“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”: Leaked Duration, Which Would Make It One of the Longest UCM Films

This November, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” will hit theaters. With the sequel to Ryan Coogler’s box office success we close the variegated Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. To date we still don’t know many details of the film that will have to deal with the death of Chadwick Boseman, who gave life to T’Challa throughout the franchise until his death from cancer last 2020. We do not know who is behind the mask of Black Panther, and how the plot will deal with the loss of the actor, and therefore of his character, for whom they have decided not to look for a replacement.

We didn’t even know the duration, but a leak from a couple of North American movie sites, Cineplex and Regal, would have revealed that we would end up not only in front of the longest film in Phase 4, but also in front of one of the films with the longest footage. great of all the MCU. According to The Direct, The alleged duration of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” would be 2 hours and 41 minutes. It would be the longest film in the series after “Avengers: Endgame”, which arrived in 3 hours. Disney hasn’t confirmed this information and it’s still a few weeks away from its premiere, so we need to take this leak with a grain of salt.

Certainly the sequel has many open fronts to play on. Aside from the loss of T’Challa, we have seen little of the aftermath of Wakanda’s opening to the world. On the other hand, there is the arrival of Namor (Tenoch Huerta), ready to go to war with the African kingdom. Ryan Coogler recently told Empire his first idea for “Black Panther 2” before Chadwick Boseman’s death was “spiritually very similar” which we will see on the big screen in November. He obviously had to make a lot of changes under the circumstances: “Maturity is facing impossible questions and continuing to make a decision and moving forward” He says. If we follow the reaction of Lupita Nyong’o, who returns as Nakia, she has achieved something very special: “Ryan had told me about the movie that would be when Chadwick was still alive. Once we lost him, it was overwhelming to think we could have moved on without him. But what Ryan ended up sharing with me was absolutely sincere and beautiful. I ended up in tears “.

Why haven’t they found another actor?

Returning to the decision not to find a new actor for T’Challa, Kevin Feige admits he thought “too soon” and he saw it as a way not only to pay homage to the actor, but also to deal with a feeling as human and natural as loss: “Stan Lee has always said that Marvel represents the world outside your window. We talked about how, as extraordinary and fantastic as our characters and our stories are, there is always a recognizable and human element in everything we do. . The world keeps processing Chad’s death. And Ryan has poured that feeling into the story. “.

Preview “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”. in theaters on November 11th.