In a new promo to highlight the new Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s Phase 4 titles at Disney, the official titles for Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther 2 and Nia DaCosta‘s Captain Marvel 2 have been revealed.
Black Panther 2 is now titled Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Captain Marvel 2 is now titled The Marvels.
Lupita Nyong’o stated recently how Coogler had reshaped the Black Panther sequel after Chadwick Boseman’s death. In a recent interview with Yahoo! Movies, she said, “People will ask me, ‘Are you excited to go back?’ Excitement isn’t the word. I feel like I’m in a very pensive and meditative state when it comes to ‘Black Panther 2.’ His passing is still extremely raw for me,” Nyong’o said. “And I can’t even begin to imagine what it will be like to step on set and not have him there.”
The actress continued, “But at the same time we have a leader in Ryan, who feels very much like we do, who feels the loss in a very, very real way as well. And his idea, the way which he has reshaped the second movie is so respectful of the loss we’ve all experienced as a cast and as a world. So it feels spiritually and emotionally correct to do this. And hopefully, what I do look forward to, is getting back together and honoring what he started with us and holding his light through it. Because he left us a lot of light that we’re still going to be bathing in. I know that for sure.”
The 2021 Marvel film slate includes Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Eternals and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
The 2022 slate includes Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and The Marvels.
So far, 2023 has Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Fantastic Four was listed in the promo but is undated.