Kevin Feige talks about the third “Black Panther” movie: “These characters deserve to continue”

The premiere of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is here. The long-awaited sequel to “Black Panther” will finally hit theaters around the world this Friday, November 11th. On the occasion of our return to Wakanda, the director of the film, Ryan Coogler, and the president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, offered an interview with Variety. In her, the head of La Casa de las Ideas has ruled on a possible third installment of the ‘Black Panther’ saga.

Feige was asked if he would ever consider making a film in the saga without Coogler’s direction, to which he replied: “I go back to what I said when we decided to do ‘Wakanda Forever’ after losing Chadwick Boseman. This mythology, this ensemble and these characters deserve to continue and will continue after we are all goneI hope, and they will continue forever in movies as they have in comics for over 50 years. “. However, Feige says working without Coogler on a third film wouldn’t be the preference.

For its part, the director of ‘Creed. The Legend of Rocky ‘was also asked about the possibility of directing a new installment. “I can definitely tell you that I have no idea what I will do next as a writer and director.”says Coogler. “This movie has everything I have. I’m at that point where I think after all this press tour, I’m going to have to sit back and think. I will probably cry a lot, because I held him back. And then from there, think about what’s next. “.

Both were also asked about the direction of “Avengers: Secret Wars”, the film scheduled for May 2026 that presumably will conclude the Multiverse Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The tape will close Marvel’s Phase 6 and come after the fifth installment of the saga, “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty”. Although there are still a few years left before his arrival, some rumors already suggest that Coogler could be chosen to direct the film. “I wish Ryan would do anything at any time because he is such a rare talent. and a great person to spend the years with. Hand, honestly there were no conversations. We didn’t tell him about ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’. “. In turn, the director also denied the rumors: “This is crazy”.

Other series set in Wakanda for Disney +

One way or another, the popular fictional African nation will almost certainly return to our screens at some point.. “Wakanda Forever” producer Nate Moore says Marvel is already developing several series set in Wakanda for Disney +. “This world is vast and there are many fantastic characters. Regardless of what happens in this film, there are more opportunities to return to Wakanda”says Moore.

“Ideas are not lacking, let’s put it this way”assured the producer between laughter after revealing that some of these new productions would have characters already established in the films of the saga, while others would be completely new. At the same time, it highlights it Marvel will work on the development of these series with Proximity Media, Coogler’s producer. This production company, in addition to its UCM projects, produced ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ and ‘Space Jam: New Legends’, in 2021. It is also behind ‘Creed III’, the film that will arrive in 2023 and will mark its debut. by Michael B. Jordan as a director.

At the moment, what we already know is that the new series “Ironheart”, a spin-off with Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, we can meet for the first time in “Wakanda Forever”, has finished filming and is expected to be released in the fall of 2023.