Should Marvel recast Black Panther? Chadwick Bosemans brother says yes

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Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:05:57 +0000

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Chadwick Bosemans brother, Derrick, has weighed in on the debate surrounding the future of the Black Panther franchise.

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The brother of late Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman has said he believes the star would have wanted his role recast for future Marvel movies .

Speaking to TMZ , Derrick Boseman explained that Chadwick "thought T'Challa was bigger than just himself," and "knew the power of the character, and the positive influence it carries."

Although Derrick noted that his brother who died of colon cancer last year never explicitly expressed his wishes before his death, he thinks Chadwick would agree [that] T'Challa should live on in the MCU.

Derricks comments come as a change.org petition to see the iconic role recast recently surpassed 44,000 signatures. It notes that recasting T'Challa is not a call to replace Chadwick Boseman, but that removing the character would be at the expense of the audiences (especially Black boys and men) who saw themselves in him. Help us reach our new goal of 45K signatures. Chadwick worked far too hard to bring King T'Challa to LIFE for @MarvelStudios to kill him off prematurely. Let's make both Chadwick & T'Challa the beginning of a legend and not the end of one. #RecastTChallahttps://t.co/tX4l8HeMlT November 29, 2021 See more

At the time of Bosemans death in August 2020, Marvel confirmed that it
wouldnt recast the role of TChalla as a tribute to the late actors powerful portrayal.

"Honoring Chadwick Boseman's legacy and portrayal of T'Challa, Marvel Studios will not recast the character, but will explore the world of Wakanda and the rich characters introduced in the first film," a company tweet read last
year.

Many fans took this to mean that Shuri would likely step into T'Challas shoes in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , which is scheduled for release on
November 11, 2022 as part of Marvels Phase 4 movie roster. But, although shooting began on the project earlier this year, Wright sustained an injury which forced her to return home to London.

We then reported on rumors suggesting that Winston Dukes MBaku would instead be inheriting the Black Panther moniker in subsequent movies. Marvel hasnt offered further comment on the matter beyond its initial statement, so were still in the dark as to what the studio has planned for the franchise.

In any case, given that the scheduled release date for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is less than 12 months away, its unlikely Derrick Bosemans recent comments will have any material impact on T'Challas role within it.

Still, his thoughts will be sure to reignite the debate around the future of the Black Panther franchise as a whole. As the aforementioned petition reads: The number one way to kill a legend is to stop telling their story. How to watch the Marvel movies in order



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