He continued: “But in talking with Ryan Coogler, the director, one of the ideas he also liked was this sort of Godfather-kind of story.
“When I say Godfather, it’s the idea that it’s very much a story about family and a story about an organisation where new leadership is taking place. “And much like the Godfather, you have to fight for things, right? And they’re all vying for power and in this case, it’s power over Wakanda.
“I think Killmonger sees Wakanda as something that could be used differently than it currently is in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and that puts him directly at odds with T’Challa.”
And like Bond, Black Panther is set to travel the world.
The producer added: “You get to go around the world a little bit. We thought that was important.
“Again, sort of in our James Bond comparison we wanted it to feel like it did have some scope and wasn’t just a movie that was set in Wakanda. “Not that Wakanda isn’t fascinating and not that we couldn’t explore that forever, but it did want to feel like a movie that had ramifications beyond the borders.
“So you do get to be outside of the country as well as explore the country.”
Black Panther will be released in UK cinemas on February 13, 2018.