The main characters, their identities were kind of wrapped up in this man, is the truth of it.”īehind the scenes, the cast and crew were dealing with their personal grief, too. Who was the closest to it? That's who we explored. In deciding what direction to take with the script, writer and director Ryan Coogler explained, “What we wanted to look at was, when you lose somebody, there's a blast radius - you know, like a bomb that goes off. It is all of the emotions anyone feels with any profound loss.” That leaves many options to how the story could go. And that is not just grief - it's also sometimes joy, sometimes humor.
Producer Nate Moore shared the process of incorporating that loss, “I think, as storytellers, you just want to be as honest as possible with what the characters would experience in the film after they experience the loss of T'Challa. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said, “When we lost Chad, all of that obviously was then poured into this movie - keeping the idea of a celebration of Wakanda and the character at the forefront, in addition to the grief that comes with that.” Everything was woven into the fabric of the film.
The world - and the cast and crew of Black Panther - were rocked by his loss, but all of that grief was channeled into the making of Wakanda Forever. Of course, actor Chadwick Boseman (King T’Challa) tragically passed away in 2020 after a private battle with colon cancer.
Without (they think) the Black Panther, who is left to protect Wakanda and their resources? Separately, audiences are introduced to the world of Talokan, with its leader, Namor (Tenoch Huerta Mejía) and fierce warriors Namora (Mabel Cadena) and Attuma (Alex Livinalli). Wakanda is out as the world power they secretly always were everyone now knows about vibranium, and they all want some for themselves. The world is reckoning with Wakanda’s transition of power, and testing its boundaries. This installment finds Shuri (Letitia Wright), Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett, who recently won both a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice award for the role), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) dealing with the loss of their king, T’Challa. In theaters now and coming to Disney+ on February 1, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is again directed by Ryan Coogler with script by Coogler and Joe Robert Cole executive produced by Victoria Alonso, Louis D’Esposito, and Barry Waldman and produced by Kevin Feige and Nate Moore.
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