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"Avengers: Infinity War" has tapped "Black Panther" and "The Walking Dead" actress Danai Gurira to join its growing cast. According to Deadline, Gurira may reprise her role as Okoye from "Black Panther". The character is one of ferocious female warriors who keeps an eye on the royal family of Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa.

Gurira is best known for her role as samurai sword-wielding Michonne on "The Walking Dead", for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress on Television at Saturn Awards. Back in 2015, Gurira wrote a play titled "Eclipsed", which was nominated for five Tonys, including Best Play. Gurira will next be seen in Tupac Shakur biopic "All Eyez on Me", portraying Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur.

"Avengers: Infinity War" is set to hit U.S. theaters on May 4, 2018. As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment-the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

Other cast members include Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pratt, Chris Hemsworth, Sebastian Stan, Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Zoe Saldana, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Peter Dinklage and Terry Notary.