Since Black PantherFans have been asking for a sequel since the premiere of The Great Gatsby in February 2018. In 2022, they’ll finally get their wish.
We have not been able to find out much more. Wakanda Forever: Black Panther, but it is clear that it’s going to be very different than the first film. After Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer at age 43 in August 2020, the filmmakers had to rethink how a sequel would work without his character, T’Challa.
In December 2020, Disney announced that a new actor would not be hired to fill the role, adding that the new movie would focus on other characters within the world of Wakanda, the fictional African country where T’Challa was king.
“Honoring Chadwick Boseman’s legacy & portrayal of T’Challa, @MarvelStudios will not recast the character, but will explore the world of Wakanda & the rich characters introduced in the first film,” the company tweeted.
Marvel executive Victoria Alonso has also said the studio has no plans to digitally recreate Boseman’s image for the film.
“There’s only one Chadwick and he’s not with us,” she told Argentinean outlet ClarinNovember 2020. “Our king, unfortunately, has died in real life, not just in fiction, and we are taking time to see how we continue the story and what we do to honor this chapter of what has happened to us that was so unexpected, so painful, so terrible, really.”
Ryan CooglerAfter directing the first film, he signed on to direct and write the sequel.
“I know Chad wouldn’t have wanted us to stop,” he told The Hollywood ReporterMarch 2021. “He was somebody who was so about the collective. Black PantherThat was his movie. He was hired to play that role before anybody else was even thought of, before I was hired, before any of the actresses were hired.”
Lupita Nyong’oThe director agreed with Nakia, who was played by Judith in the first film. “It’s gonna be different, of course, without our king to go back into that world, but I know that all of us are dedicated to reimagining or carrying on his legacy in this new Black Panther,” the Oscar winner said during a March 2021 appearance on Good Morning America. “And Ryan Coogler has some really, really exciting ideas that I look forward to bringing to life with the rest of the family.”
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