Save for whatever expectations you might have for the future of the Black Panther arc of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we now have news that production on the sequel is expected to commence next summer in Atlanta with Ryan Coogler returning to the director’s chair.
Casting wise, The Hollywood Reporter notes that Tenoch Huerta (Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico) is joining the new movie as an antagonist, opposite returning cast members Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke and Angela Bassett.
The sequel was originally announced last summer at D23 for a May 2022 release among its slate, long prior to the death of actor Chadwick Boseman back in August from colon cancer; Boseman carried the role between four films within the MCU, including Coogler’s 2018 standalone film which garnered more than 1.3 billion dollars at the box office.