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Black Panther (2018)

by Nick Romano | July 08, 2021 | Entertainment Weekly

In the wake of Chadwick Boseman's death, Marvel had to overhaul plans for the Black Panther sequel. According to actress Angela Bassett, playing the queen mother of Boseman's King T'Challa, the script is still going through changes as production began in June in Atlanta.

"I don't know what it's going to look like at all," Bassett told Entertainment Tonight about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever during a recent interview. "There have been about five incarnations of the script and I hear another one's coming."

"Of course, with our dear king [Boseman] going on to glory, a lot of things had to be shifted and changed," she added. "So, thankfully, [director] Ryan [Coogler] and [writer] Joe Robert Cole, they're just such masterful storytellers that they've found a way into this world and hopefully it will be satisfying, I think, for the fans and it will be honorable of our Chad. We love our king."

A sequel to 2018's Oscar-winning box-office hit Black Panther has been in the works practically since the first movie came out in theaters. After Boseman's death from colon cancer in August, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced they would not recast the role of T'Challa and that the new film would "honor the legacy" of Boseman.

As production commenced at Atlanta's Pinewood Studios, Feige released a statement, saying, "It's clearly very emotional without Chad. But everyone is also very excited to bring the world of Wakanda back to the public and back to the fans. We're going to do it in a way that would make Chad proud."

Story details remain under wraps, though we know Marvel is also mapping out a Wakanda-set series for Disney+.

Much of the original cast, including Lupita Nyong'o and Danai Gurira, are expected to return.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is currently scheduled for theaters on July 8, 2022.
 
Great trailer. I'm excited that Namor is in the movie. I like the trailer song:
 
Chadwick Boseman Wins Posthumous Emmy for ‘What If’ Voice-Over Performance
by Kirsten Chuba | September 3, 2022 | The Hollywood Reporter
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Chadwick Boseman was honored with a posthumous Emmy win during Saturday’s Creative Arts ceremony for his role in Marvel’s What If…? series.

The late star won the outstanding character voice-over performance category for his role as Star-Lord T’Challa in the “What If… T’Challa Became a Star-Lord?” episode. He was nominated in the category alongside F. Murray Abraham (Moon Knight), Julie Andrews (Bridgerton), Maya Rudolph (Big Mouth), Stanley Tucci (Central Park), Jessica Walter (Archer) and Jeffrey Wright (What If…?). The award marked both Boseman’s first win and first Emmy nomination.

Boseman’s wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, was on hand to accept the award, taking the stage at downtown Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater and telling the crowd, “When I learned that Chad was nominated for this award, I started thinking about everything that was going on when he was recording — everything that was going on in the world and in our world and just being in such awe of his commitment and his dedication.”

“And what a beautifully aligned moment it really is that one of the last things he would work on would not only be revisting a character that was so important to him and his career and to the world, but also that it be an exploration of something new, diving into a new potential future — particularly with everything he spoke about purpose and finding the reason that you are here on the planet on this very time,” she continued. “You can’t understand your purpose unless you’re willing to ask, ‘What if,’ unless you’re willing to say, ‘What if the universe is conspiring in my favor, what if it’s me?'”

“Thank you so much for the honor — Chad would be so honored, and I’m honored on his behalf,” Ledward finished.

Boseman passed away in 2020 after a private battle with colon cancer, and was previously nominated for a posthumous Oscar for lead actor for his role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Boseman’s legacy remains inseparable from mainstream culture — his breakout work in Black Panther helped propel that film to become the first superhero movie ever nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards. The film’s sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, is scheduled for release later this year, with Ryan Coogler returning to direct.
 
Angela Bassett wins Goden Globes & Critics Choice awards for Wakanda Forever, 1st actor/actress to be nominated for a Marvel movie
 
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