Martin Freeman Confirms He's Coming Back for BLACK PANTHER 2

Martin Freeman has confirmed that he will be back in the role of CIA agent Everett K. Ross in Black Panther 2. I think most fans assumed he would return, but now we have actual confirmation.

During a recent interview with Collider, Freeman was asked if he’d be coming back and this was his response:

“Yeah, I am doing the second Black Panther. I’m going to be speaking to Ryan Coogler soon about what shape that’s going to look like.”

Freeman went on to say that there was a script for the film completed before Chadwick Boseman passed away. But obviously, now everything has changed and the actor has no idea what exactly that looks like. He added:

“I have no idea about the script [so] I don’t know what’s going to happen. Just before Chadwick died, if my memory serves correctly, the script had gone in. They had the script and they were working on the script, and then Chadwick died, and [I] sort of immediately thought, ‘Oh, okay, I could see a world where there’s no Black Panther then, because how can you do a Black Panther without Black Panther?’ So, I still don’t know what that’s going to look like. And no, obviously, before Chad died, the idea of doing it without him would have been a stupid idea. It would have been crazy. It was very shocking, and still is very, very strange, that he is not here. So, I’m as curious as you are to see what that will look like and I find out quite soon. All I know is that I’m in it.”

Ryan Googler is the writer and director of Black Panther 2, and I’m curious to see how they will continue the story without Boseman in the role he perfectly brought to life. However, it’s safe to say that the film will feature many of the same cast members. It was also previously reported that Narcos: Mexico star Tenoch Huerta has been cast as a villain in the sequel. Kevin Feige has also said that Boseman’s role of T’Challa won’t be recast.

Black Panther 2 is slated to hit theaters on July 8, 2022.