T’Challa will no longer be an MCU character.
More referenced Ryan Coogler in this decision, who directed the first Black Panther movie. In April this year, Coogler explained Marvel’s decision to come out with a second Black Panther movie, saying Boseman would have wanted it that way: “It’s difficult. You’ve got to keep going when you lose loved ones. I know Chad wouldn’t have wanted us to stop. So it would be harder for me to stop. Truthfully. I’d feel him yelling at me, like, ‘What are you doing?’ So you keep going.”
Boseman last portrayed T’Challa posthumously in August this year, a year after his tragic death to cancer at the age of 43, when he voiced the character for Marvel’s new Disney+ animated show What If…? Fans were thrilled to hear Chadwick’s voice again, but it was a tough pill to swallow that it would be the last time.
While Head of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige had already confirmed they would not get a new T’Challa for the sequel, More’s confirmation means they will never use T’Challa’s character again in any MCU movie.
The sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, is set to release on Nov. 11, 2022.
Check out what Nate More had to say below.
MCU VP of Development Nate Moore puts to rest any discussion about recasting the character of T’challa as Black Panther. Says he talked with Ryan Coogler about it, and “we just couldn’t do it” more on @RingerVerse. T’challa is gone guys you agree or no? pic.twitter.com/MYoWKyqlmF
— Van Lathan Jr (@VanLathan) November 14, 2021
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