Daniel Kaluuya will not reprise his role in Marvel and Disney’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Variety has confirmed.
Kaluuya played W’Kabi in 2018’s Black Panther, the best friend and confidant of T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) and the border tribe’s head of security.
Rotten Tomatoes’ Jacqueline Coley first tweeted the news on Wednesday, writing that Kaluuya confirmed in an interview that he can’t star in “Black Panther 2” due to scheduling conflicts with Jordan Peele’s upcoming horror film “No.”
Representatives for Kaluuya did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.
Production on Wakanda Forever, directed by Ryan Coogler, wrapped in March, and the film is set to be released on November 11. After Boseman’s death in 2020, Marvel decided not to recast the role of T’Challa, and the sequel will instead explore other characters from the Black Panther world while honoring the legacy Boseman left behind. I thought it was confirmed that the original film stars Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, and Angela Bassett will be returning, Kaluuya’s status in the second film has been unclear until now. “Wakanda Forever” also stars Dominic Thorne as a genius inventor, as well as Michaela Coel and Tenoch Huerta in undisclosed roles.
Kaluuya is currently gearing up for the premiere of ‘Nope’ on July 22nd. The sci-fi horror film stars Kaluuya alongside Keke Palmer and Steven Yeun and follows the residents of an isolated town who witness a mysterious event involving a UFO and set out to investigate.
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