Marvel Studios Focused on Paying Tribute to Chadwick Boseman Before Determining Next Steps for Black Panther

Matthew Soberman

Marvel Studios Focused on Paying Tribute to Chadwick Boseman Before Determining Next Steps for Black Panther

Marvel Studios is reportedly still “processing its grief” following the passing of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman before they determine what comes next for the character, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

As Tatiana Siegel and Borys Kit report, until about a week before his passing, Boseman was supposedly convinced that he would win his battle with colon cancer and was about to begin preparations to resume his role as King T’Challa in the sequel to the 2018 film, which was supposed to begin filming in March. The character was also set to appear in other future Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Wishing to keep his fight with the disease private, everyone at Marvel Studios was reportedly kept in the dark, including chief creative officer Kevin Feige, who was notified about the cancer about an hour before news of Boseman’s death broke. Now the studio is focused on honoring his life and work before work resumes on the sequel.

When they do return to production, Marvel will have a difficult choice to make. One idea is to keep T’Challa and recast the character. It’s been done in the MCU before, with Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard as Colonel James Rhodes, aka War Machine, and Mark Ruffalo taking over for Edward Norton as the Hulk. Another path is to give the Black Panther mantle to another character that already exists in the franchise, possibly T’Challa’s sister Shuri, played by Letitia Wright.

Regardless, Boseman’s passing was a sudden loss for Marvel Studios, who now have to deal with a situation more fearsome than the worst supervillain.

2 thoughts on “Marvel Studios Focused on Paying Tribute to Chadwick Boseman Before Determining Next Steps for Black Panther”

  1. He has a younger brother Kevin who looks just like him and is an off broadway actor i think all the kids who looked up to the character would need and accept a new Boseman playing the role. There are videos of him doing auditions on youtube he has a channel under KevinBoseman of all the options this seems to be the best.

  2. Let his character’s sister take over as Black Panther. She could do it, and she would be awesome. My daughter and I were just talking about that today before I saw this article. No recasting necessary.

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