Collider Extras's video: First Black Panther 2 Script Was Finished Before Chadwick Boseman s Death

Back in 2020, everyone was taken aback by the sad and tragic news that Chadwick Boseman had died of colon cancer. What made it even more heartbreaking was the fact that the actor battled the disease quietly for many years, and practically no one knew that his health was deteriorating. For Black Panther: Wakanda Forever director and screenwriter Ryan Coogler, losing his star meant that, sooner than he’d like, he’d have to go back to the drawing board and find the strength to write a story he knew his friend wasn’t going to participate in – at least not physically. During an interview with The Official Black Panther Podcast, Coogler revealed that he thought about abandoning the project, because it was too hard to move on. The filmmaker also revealed that the original script – which was, of course, a story completely focused on King T’Challa – was already complete and ready to hit its final drafts by the time of Boseman’s death: Read more: https://collider.com/black-panther-wakanda-forever-ryan-coogler-script-chadwick-boseman/ BREAKING NEWS, REVIEWS & MORE: https://collider.com​​​​​​​​​​​​ SUBSCRIBE: https://youtube.com/collider​​​​​​​​​​​​ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL https://twitter.com/collider​​​​​​​​​​​​ https://instagram.com/collider​​​​​​​ https://facebook.com/collider​ For copyright matters please contact us at: legal@valnetinc.com