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Ryan Coogler had different plans for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever prior to Chadwick Boseman’s untimely death, and now he’s revealed how the film might’ve played out with T’Challa still involved. Speaking with The New York Times, the writer-director said that the film was set to deal with the Thanos “blip” from Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame prior to Boseman’s passing forced them to […]
Spoilers for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ below. Ryan Coogler is a magician. The director was trusted with the gargantuan responsibility of creating a sequel for 2018’s Black Panther that would live up to the first—which shattered records and shifted the culture—all without his leading man. When Chadwick Boseman died after his private battle with cancer […]
The first reactions to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever are here following the Ryan Coogler-directed sequel’s Hollywood premiere. The film, set to hit theaters next month, arrives four years after the Chadwick Boseman-led original. In 2020, Boseman died at the age of 43 due to complications from colon cancer. “Lift Me Up,” a new Rihanna song […]
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige explained in a new interview why he and director Ryan Coogler chose not to recast Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa in the forthcoming Black Panther sequel Wakanda Forever. While speaking with Empire magazine, Feige talked about the impossibility of recasting such an iconic character. “It just felt like it was much too soon to recast,” Feige told Empire. […]
Chadwick Boseman has won an Emmy posthumously for his part in Marvel’s What If…? show. On Saturday, the late actor’s wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the award at the Creative Arts ceremony in Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Boseman was nominated for the outstanding character voice-over performance category for playing Star-Lord […]
Chadwick Boseman died at age 43 in 2020 without a will, and now the late Black Panther actor’s family has determined how his estate will be distributed. According to court documents via Entertainment Tonight, Boseman’s estate will be split between his parents, Leroy and Carolyn Boseman, and his wife, Taylor Simone Ledward. Due to the lack […]
Following Chadwick Boseman’s tragic death, fans wondered whether the late actor’s Black Panther character T’Challa will ever be seen again in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During an appearance on the Ringer-Verse podcast this weekend, Marvel’s VP of Development, Nate More, revealed the studio has no plans of recasting Boseman’s character in any future MCU projects. “You will not see […]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever started up production at Atlanta’s Pinewood Studios on Tuesday, Variety reports, citing Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige. “It’s clearly very emotional without Chad,” Feige said on Tuesday, referencing the loss of Chadwick Boseman in 2020, per Variety. “But everyone is also very excited to bring the world of Wakanda back to the public […]
Anthony Hopkins wasn’t expecting to bag his second Oscar on Sunday night. With his win in the Best Actor category for his performance in The Father, Florian Zeller’s devastating exploration of the continual heartbreaks of dementia, Hopkins made history as the oldest winner in the show’s history. Previously, Hopkins—83—won in the same category for his […]
As he prepares to begin production for Black Panther 2, director Ryan Coogler opened up about the long-awaited sequel and the decision to move forward without Chadwick Boseman—the original Black Panther star who died in August. Coogler told The Hollywood Reporter he was writing the film’s script when Boseman died at age 43, following a private four-year battle with cancer. The director […]
