“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” hits theaters next Friday and closes out Phase 4 of the MCU. But Ryan Coogler‘s sequel to his 2018 film is highly anticipated for several reasons.
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Michaela Zee editor To Ruth E. Carter, the color white in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” was “very specific and meaningful” for the costume design. White not only connects “us to tradition in Africa,” Carter explained, it also pays tribute to “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman. “In the Ancestral Plane, when T’Challa wakes up and sees his father, he’s wearing white,” Carter told Variety on Thursday night at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Youth of the Year Gala. “White is a color that’s worn in a lot of funerals in Africa — it’s either bright red or it’s white — and we chose white because it connects us to Chadwick, to T’Challa.” Boseman died in August 2020 after a four-year battle with colon cancer. While the question of who will become the new Black Panther still lingers, Carter shared a few details about redesigning the hero’s suit.
“There was a very careful study of how do we make this person a superhero without changing them so much — that it’s not believable as them,” Carter said, avoiding any reference to who is donning the costume. “This one has silver and gold elements [while] our beloved Chadwick Boseman’s suit was all silver, so that already made it a lot more glamorous for the wearer.” Carter attended the Boys & Girls Clubs’ 75th National Youth of the Year Gala at The Beverly Hilton, where one teen finalist among six honorees claimed this year’s national title. “I took my first sewing class ever at the Boys & Girls Club,” Carter told Variety. “I remember that class because I tried cutting out a pattern without pinning it to the material. That was the first lesson that I learned — you have to pin it down.” At the ceremony, country music artist Kane Brown received this year’s Champion of Youth Award.
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” hits theaters next Friday and closes out Phase 4 of the MCU. But Ryan Coogler‘s sequel to his 2018 film is highly anticipated for several reasons.
A day after releasing the audio for “Lift Me Up,” her new song from the soundtrack of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Rihanna has dropped the official music video, and you can watch it above now.The video is a fairly simple thing — Rihanna just went to a beach somewhere and had a camera crew capture her looking emotional against a sunset and twilight sky. It’s interspersed with footage from “Wakanda Forever,” which will of course be its own kind of emotional, since the context both in the story and in the real world is the tragic loss of Chadwick Boseman, who died of cancer in 2020.The song is Rihanna’s first solo single since “Lemon” in 2017.Alongside Rihanna’s music, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” stars Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia, Leticia Wright as Shuri, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Florence Kasumba as Ayo, Winston Duke as M’Baku, Angela Bassett as Queen Ramonda and Martin Freeman as Everett Ross, all returning from “Black Panther.” Tenoch Huerta plays Namor, the king of Talokan, joined by Dominique Thorne as future Ironheart RiRi Williams, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena and Alex Livinalli. Ryan Coogler directed the film, which lands in theaters Nov.
Rihanna, the top-selling digital singles artist of all time, is back to add to that record. Tonight marked the release of the first single from the forthcoming soundtrack to the eagerly awaited film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
A fashionable honor. Letitia Wright paid tribute to Chadwick Boseman at the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever premiere.
Stars, filmmakers and special guests hit the El Capitan Theatre on Wednesday night in Hollywood for the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Disney begins overseas rollout of the highly anticipated sequel on November 9 and releases domestically November 11.
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.
We have confirmed and tracking service NRG is eyeing a $175M start for Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. That will make it the second best opening of 2022 after Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness which debuted to $187.4M. Last year’s Marvel sequel, Spider-Man: No Way Home, owns the biggest domestic opening of the pandemic at $260M, and second best ever in the history of box office.
OK!'s columnist Judi Love has said she is 'heartbroken' that Black Panther frontman Chadwick Boseman tragically passed away before being able to continue his extraordinary talents in the film's upcoming sequel. Writing in her column this week, Judi also congratulates Solange Knowles for becoming the first Black woman to compose music for the New York City Ballet, recalls her experience hosting this year's Nursing Awards and emphasises the importance of a good old girls' night out.
With Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s nationwide release now just one month away, Disney and Marvel on Tuesday unveiled a new featurette on the making of the anticipated sequel, along with 12 new character posters, which you can view by clicking above.
The new character posters and featurette for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever are finally here!
Ryan Coogler almost quit directing after his Black Panther leading man Chadwick Boseman passed away. The Creed filmmaker had been working on ideas for a sequel to the 2018 Marvel blockbuster when Boseman died in August 2020 aged 43 following a private battle with colon cancer. Coogler found himself mourning the loss of his star, his close friend and a collaborator who helped shape the Black Panther stories.
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" released another look at the upcoming movie on Monday. In the Marvel studio’s latest trailer, many familiar faces are seen reuniting on screen. Wakanda teams up against Namor, played by Tenoch Huerta, who is the leader of the underwater kingdom, Talocan.