Daniel Kaluuya Not Returning for Marvel Sequel BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Academy Award-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah, Nope) will not be reprising his role in Marvel and Disney’s sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Kaluuya played W’Kabi in 2018’s Black Panther, the best friend and confidant of T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) and the head of security for the Border Tribe.
It’s reported that he was unable to return to the franchise due to filming his most recent picture, Jordan Peele’s latest thriller, Nope, which is set to release next week on July 22nd.
Production on Wakanda Forever, directed by Ryan Coogler, wrapped in March, and the film is set to release on November 11th. Following the death of Boseman in 2020, Marvel decided not to recast the role of T’Challa and the sequel will instead explore other characters from the world of Black Panther, while also honoring the legacy Boseman left behind. Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and Angela Bassett are set to return to the sequel, and Dominique Thorne is set to appear as genius inventor Riri Williams/Ironheart, with Michaela Coel and Tenoch Huerta appearing in the film in undisclosed roles.
Kaluuya will be missed in the second film, as well as Boseman, but hopefully we will still get a great movie. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to hit theaters on November 11th this year.
via: Variety