New Black Panther hailed as 'incredible honour' to Chadwick Boseman

Letitia Wright has described Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as an "incredible honour" to Chadwick Boseman, who tragically died in 2020.

Boseman reached superstardom after being cast as Wakanda King T'Challa in Captain America: Civil War. From there, he would appear in a standalone Black Panther movie as well as Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

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On a budget of $200m, the 2018's Black Panther earned $1.348 billion at the box office.

Boseman was set to reprise his role in a sequel, but passed away after losing his battle with colon cancer. Marvel subsequently announced that T'Challa would not be recast and no computer graphics would be used to recreate the actor's likeness.

Wright believes Wakanda Forever will act as a tribute to her co-star, Boseman.

“It is an incredible honour for Chadwick Boseman, it’s jam-packed with exciting stuff,” Wright told Variety.

“We honoured him by committing ourselves to the story that he started, the legacy that he started with this franchise.

“And we just committed every day to working hard, no matter what circumstances we faced — and we faced a lot of circumstances, a lot of difficult situations — but we came together as a team, and we poured everything into this movie, so I’m excited for you to see it.”

Production on Black Panther 2 was halted after Wright suffered a serious shoulder injury and concussion, and it was around that time that the actress was criticised for her conduct on set as she was accused of sharing anti-vaccination sentiments.

She has flat out denied those claims since, and when asked what she learned from the pandemic, she said:

“I’ve learned that in life, you just have to keep going strong with what you believe in, in terms of your talent, in terms of your desire to impact the world with your art, and that’s exactly what I’m doing and I’m so proud of myself and the movie that’s coming out this year. I’m so proud of it."

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to be released on 11 November.

Black Panther trailer