The Marvel Cinematic Universe simply bought a significant shake-up. Whereas Marvel Studios’ panel at this 12 months’s San Diego Comedian-Con was considerably muted by Marvel requirements, there have been some big bulletins. For one, we bought affirmation that Ryan Gosling will star in “Ghost Rider” from director Shawn Levy (“Deadpool & Wolverine”). Maybe extra importantly, we bought affirmation that “Black Panther 3” is going on. What’s extra, it is going to usher in a brand new actor to play T’Challa.
To assist shut out the panel, “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler got here out on stage to verify that he is returning for “Black Panther 3,” which hits theaters in 2028. The largest reveal got here when it was introduced that “The Lengthy Stroll” star David Jonsson will star as the brand new T’Challa. Nonetheless, he will not be changing the late Chadwick Boseman, who performed the character within the 2018 film. Jonsson will, as a substitute, play that character’s son. That opens up a bunch of questions, leaving Marvel with a tough downside.
The ending of “Black Panther: Wakanda Without end” launched us to T’Challa’s son, who was a really younger boy in that movie. Jonsson is 32 years previous and shall be 35 by the point “BP3” comes out. So, how on earth is Marvel going to clarify that hole, precisely? How are they going to wipe away a time hole of at the least 20 years? For now, we’ve extra questions than solutions, however broadly talking, we will take an informed guess.
The Multiverse Saga is reaching its conclusion. The newest “Avengers: Doomsday” trailer revealed Robert Downey Jr.’s Physician Doom, who’s going to be the massive unhealthy that Earth’s Mightiest Heroes should cope with as this saga involves an in depth. What that is all constructing to might properly clarify how Marvel will be capable of bend time in its favor.
David Jonsson’s T’Challa is way older than the one in Wakanda Without end
That is all constructing to “Avengers: Secret Wars” subsequent 12 months, which can function the ultimate film of the Multiverse Saga. It is lengthy been believed, and even hinted at, that this may function a gentle reboot of kinds for the MCU. Extra importantly, it’ll be largely influenced by Jonathan Hickman’s 2015 “Secret Wars” sequence, the most effective Marvel Comics sequence of all time. That is not only a nice story, it is in all probability the important thing to fixing this time hole downside.
With out moving into the nitty gritty of all of it, Hickman’s “Secret Wars” focuses on Physician Doom compressing the multiverse right into a single universe. The multiverse is finally restored, however with many modifications alongside the best way. That is how, for instance, Miles Morales was in a position to be part of the primary Marvel universe after being launched within the Final universe. So, some universe-bending shenanigans may outcome within the youthful T’Challa rising up within the blink of a watch.
“I look to the comics, as I all the time do, by way of our storytelling,” Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige just lately mentioned on the “Comfortable Unhappy Confused” podcast. “In each the Secret Wars — however significantly the [Jonathan] Hickman Secret Wars from 10 years in the past — there is a good roadmap to the place we will go.”
We will not know the specifics for now, however this gorgeous a lot tells us what we have to know. Little else is thought concerning the sequel in the meanwhile, but it surely’s believed that Denzel Washington will make his Marvel debut in “Black Panther 3,” which can make it much more of an occasion than it is already poised to be. We’ll see the way it all shakes out over the following 12 months and alter.
“Black Panther 3” hits theaters on December 15, 2028.
