On the one-year anniversary of Chadwick Boseman's passing, multiple Marvel collaborators have paid tribute to the Black Panther star's memory.
Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios and other accounts and stars posted a photo of Boseman and message to their respective social media pages, writing "Honoring our friend, our inspiration, and our King, Chadwick Boseman." Black Panther actor Lupita Nyong'o, who played King T'Challa's love interest Nakia, also shared an image of the two of them together out of costume. "I did not know that I could miss both his laughter and his silence in equal measure. I do. I do... One year after his passing, the memory of @chadwickboseman remains this alive in me," Nyong'o reminisced.
Boseman, who died on on August 28, 2020 from Stage IV colon cancer, made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in 2016's Captain America: Civil War as T'Challa, the prince of Wakanda who, following his father's assassination, assumes the title of king and Black Panther. He reprised his role as T'Challa in 2018's Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as the latter's 2019 sequel Avengers: Endgame, being the first revived superhero to join Captain America in the fight against Thanos.
Outside of Marvel, Boseman's notable roles included Jackie Robinson in 42, James Brown in Get On Up, Thurgood Marshall in Marshall and "Stormin'" Norman Holloway in Da 5 Bloods. The last film Boseman starred in before his death was Netflix's adaptation of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, for which he received a posthumous Golden Globe win and a Best Actor nomination at the 2021 Academy Awards, ultimately losing to Anthony Hopkins in The Father.
While Black Panther's sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, is currently in production, the script has been reshaped to accommodate for Boseman's death. Before his passing, the actor recorded lines for T'Challa in Marvel's What If...? animated series, with the show's second episode imaging a world where T'Challa was taken in by the Ravagers instead of Peter Quill, eventually transforming the organization into one of galactic heroes. According to Kevin Feige, Boseman loved What If...?'s Star-Lord T'Challa so much that they discussed potentially incorporating some of that character's voice into the live-action Black Panther.
Recently, set photos for Wakanda Forever showed actors Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright, who play Dora Milaje warrior Okoye and T'Challa's sister Shuri, filming a scene at MIT. The movie will also mark the first appearance of Dominque Thorne as Riri Williams, who will star in the upcoming Disney+ Ironheart show as well.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever arrives in theaters July 8, 2022.
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