Overview
- Coogler detailed a story pairing T’Challa with his eight-year-old son for an eight-day survival rite during which the child could ask any question.
- He said Namor would still have launched an attack during the ritual, compelling T’Challa to conduct negotiations and fights with his son at his side rather than break tradition.
- The filmmaker called the 180-page draft “insane” and said he wrote it to push Boseman’s range after the first Black Panther.
- Following Boseman’s passing, the sequel was reworked into Wakanda Forever centered on Shuri and it grossed about $859 million worldwide.
- Coogler confirmed Black Panther 3 is his next feature, with trade reports linking Denzel Washington and pointing to a likely post–Secret Wars timeline around 2028, which Marvel has not officially detailed.