Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Shuts Down Production Until 2022

The upcoming (and lately delayed) Black Panther sequel, Wakanda Forever, has needed to shut down its manufacturing. Actor Letitia Wright, who performs T’Challa’s genius sister Shuri and was beforehand reported to have a vocal anti-COVID vaccine stance on set, suffered an damage whereas filming that was fairly extreme to warrant all the pieces going into stasis by means of the rest of 2021.

In late August whereas filming in Boston, Wright received damage shooting a sequence involving a stunt rig. At the time, Marvel Studios mentioned this damage wouldn’t impression manufacturing, however nicely, right here we’re. Wright has since gone to London to get better, whereas the manufacturing continued to shoot round her character’s absence within the final two months as a lot as they presumably may. With the hiatus, which can start on Thanksgiving week and is anticipated to final by means of the remainder of the 12 months, the plan is to reconfigure the shoot and are available again in early 2022.

A consultant for Wright mentioned that the actor “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…Letitia kindly asks that you keep her in your prayers.” Since Chadwick Boseman’s passing late final 12 months, it’s been an expectation that the fan-favorite Shuri can be centered because the lead of the franchise going ahead and ultimately take the mantle of Black Panther, as she beforehand has within the comics.

Following the information, Marvel insisted the movie’s launch date shouldn’t be impacted sufficient to warrant one other delay. Directed once more by Ryan Coogler, the superhero sequel will both introduce upcoming MCU mainstay Riri Williams (aka Ironheart), performed by Dominique Thorne, and can also be believed to arrange a by-product sequence for Danai Guira’s breakout character, Okoye.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is anticipated to launch in theaters on November 11, 2022.

[The Hollywood Reporter]

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