Black Panther 2 cast, release date and everything you need to know about Wakanda Forever
A fitting title for a hotly-anticipated movie.
Black Panther 2 will be arriving in cinemas later this year, and we have now seen a few rounds of footage, enough to tease out some details about the eagerly-awaited sequel.
The emotional first trailer was debuted at Comic-Con on July 23 during Marvel's epic presentation and confirmed that T'Challa's death would be a part of the storyline, following the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman in August 2020.
Since then we've had another trailer, which means more to examine for clues as to what the sequel will be about, and just who will be stepping into the titular superhero role. This is what we know so far about the upcoming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
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Black Panther 2 release date: When is Black Panther Wakanda Forever released?
After the delay in October 2021, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will now be out in cinemas on November 11, 2022.
That's a move of four months from July 2022, and the sequel takes the original place of The Marvels, which has now moved back to July 2023. While nothing is set in stone, we hope this will be the last shift for the movie.
Filming started in June 2021, but as mentioned above, there was a hiatus between November 2021 to January 2022. However, production restarted in January 2022 and filming wrapped in March 2022, so hopefully, it can hit that November release date.
Black Panther 2 trailer: Watch the new Black Panther Wakanda Forever trailer here!
The newest trailer is available to watch at the top of the article, but in case you missed it, you can also watch it here:
Black Panther 2 cast: Who's coming back for Black Panther Wakanda Forever?
It's been confirmed that the sequel will honour the legacy of Chadwick Boseman and won't recast the role of T'Challa. Thankfully as well, there are no plans to use a 'digital double' in the sequel.
"There's only one Chadwick and he's not with us," said Marvel Studios' EVP Victoria Alonso.
"Our king, unfortunately, has died in real life, not just in fiction, and we are taking a little time to see how we return to history and what we do to honour this chapter of what has happened to us that was so unexpected, so painful, so terrible, really."
Kevin Feige added: "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're not going to have a CG Chadwick and we're not recasting T'Challa."
Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett, and Danny Sapani are all reprising their roles in the sequel as Shuri, Nakia, M'Baku, Okoye, Ramonda, and M'Kathu, respectively.
Duke is reportedly set to be given an "expanded role" in the sequel, but the reports have yet to be confirmed by Marvel, while Narcos: Mexico star Tenoch Huerta is playing the antagonist Namor, confirmed to be a mutant in the film.
Martin Freeman will return as CIA agent Everett Ross. One character who we can officially confirm won't be returning is Daniel Kaluuya's W'Kabi.
The actor, who played Border Chief tribe W'Kabi in the first film, revealed that he didn't film any footage for the sequel as he was committed to the film Nope, which reunites him with Get Out director Jordan Peele, and shooting for both overlapped.
New to the cast are I May Destroy You star Michaela Coel and UFC champion Kamaru Usman, though their roles have yet to be confirmed. Dominique Thorne (If Beale Street Could Talk) will make her MCU debut as Riri Williams, aka Ironheart.
Another Marvel actor who was spotted on set was Falcon and the Winter Soldier's Anthony Mackie – however, he has confirmed that he is not in the film but merely visiting the set. This could, of course, be an elaborate ruse a la the reunion of the Spider-Men. Only time will tell.
Behind the scenes, Ryan Coogler is returning to write and direct Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and he's bringing back the original creative cast.
Black Panther 2 plot: What's Black Panther Wakanda Forever about?
Now that we know for sure that the role of T'Challa will not be recast, the focus of the sequel will have had to change, and all we officially know is that it will continue to explore the world of Wakanda and beyond.
Along with the first trailer, we got our first official plot synopsis. "Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T'Challa's death," it reads.
"As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda."
It had previously been confirmed that Wakanda Forever would feature the aquatic villain Namor, thanks to early plot details from Production Weekly. "Both Wakanda and Atlantis are hidden civilisations with advanced technology and increased militaristic abilities that decided to separate themselves from the rest of the world for their own safety, and in a way, out of fear," the details read.
"Wakanda feared that their technology would be abused. Atlantis feared that surface dwellers would come and desecrate the mythical city just as they did so many years ago. And yet their fears escalate even further when these two once-hidden nations clash with each other."
Kevin Feige had hinted that he wanted to explore more of Wakandan history in the sequel, so we could expect to see some historical flashbacks to explore how Wakanda became the place we saw in the first movie.
As for the question on everyone's minds — who will be stepping into the Black Panther armour — only time will tell. Everyone's guess seems to be that Shuri is the most likely candidate to take over the mantle.
However, the newest trailer did give us our first full look at the new Black Panther. Towards the latter part of the trailer, the new iteration of Black Panther makes their debut, falling from the ceiling in a spectacular stunt.
Still, there has yet to be any official word on who is in the suit. This is likely not to be revealed until the movie comes out, and hopefully won't be spoiled.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set for release on November 11. Black Panther is available to watch on Disney+.
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