Susie. In “Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,” Boseman's final film, Davis played strong-willed blues singer Ma Rainey, and Boseman played Levee Green, the overconfident trumpeter in Rainey's band.

Boseman received a best actor Oscar nominati

See Full Page