Boseman passed away<\/a> after a private battle with Stage 4 colon cancer. He was only 43. \u201cA true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much,\u201d his family said in a statement at the time. \u201cFrom Marshall<\/em> to Da 5 Bloods<\/em>, August Wilson\u2019s Ma Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom<\/em> and several more, all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy.\u201d<\/p>\n In a story for Variety<\/em>, the Wakanda Forever<\/em> filmmaker Ryan Coogler said Boseman hadn\u2019t read the script for the Black Panther<\/em> sequel because his battle with cancer had exhausted him. \u201cHe hadn\u2019t read it,\u201d Coogler said. \u201cI found out later he was \u2026 \u201cI can write this,\u201d he says finally. \u201cIt\u2019s harder for me to say it.\u201d The note, according to Variety<\/em>, essentially said that Boseman was \u201ctoo tired\u201d to read the script. \u201cThat\u2019s what was going on,\u201d said Coogler. But the show, as they say, must go on. Continue reading to find out who has taken over as the new Black Panther<\/a> after Boseman\u2019s death.<\/p>\n Who is the new Black Panther? Fans of the books will already know that T\u2019Challa\u2019s genius half-sister Shuri (Letitia Wright) takes over the responsibility of Wakanda\u2019s superpowered protector. If you saw the first Black Panther<\/em> movie, though, you\u2019ll know that Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan) destroyed all the Heart-Shaped Herb in Wakanda that gave the power of the Black Panther to whoever drank the brew infused with the flower. Usually, the new Black Panther is chosen by a new challenger facing the existing hero in a gladiator-style face-off. In fact, in the comics, Shuri intended to compete herself on the day T\u2019Challa took over the mantle from his uncle S\u2019Yan, but she was taken out by an opponent.<\/p>\n Image: Marvel \/ Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures \/ Courtesy Everett Collection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n There were questions as to whether the MCU should simply recast T\u2019Challa following Boseman\u2019s death. In an interview with Empire<\/em><\/a>, Kevin Feige said it was \u201ctoo soon\u201d to simply swap out Boseman for another actor, as he\u2019d been introduced in Captain America: Civil War<\/em>, appearing through to the groundbreaking origins story Black Panther<\/em>, and into Avengers: Infinity War<\/em> and Endgame. <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt just felt like it was much too soon to recast,\u201d he says, likening their approach to Marvel\u2019s long-standing ethos in the comics. \u201cStan Lee always said that Marvel represents the world outside your window. And we had talked about how, as extraordinary and fantastical as our characters and stories are, there\u2019s a relatable and human element to everything we do. The world is still processing the loss of Chad. And Ryan poured that into the story.\u201d<\/p>\n Feige expanded on this point in an interview with Deadline<\/a> in 2021, explaining that there would be no CGI T\u2019Challa in the sequel to Black Panther<\/em> either: \u201cSo much of the comics and that first movie is the world of Wakanda. Wakanda is a place to further explore with characters and different subcultures. This was always and initially the primary focus of the next story. We\u2019re not going to have a CG Chadwick and we\u2019re not recasting T\u2019Challa.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cRyan Coogler is working very hard right now on the script with all the respect and love and genius that he has, which gives us great solace, so it was always about furthering the mythology and the inspiration of Wakanda. There\u2019s also the task of honoring and respecting the ongoing learnings and teachings from Chad as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Wakanda Forever<\/em> opens with Shuri trying desperately to recreate the flower to heal her brother from an undisclosed illness, but she\u2019s unsuccessful and T\u2019Challa (who isn\u2019t depicted in these scenes) dies. Much of Wakanda Forever<\/em> focuses on a post-Black Panther Wakanda and how that time in the nation\u2019s history has passed. There are flashbacks to Boseman\u2019s scenes from the first movie towards the end of Wakanda Forever<\/em>, as Shuri struggles, but eventually comes, to terms with her brother\u2019s death.<\/p>\n Image: Marvel \/ \u00a9 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures \/Courtesy Everett Collection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe challenge was just being vulnerable with what we were feeling and stepping into Wakanda without our King, which is one of the most difficult things we could\u2019ve done,\u201d Wright told Bet.com<\/a>. \u201cAs I felt that difficulty, I allowed that to pour into Shuri\u2014when you\u2019re hit with losing someone, the inner circle feels it first before it starts to get to the outer circle. The people who love T\u2019Challa the most would feel it, so I allowed what I felt to pour into Shuri and for us to follow her journey into womanhood.\u201d<\/p>\n Initially, Shuri is not interested in taking over the Black Panther mantle, she doesn\u2019t even really believe in the Ancestral Plane. But when her mother, Queen Ramonda, dies at the hands of Wakanda\u2019s new enemy, Namor, (played by Tenoch Huerta), the African nation needs the power of the Black Panther to defend itself from this very formidable enemy. Little does Namor know, he gifts Shuri with the missing ingredient necessary to reinvigorate the Heart-Shaped Herb. Shuri undergoes the ritual to turn herself into the Black Panther\u2014which involves going to the Ancestral Plane and consulting dead relatives in the afterlife.<\/p>\n Shuri is shocked to find Killmonger, the antagonist of the first Black Panther<\/em> movie from 2018 there in the Ancestral Plane. He says T\u2019Challa\u2019s mercy made him \u201ctoo noble\u201d and therefore weak, so he tries to convince Shuri to do what needs to be done and destroy Namor. Returning to consciousness, Shuri tells Nakia (Lupita Nyong\u2019o) the brew didn\u2019t work but it\u2019s clear she\u2019s got super strength and thus creates her Black Panther own suit. In the final showdown with Namor, Shuri nearly kills her enemy as Killmonger encourages, but instead shows mercy when a vision of her mother, Ramonda, convinces her to spare him.<\/p>\n Image: Marvel \/ Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures \/Courtesy Everett Collection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cLetitia was hired because she, No. 1, was a great actor, but No. 2, she provided a levity to the film,\u201d the president of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige told Variety<\/a><\/em>. \u201cNow the entire weight of the movie and of the kingdom of Wakanda was on her shoulders in the next movie in a way that obviously no one expected.\u201d<\/p>\n What are Shuri\u2019s Black Panther powers? They\u2019re similar to those that have come before her: super strength, stamina, power absorption, nanotechnology enhancements and other superpowered physical characteristics that make her comparable to T\u2019Challa and Killmonger. This, of course, is paired with her existing genius-level intellect, so that\u2019s an edge she has over both of them. She\u2019s also upgraded the suit to include panther-shaped gauntlets that can fire sonic blasts, so Black Panther now has ranged attacks as well as being deadly in close quarters.<\/p>\n Will there be a Black Panther 3<\/em>? Nothing finite has been announced but Wakanda Forever<\/em> producer Nate Moore told Variety<\/em> plenty of ideas were floating around as to where to take the Wakandan story next. \u201cThis world is expansive, and there are so many great characters,\u201d Moore says. \u201cBeyond what happens with this film, there are more opportunities to go back to Wakanda.\u201d<\/p>\n Image: Annette Brown \/\u00a9 Marvel \/ Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures \/Courtesy Everett Collection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige backed up this statement. \u201cI go back to what I said when we decided to make Wakanda Forever<\/em> after losing Chad,\u201d Feige said. \u201cThis mythology and this ensemble and these characters deserve to continue and will continue after all of us are gone, I hope, and will continue forever in movies the way it has in comics for 50-plus years.\u201d<\/p>\n Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/em> is in theaters now. The first Black Panther<\/em> movie is available to stream on Disney Plus<\/a>. Here\u2019s how to watch it for free<\/a>.<\/p>\nWho is the new Black Panther?<\/h2>\n
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