Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Raises the Stakes: Review
After the death of star Chadwick Boseman, the filmmakers have largely succeed in tying up loose ends and (ever so delicately) moving on.
Letitia Wright as Shuri in Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Photographer: Marvel StudiosWhen the Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer in 2020, the future of the franchise was thrown into uncertainty.
The first Black Panther film was released in 2018 and grossed more than $1.3 billion. At the time of Boseman’s death, a sequel was already in the works. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was put in the delicate position of acknowledging its hero’s death while keeping the Black Panther flame—not to mention its multibillion-dollar revenue stream—alive.