You don’t have to follow every Wakanda for Ever: Black Panther rumor and spoiler to know a significant detail from the sequel’s plot. The story will reveal that Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa has died. As a result, someone else will take on the Black Panther mantle by the movie’s end.
You don’t usually see that in sequels, especially superhero movies. Boseman was to be the star. Black Panther 2. But, he didn’t get to make it after a tragically ending his life in 2020.
Also, going into the movie, you know that Marvel never wanted to recast T’Challa. That’s something Kevin Feige has made very clear over the years. But new interviews with producer Nate Moore and director Ryan Coogler revealed that Marvel would’ve canceled Wakanda Forever before recasting T’Challa. Be careful! Some spoilers may follow.
Recasting Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa wasn’t an option
Soon after Boseman’s death, fans urged Disney and Marvel not to recast the character. Some fans changed their minds after Marvel made clear that it wouldn’t hire another actor to play the role. Many of them believed that Marvel should keep the Black Panther character even if it meant recasting.
According to Marvel, recasting wasn’t in the cards. Wakanda Forever Nate Moore is the producer. Moore This is how it works io9 that Marvel did consider scrapping the sequel altogether after Boseman’s death.
Sequels “aren’t a mandate,”He stated. “Maybe Black Panther just lives on its own bubble. And then you start to have the other conversation, which is it did mean so much to people.”
The producer elaborated on Marvel’s thought process from there. “So then it was the conversation of, ‘Okay, if we’re going to do it, how do we do it respectfully,’”He stated.
“How do we do it in a way where we as storytellers also can get behind it and spend the next two-plus years of our lives bringing something to life that we believe in? That doesn’t leave a bad taste in our mouths? And that’s why recasting was never really a consideration, to be honest.
“Let’s use this energy and tell a story that could honestly help us in the healing process, and potentially help audiences when they watch it kind of come to grips with what happened, and also see a path forward, and also see that it’s not just about the loss, it’s about transformation and renewal.”
Wakanda ForeverBoseman will be remembered while delivering a new Black Panther tale
Ryan Coogler is the director and writer of Black PantherAnd Wakanda ForeverThe author elaborated further on the meaning of making such a huge MCU movie without a star.
“That was the work, actually,” Coogler told io9. “Trying to figure out a way that the theme could be dealt with and simultaneously ever-present while delivering upon what we wanted to deliver on, which is a heart-racing geopolitical thriller slash action movie. We wanted it to be those things, but also work as a believable drama, a believable character study about the concept of loss and how complicated it is to navigate among other things.”
The interviews can be viewed in full here At io9. Wakanda Forever hits theaters on November 11th, which is when we’ll meet the new Black Panther.
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