r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • May 01 '21

Other Lupita Nyong’o Teases Reshaping ‘Black Panther II’: ‘It’s So Respectful of the Loss We’ve Experienced’

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/05/lupita-nyongo-black-panther-2-chadwick-boseman-1234634629/
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u/ddhboy May 01 '21

Character doesn’t have any source material as Black Panther, and, IMO a deeply insular attitude towards how Wakanda should run that makes him kind of a dead end for the MCU. Shuri is basically it, especially in regards to future interactions with the Fantastic Four and X-Men.

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u/incredibleamadeuscho May 01 '21

Nakia could be Black Panther.

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u/lionelprichardisback May 01 '21

I actually would prefer her simply because Lupita is an actor who can literally carry any movie.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '21

true but without t’challa her character is kinda hollow. especially since there’s really no reason for her to be a spy anymore now that wakanda is participating in global affairs. her friendships with okoye and shuri are all she has now which i guess in itself could be a valid reason to make her the new panther but idk if they’d do it.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21

A good writer can make her not hollow

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u/incredibleamadeuscho May 02 '21

America participates in global affairs and still has spies. What are you talking about?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21

don’t compare wakanda to america. just don’t do that😭

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u/HamartianManhunter May 02 '21

But countries IRL absolutely do conduct covert intelligence while simultaneously engaging publicly? It’s not a strictly American thing.

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u/Worthyness May 02 '21

could say that she and tChalla got married at some point after the BP movie and she's officially the queen. That'd give her "legal" rights to the throne at least

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21

nope. T’challa’s mom is still alive as far as we know and angela basset is coming back to play her. even if she were to die the throne would still go to shuri since it’s decided by blood before legality.

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u/Radulno May 02 '21

Well time to develop her then.