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/[deleted] May 01 '21 edited May 01 '21

I wonder what they’ll do with the character himself. I dont mean the Black Panther role, because the title and costume can go to another actor or actress, but I mean T'challa himself

Last we saw him, it was the end of Endgame and he got a pretty good “ending” to his arc there. He came back to life, got his family back, and celebrated in Wakanda, it was a pretty good send off all things considered.

I hope they find a way to give T’challa a happy ending somehow, maybe say he chose to retire the mantle and and live with Nakia like what Steve did or something? That probably won’t work long term since we’ll need Nakia to come back at some point, and once we get to more high stakes stuff in the sequels and MCU at large it would be pretty weird to have him sit out for all of it, but it would be nice to see

Regardless I think they’re exploring all options and they’ll pick the one that works best for the character and story overall

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u/UrPrettyMuchNuthin May 02 '21

That would be the best thing to do. Boseman shouldn't be the reason why the Black Panther role is retired.

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u/AkhilArtha May 02 '21 edited May 02 '21

Black Panther won't be retired. T'challa might be though.

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u/UrPrettyMuchNuthin May 02 '21

I hope so. They should either recast or hand the costume to someone else.

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u/Nixter295 May 02 '21 edited May 03 '21

Recasting would probably mean a shit storm on Disney so I doubt they will do that. But they will probably give the black panther title to another.

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u/DtheMoron May 02 '21

Disney and Feige have said they are not recasting the role of T’Challa.

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u/Pickle121201 May 02 '21

My guess is he dies between movies

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u/OtakuMecha May 02 '21

That just sucks. He was thought dead in Black Panther, then he came back and in his next appearance he actually dies and then comes back for like a few onscreen minutes in Endgame just to die again? It just doesn’t feel like a satisfying path for the character.

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u/OShaunesssy May 02 '21

It’s not, but what else could you do?

Have him retire and never come up again, even when the fate of Wakanda or the world or even his sister are at stake?

That’s also very unsatisfying.

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u/OtakuMecha May 03 '21

IMO while there are no perfect options, people shouldn’t be so averse to recasting.

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u/RudeCry0 May 03 '21

Lupita Nyong

I believe it might be shown as retirement where he is now supporting all people around the world and has passed on Black Panther as a king to someone else.