Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Ryan Coogler Pays Tribute to Chadwick Boseman at Film's Premiere

By Nathaniel Brail

Marvel Studios is holding the World Premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever tonight and it will wrap up what has been an already eventful Phase Four. The film will show us what the studio decided to do with the mantle of Black Panther after the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman and fans are excited to see what happens. It's been rumored that Shuri (Letitia Wright) would take over the mantle of Black Panther and the teaser for the film subtly confirms it. Boseman carried the role with such grace and nobility that it'll take a strong performance from the actress to replace T'Challa. Everyone involved in the production took the actors death very hard and it looks like director Ryan Coogler chose to honor the late actor during the premiere. Coogler wore a gold chain with a pendant that features the Boseman prominently. You can check it out below. 

During this years San Diego Comic-Con, the studio revealed that they will officially wrap up the new saga with two new Avengers movies, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars, and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige seems to think that the multiverse is fine in Jonathan Majors' hands. During the same interview, Feige revealed that the Kang the Conqueror actor is well suited for this role.

"It comes down to the cast and with Jonathan Majors, who I think took over the Hall H stage, you know, in the three minutes he was up there," Feige told us. "It's amazing, and I said to him there's nobody's shoulders I'd rather be putting the multiverse saga on than his. It's really impressive what Jonathan Majors is able to do and all the different incarnations, variants, if you will, of Kang that we will see him do. It's really pretty cool."

"What I love is that he's totally different from Thanos. That he is completely different. That it's not just how about there's a bigger purple guy with a helmet? That's not what Kang is. Kang is a very different type of villain and the fact that he is many, many different characters is what's most exciting and most differentiates him." The Marvel Studios President added.

The most recent Marvel Studios film to hit theaters was Thor: Love and Thunder. The film is being directed by Taika Waititi and will star Chris Hemsworth as the titular character, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster/Mighty Thor, Russell Crowe as Zeus, Jaimie Alexander as Lady Sif, Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star Lord, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Karen Gillan as Nebula and Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher. In addition to directing, Waititi will also be reprising his role as Korg. Thor: Love and Thunder is exclusively streaming on Disney+ now!

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