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Black Panther: Wakanda Foreverhas shut down production two months after starLetitia Wrightsuffered an injury on set, PEOPLE confirms.
The sequel to 2018’sBlack Pantheris temporarily shutting down due to the severity of Wright’s injury with plans to resume in early 2022. Wright, 28, plays Shuri, the sister ofChadwick Boseman’s King T’Challa.
Wright was injured in late Augustwhile filming scenes for the movie in Boston. The actress was hospitalized after an incident involving a stunt rig. Primary filming for the sequel was taking place in Atlanta.
Wakanda Foreveris the first movie in the franchise following Boseman’s deatha year ago from colon cancer. He was 43.
The movie is set to focus on the world of Wakanda and brings backDanai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Winston Duke,Lupita Nyong’o, Florence Kasumba, and Angela Bassett. Ryan Coogler also returns to direct.
Film Frame/©Marvel Studios 2018.Film Frame/©Marvel Studios 2018
During Disney’s Investor Day last December, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced that in honor of Boseman,his titular role as the Wakandan superhero would not be recast.
Instead, the film “will explore the world of Wakanda and the richcharacters introduced in the first film,” Feige said.
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In April, Nyong’o spoke about the sequel in an interview withYahoo! Entertainment.
“People will ask me, ‘Are you excited to go back?’ Excitement isn’t the word,” Nyong’o shared. “I feel like I’m in a very pensive and meditative state when it comes to Black Panther 2. [Chadwick’s] passing is still extremely raw for me. And I can’t even begin to imagine what it will be like to step on set and not have him there.”
The Hollywood Reporterfirst reported the news.
source: people.com
