Marvel’s Recent Comments About Denzel Washington’s Black Panther 3 Casting Explain Exactly Why We Don’t Know Who He’ll Be Playing

The upcoming Black Panther 3 will include Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, and while prospective viewers continue to wonder who he will be playing, his role remains unknown. 2018’s Black Panther was one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most successful films, but the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman, who played the titular role in three additional MCU movies, forever changed the Black Panther sub-franchise. Rather than recasting T’Challa, 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever revealed that he died in-universe and the Black Panther mantle was passed down to Shuri.