Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever is the newest Marvel film and it is a direct sequel to the 2018 Black Panther that was lead by Chadwick Boseman. The film’s events are set sometime after Endgame. Ryan Coogler has returned to write and direct the sequel. The film stars Letitia Wright, Angela Basset, Lupita Nyong’o, Martin Freeman, Winston Duke, Tenoch Huerta, Danai Gurira, etc. Letitia Wright’s Shuri is the real protagonist of the film as Chadwick Boseman has tragically passed away. The film was pretty much marketed as something that addresses grief everyone was experiencing after Boseman’s passing. The film just like any other Marvel had great first reactions but more than anything the one that caught my attention was that it was a mature film unlike other MCU ventures.
The last few Marvel films have deeply disappointed me to the point where I questioned my choice of films. However, I deeply respect and believe in Ryan Coogler as a filmmaker. So, I wanted to see what he had to bring in this array of disappointments that Marvel is churning out. The trailers for the film looked absolutely stunning and heart pounding. I conjured a lot of hope as I stepped into the theatres to watch Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, hoping that the film is good, as I knew this would be my breaking point if I saw another mediocre venture from Marvel and it seems like Ryan Coogler has just managed to make this film work. After watching the film we understand why the film is titled Wakanda Forever and it seems like a perfect title for it but this wasn’t the choice of the filmmakers.
Black Panther 2 Was Supposed To Have A Namor Themed Title!
In a recent interview with Collider, Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever Producer- Nate Moore talked about the behind the scenes title crisis that was going on with the film. He mentions how it was a tedious process to come up with titles daily and see if it fits the narrative. Moore said, “You’re like, ‘Kingdom of the Deep?’ You’re like, ‘Does it have to be about Namor?,'” he explained, using a hypothetical, Namor-themed title. “Then we realized that Wakanda Forever felt right, because it’s a story about triumph through adversity. It’s a story about legacy, it’s a story about persistence, and Wakanda Forever says all those things.”
He continued to talk about how he himself didn’t like the idea of second part being called ‘Wakanda Forever’, “Initially, I will say this, at one point it was like, ‘Oh, that feels like the title of the third movie. Where do you go from Wakanda Forever? That feels like it’s the end,'” Moore said. “But no, actually it felt really appropriate thematically to the story we were trying to tell.”
Moore was asked about the possibility of a third movie and whether the Black Panther trilogy be completed given all the changes that have ensued in the MCU thus far. For that Moore had a cryptic answer, “We really want to see how audiences receive the film, and I think Ryan’s really interested to see how the film plays before we decide,” he explained. “There are certainly ideas we’ve floated around of what a third film could be if we get to make it. But until the movie comes out, we’re a bit superstitious in that way. We don’t want to count our chickens, because you never know what’s going to happen.”
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