Everett Ross has been played by Freeman since the first Black Panther movie came out in 2018. The sequence from “The Upstairs Toilet” in Wakanda Forever is not the only one that was cut. In a recent interview, Dominique Thorne, who made her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the Black Panther sequel as Riri Williams/Ironheart, talked about an unfinished, Iron Man-inspired subplot between her and Letitia Wright’s Shuri. “Working on the item that [Shuri and Riri] claim they will offer to [Namor and the Talokanil] in return for their lives. However, throughout, [they are] sort of stealing supplies and things to set up their own diversion and escape the area. And when they do it, they just sort of chat about their experiences in life.”
Ryan Coogler, the director and co-writer of Wakanda Forever, has also talked about the movie’s initial concept, which called for T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) to meet his son Toussaint. T’Challa’s five-year absence from the Blip was another topic that was supposed to be covered in the movie at first, but the narrative of Wakanda Forever was changed as a result of Boseman’s passing in 2020.
According to Coogler, the opening scene was an animated clip. “You overhear Nakia and Toussaint conversing. Tell me what you know about your father, she adds. You understand that he is unaware that his father was the Black Panther. He’s never met him, and Nakia recently wed a man from Haiti. Then, we cut to the night when everyone returns from the Blip, where we are in reality. T’Challa initially meets the child, as you can see.”
In November 2022, Wakanda Forever will be seen in theatres. Black Panther 3 is “already in the works,” according to Wright. It will take some time, but I’m extremely thrilled for you guys to witness that, she continued. Disney and Marvel haven’t formally endorsed this, though.
On February 1, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will debut on Disney+.