Marvel Studios has officially begun production for the upcoming “Black Panther” sequel, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
The new movie has started filming in Atlanta.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced the news about the highly anticipated film to Variety on Tuesday, GMA reports. At the “Black Widow” fan event in Los Angeles, Feige told fans that team involved in the film feels a responsibility to uphold the original movie’s great fallen hero, the late Chadwick Boseman, who died after a private battle with colon cancer in August 2020.
"It's clearly very emotional without Chad," Feige said. "But everyone is also very excited to bring the world of Wakanda back to the public and back to the fans. We're going to do it in a way that would make Chad proud."
Boseman first portrayed T’Challa (Black Panther) in 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War” before starring in the character’s stand-alone film that same year. The action film went on to become a global phenomenon, raking in more than $1.3 billion.
Up until a week before his death, a source close to the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that Boseman was confident he'd be well enough to start gaining weight back in September and prepare for "Black Panther 2," which had been originally scheduled to start filming in March 2021.
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In December 2020, Marvel confirmed they will not recast Boseman’s character of T’Challa in the upcoming sequel to preserve the great actor’s legacy.
"Chadwick Boseman was an immensely talented actor and an inspirational individual who affected all of our lives," said Feige, USA Today reported at the time.
"His portrayal of T'Challa the Black Panther is iconic and transcends any iteration of the character. It's for that reason we will not recast the character."
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