Both sides pathetic ASF right now
Who the hell asked for these projects![]()
Jeff Sneider: Marvel Is Looking to Recast 'Black Panther' Hero T’Challa![]()
Five Years After Chadwick Boseman’s Death, Marvel Looks to Recast T’Challa
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***Rather than recast his signature role as T'Challa in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Marvel wisely laid the character to rest and passed the mantle on to his sister, Shuri, played by Letitia Wright.***
***While Black Panther grossed $1.35 billion worldwide and was a bonafide cultural phenomenon, its 2022 sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever took in just $859 million worldwide. That's a difference of nearly half a billion dollars, and Wright didn't exactly endear herself to the studio during production.***
***My point is that with Marvel reshuffling the deck in advance of Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, and Robert Downey Jr. coming back not as Iron Man but as Doctor Doom, I'm told that the door is firmly open for T'Challa to be recast via the magic of the multiverse.***
***In fact, I heard that an actor was actually offered the role this past fall, a couple of months after Downey's big reveal at Comic-Con, but they turned it down, not wanting to jeopardize their career momentum by stepping into Boseman's gigantic shoes, which may be too big to fill, even for Hollywood's most talented Black actors.***
I swear to god Marvel don't you fukking dare