Black Panther

Since Black Panther premiered in February 2018, fans have been clamoring for a sequel. In 2022, they’ll finally get their wish. It is clear that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is going to be very different than the first film. After Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer at age 43 in August 2020, the filmmakers had […]

Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/Shutterstock; John Salangsang/Shutterstock Finding inspiration. In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Lupita Nyong’o plays the grieving lover of T’Challa, the character played by the late Chadwick Boseman, but in reality, the actress turned to Boseman’s widow, Simone Ledward Boseman, for inspiration. “It was very hard to lose Chadwick, [but] he was not to me what […]

There’s power in hair. Black Panther‘s lead beautician Camille Friend made it her mission to create an authentic and captivating depiction of African and Black American beauty. From Angela Bassett‘s changing crown and Lupita Nyong’o‘s new dreadlocks to Letitia Wright‘s braids, the film’s sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — which hit theaters on Friday, November […]

Honoring the king. When Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer in August 2020, director Ryan Coogler reworked the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever script to write out the late actor’s character. WARNING: Spoilers ahead. The sequel, which hit theaters on November 11, picks up with Shuri (Letitia Wright) rushing in her lab to find a way […]

Carrying his legacy. After Chadwick Boseman‘s 2020 death, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler decided that his Marvel character would also die and a new Black Panther would be born in Wakanda Forever. (WARNING: Spoilers ahead.) “You consider everything, when something like that happens, it’s like ‘I don’t think I can come back and make another […]

Remembering a legend. Two years after, Chadwick Boseman’s unexpected death, filmmaker Ryan Coogler is looking back at their final memories together. “My last conversation with him was calling to ask if he wanted to read [the script] before I got notes from the studio,” the Black Panther director, 36, recalled during the debut episode of the “Wakanda […]

Drumroll, please! Rihanna, ASAP Rocky, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o and more dazzled at the red carpet premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. After months of anticipation, Hollywood’s biggest stars gathered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 26, to celebrate the Marvel Studios film. The movie will officially be released […]

She’s back! Rihanna released a preview of her new song before the tribute track — dedicated to the late Chadwick Boseman — releases in full on Friday, October 28. The singer, 34, simply tweeted out the song title, “Lift Me Up,” and release date, but it’s the 14-second preview that has fans buzzing. First, an […]

Nearly two years after Chadwick Boseman tragically died after a secret cancer battle, his former Black Panther crew is honoring his legacy in the forthcoming sequel. “He was really strong and he was getting excited and as the [teaser] clip went on he was squeezing my shoulder the whole time and when it finished, I couldn’t even […]

Wakanda forever! Angela Bassett is confident that Chadwick Boseman‘s legacy as T’Challa is safe with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler ahead of the upcoming sequel. The Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom actor died of colon cancer in August 2020 at age 43 before production began on the sequel to Marvel Studios’ Oscar-nominated superhero drama. Bassett, 62, […]

Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Marvel’s Black Panther premiered in L.A. on Monday, January 29, which means one thing: Lupita Nyong’o is back on the red carpet, and she did not disappoint. The Academy Award-winner looked downright regal, as she matched her dress to the Dolby Theatre’s purple carpet and sported a show-stopping hair and makeup look that […]