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This was the original Black Panther 2 story before Chadwick Boseman’s passing

The first version of the sequel focused on a father-son relationship and Wakanda’s future.

Update: Dec 30th, 2025 18:15 CET

The death of Chadwick Boseman in 2020 was one of the saddest Hollywood has seen in recent years. The MCU had to take an unexpected turn after his death, as a sequel to Black Panther was already scheduled and in the works. Recently, director Ryan Coogler revealed what would have happened in the original story.

This was the main idea behind Black Panther 2

For a long time, it was known that the original plans for the Black Panther sequel were closely linked to the events of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, but it seems Coogler had another idea in mind. In an interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he spoke about the original plans for Black Panther 2. Although some details survived, the story was more focused on a father-son relationship centered on T’Challa.

This was the original Black Panther 2 story before Chadwick Boseman’s passing

“The big thing with the script was a thing called the Ritual of 8 where a prince is 8 years old, he must spend 8 days in the bush with his father,” Coogler said. “The rule is for those 8 days the prince can ask the father any question and the father must answer. In the course of those 8 days, Namor launches an attack… he had to deal with someone who’s insanely dangerous but because of this ritual, his son had to be joined at his hip the whole time or else they’d violate this ritual that had never been broken. It was insane. Chadwick was going to kill it, but life goes as it goes.”

This was the original Black Panther 2 story before Chadwick Boseman’s passing

This was the main idea behind Black Panther 2

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