When Chadwick Boseman died in 2020 on the age of 43, Marvel Studios determined to not recast the position of T’Challa, and as a substitute had Leitita Wright’s Shuri inherit the Black Panther mantle in Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly, the thirtieth of the Marvel motion pictures so as. Nevertheless, not solely did we be taught in Wakanda Endlessly’s end-credits scene that the late superhero’s son, Toussaint, additionally has the Wakandan title T’Challa, it was additionally rumored earlier this month that casting is underway to seek out somebody to play a unique model of an grownup T’Challa. Whereas this has but to be formally confirmed, there’s now phrase on when this specific Black Panther will debut.
If scooper @MyTimeToShineHello (by way of ComicBookMovie) is to be believed, the plan is to function the brand new T’Challa within the upcoming Marvel motion pictures Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, then have him take heart stage for Black Panther 3, which Denzel Washington will seem in. With each these motion pictures being capstones to The Multiverse Saga that’s been operating since 2021, it stands to purpose that this T’Challa will hail from one other nook of the Marvel multiverse. What hasn’t been clarified is that if this can be a fully-grown tackle Toussaint or a variant of the T’Challa Chadwick Boseman performed, although my cash’s on the latter.
Whomever it finally ends up being, this echo how Chadwick Boseman debuted as T’Challa in Captain America: Civil Struggle, then starred in Black Panther two years later. Assuming all that is correct, Marvel Studios desires to observe go well with by having Doomsday and Secret Wars function an appetizer of kinds for this new T’Challa to indicate off his stuff. Then as soon as the specter of the Robert Downey Jr.-portrayed Physician Doom and the villains allied with him as been vanquished, Section 7 launches the following saga, and Black Panther 3 can be a part of that slate. Now I ponder if this T’Challa can be lively in the primary MCU actuality or working in a unique universe within the threequel, although the reply to that query ought to turn into clearer as soon as Secret Wars is out.
The scooper additionally shared in an earlier publish that John David Washington, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre are being checked out to play the brand new T’Challa. Take that with an particularly huge grain of salt for now, particularly with Pierre, as he’s going to be busy enjoying John Stewart within the upcoming DC TV present Lanterns. The one concern I’ve about this recasting, assuming it’s true, is that I fear this can end in Shuri being sidelined, which I don’t need to occur. She’s the present Black Panther and she or he ought to be capable to maintain onto that mantle for longer than simply the latter half of Wakanda Endlessly.
Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars respectively come out on Could 1, 2026 and Could 7, 2027, although ideally we’ll get an official affirmation or denial of a brand new Black Panther showing in both film someday later this 12 months. For now, stream the entire MCU’s Black Panther-related content material with a Disney+ subscription.