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Lights! Camera! Wakanda! The production of Marvel’sBlack Panthersequelis ready to continue.
Per the outlet, production of the highly-anticipated sequel was initially supposed to have restarted earlier in the month, but was delayed when several cast and crew members tested positive for COVID-19. (Among them included starLupita Nyong’o.)
Shooting for the film is now scheduled to continue this week. Sources toldTHRthat there are “about four weeks” of filming left on theRyan Coogler-directed project.
Insiders also told the outlet that the movie’s release date, which is currently Nov. 11, 2022, will not be impacted. The film was previously scheduled to be released on July 8, 2022, before Disneyreshuffledits release schedule last year.
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Letitia Wright.Dave Benett/Getty Images
Back in November,PEOPLE confirmedthatWakanda Foreverhad shut down production two months after Wright, 28, suffered an injury on set.
Wright was injured in late Augustwhile filming scenes for the movie in Boston. The actress — who plays Shuri, the sister ofChadwick Boseman’s King T’Challa — was hospitalized after an incident involving a stunt rig.
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“She is currently receiving care in a local hospital and is expected to be released soon,” the statement continued.
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Wakanda Foreveris the first movie in the franchise following Boseman’sdeathin 2020 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, Nyong’o, 38, Florence Kasumba and Angela Bassett.
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.
Black Panther: Wakanda Foreverwill claw its way into theaters later this year on Nov. 11.
source: people.com
