Black Panther producer Nate Moore has said that Chadwick Boseman’s death has put a lot of “pressure” on them to get the Wakanda Forever sequel right.


“I think this movie has different sort of pressure on it, obviously, with the loss of Chadwick, which was unexpected and unprecedented in a way narratively, to figure out how to deal with,” Moore said on ComicBook’s Phase Zero podcast.

“So beyond, ‘Hey, we want to make a big, fun time,’ and people of the first movie, it’s how do we sort of do right by his legacy and tell a story that isn’t exploitative, which we would never, ever do, but builds on the things that he loved about the property and builds on the things that he brought to the property in a way that is enjoyable, feels real, feels earned, feels organic.”


Marvel Studios' "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" will temporarily shut down production while actor Letitia Wright recovers from an on-set injury she suffered back in August, Variety has confirmed.


Production will pause starting the week of Thanksgiving and start back up in early 2022.


Wright's injury occurred more than two months ago in late August while shooting a sequence involving a stunt rig on-location in Boston. At the time, her injury was not expected to impact the film's shooting schedule.


Director Ryan Coogler and the rest of the production has been filming mostly in Atlanta since Wright was injured. She has stayed in London while the shoot continued without her.

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is set to release on November 11, 2022, after it was delayed recently from July 8, 2022. The new release date is expected to remain, despite the temporary shutdown.


“I think we’re going to see the movie in two lenses, pure entertainment, but also cathartic. And we have to be conscious of both of those lenses as we’re making it,” Moore said.


Chadwick Boseman died aged 43 in August 2020, following a battle with colon cancer. He had been diagnosed with colon cancer four years earlier, but chose not to make the news public. His family and friends revealed that all of his films were shot despite countless surgeries and chemotherapy at the time.


Production for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever streaming, the sequel to one of the world’s highest-grossing films, has been underway since June, with Ryan Coogler at the helm. It is scheduled to be released in November 2022.


No details about the storyline have been revealed so far. However, it has been confirmed that Boseman’s role as the heroic King T’Challa will not be recast.


In April, Michael B Jordan told Jess Cagle’s SiriusXM show: “I know [director Ryan Coogler] and Marvel are going to do the absolute best job at developing the story in a way that makes everybody happy and satisfied and honours Chad and moves forward with grace.”


Returning cast members for the film include Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, and Winston Duke.


In August, Wright was hospitalised following an accident on the set of Wakanda Forever and suffered “minor injuries” after an incident with a stunt rig. Wright has been recovering in London since being released from hospital. The incident did not delay filming initially as the makers shot scenes around her character.


But production will now be temporarily stopped as Wright is expected to return to set only in early 2022, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


This has not been officially confirmed either way, though Wright made headlines late last year for spouting views skeptical of COVID-19 vaccines. In October, a THR report cited sources claiming Wright was spouting anti-vaxx views on set, which Wright later denied. There’s a possibility she is vaccinated. After all, she was filming in America up until her injury. In that case, there’s no need to worry about any future delays or dramatic rewrites.


In the meantime, Wright’s rep released a statement to THR about her current status. “Letitia has been recovering in London since September from injuries sustained on the set of Black Panther 2 and is looking forward to returning to work early 2022,” they wrote. “Letitia kindly asks that you keep her in your prayers.”


Boseman rose to stardom playing real-life figures – baseball great Jackie Robinson in 42 (2013), and soul singer James Brown in Get on Up (2014).


But he will be best remembered for playing the first black superhero to lead his own film as King T’Challa in Black Panther, which was released in 2018.


The film’s vision of Afrofuturism and the technologically advanced civilisation of Wakanda resonated with audiences, some of whom wore African attire to showings and helped propel Black Panther to more than $1.3bn (£1bn) in the global box office. Black Panther was the first superhero film to receive an Oscar nomination for best picture.


The statement on his Twitter account said that being cast in Black Panther was “the honour of his career”.


His “Wakanda Forever” salute reverberated around the world after the film was released.


His Marvel co-stars, including Mark Ruffalo, Brie Larson and Samuel L Jackson, were among those who paid tribute.

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