Lupita Nyong'o Promises Black Panther 2 Will Honor Chadwick Boseman
Following Chadwick Boseman's tragic passing in August 2020,Black Panther 2 (now titled Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) left many fans, cast, and crew wondering where the story would be headed next and if it would even would continue. Now currently months into filming, star Lupita Nyong'o has promised that the sequel will honor the late Boseman in a special way that will have plenty of people excited.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which is slated to release later this year, will come over two years after Boseman's passing due to colon cancer. While many were skeptical whether his iconic role as T'Challa would be recast, as Boseman's own brother shared that the former Marvel star would've wanted his Black Panther role to be recast in order to live on through younger generations, director Ryan Coogler and many of the producers agreed not to go down that route and that they would work around the original script for the highly-anticipated sequel.
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With so much uncertainty surrounding the film, Nyong'o, who spoke withPeople magazine, revealed what is certain is that the Marvel sequel will no doubt honor Boseman in the best way possible. “It’ll be interesting to bring out another one of those films without Chadwick Boseman,” Nyong’o said. “But we are holding him in close light. I think people will be excited about this one.”
It was back in May 2021 that Nyong'o spoke with Yahoo! about how Coogler and the whole team worked tirelessly to rewrite the script for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to be “so respectful of the loss we’ve all experienced as a cast and as a world.” It will be interesting to see just how Boseman will be honored in the film, but with Coogler — a
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