

Okoye's last MCU appearance in 2019's Avengers: Endgame, as part of The Battle of Earth. In the comics, Shuri has at times adopted the mantle of Black Panther herself.ĭanai Gurira as Okoye: Head of the Dora Milaje and a fierce defender of T'Challa and the Wakandan royal family. Letitia Wright as Shuri: T'Challa's younger sister and a Wakandan tech wiz, who was put in charge of running Wakanda's Oakland-based outreach center at the end of the first film.

When does the movie come out?īlack Panther: Wakanda Forever will hit theaters on Nov. Introducing Tenoch Huerta as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, the film also stars Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena and Alex Livanalli. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M'Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T'Challa’s death. "It's for that reason that we will not recast the character."Īhead of the movie's release, here's everything there is to know about the Black Panther sequel. His portrayal of T'Challa the Black Panther is iconic and transcends any iteration of the character in any other medium from Marvel's past," Kevin Feige said at the time. "Chadwick Boseman was an immensely talented actor and an inspirational individual who affected all of our lives professionally and personally. Following news of his death, Marvel Studios announced that the role of T'Challa would not be recast, nor would he appear via CGI. (The movie ultimately won three Oscars.) Four years is a long time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it's nearly time to return to Wakanda.Ī Black Panther sequel, titled Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, is on the way, albeit without the titular superhero: Chadwick Boseman, who died unexpectedly in 2020. It's been four years since Black Panther debuted to rave reviews, broke records at the box office, and eventually became the first superhero movie to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
