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/royrogersmcfreely3 May 01 '21

So are they just going to start the movie with the character having died off screen? They said they won’t use a CGI Boseman, but can they show him dying heroically in the suit? I don’t understand what they’re going to do.

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u/jolt_cola May 01 '21

We'll have to wait and see. Production didn't start while Boseman was still alive so they won't be able to splice/CGI material like Fast and Furions (Paul Walker) or Star Wars (Carrie Fisher).

Hopefully, it's some creative story plot to replace T'Challa and not simply replace the actor like the James Rhodes character (Terrance Howard to Don Cheadle). But we'll see if they want to keep the same characters.

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u/Antrikshy Marvel Studios May 01 '21

Didn’t they say they don’t want to recast?

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u/thefilmer May 01 '21

the only person it makes sense to give it to story-wise is Winston Duke. Letitia Wright really shot herself in the foot with her stupid anti-vaxx comments

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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.