Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman passes away

[GP270watch]

 Imma need this year erased from my mind, horrible year.

RIP he was very talented.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Tragic news. I was shocked (and still am) when I first heard of his passing. This year has been a truly horrific year. Rest in Power to Chadwick Boseman. Wakanda Forever.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

I think my heart actually stopped. I'm just in absolute disbelief. This hurts, a lot.

My heart goes out to his family. Rest in power, & Wakanda forever.

this

[T'Chenka]

Devastating.

I don't have any other words right now...

[Landslide Lyndon]

https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1299537944714383360

[Ogre Mage]

A gentle person and very talented actor taken way, way too soon.  He struck me as the sort of person you would want as a friend.

[Middle-aged Europe]

RIP, FF.

[BaldEagle1991]

RIP man

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

RIP FF

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Bad day for famous people's colons. Not that that's the point, obviously, but it's a mildly eerie coincidence.

Rest in power, FF. If anyone in this thread hasn't seen Da 5 Bloods yet, they should.

[KaiserDave]

I hate 2020. AAAGHHHHH

[Tender Branson]

😢

[T'Chenka]

[NewYorkExpress]

So does this mean Shuri will be the new Black Panther in the sequel?

I don't know if right now is the time to start talking about swapping him out with a different character. It's just too soon.

I'm surprised he was cast as Black Panther if the producers were aware of this. Just goes to show how much they wanted him for the role if they were willing to take the risk.

He was cast in late 2014 & - according to reports - diagnosed in 2016, so this wouldn't have been known at the time. But the fact that - with the exception of Civil War - he shot all of his MCU appearances while battling cancer just makes him even more of an absolute f**king legend. I can't even begin to imagine filming major motion pictures while dealing with this.

While it would have been slightly awkward to recast the part after Civil War, it wouldn't have been nearly as difficult as it will be now. Hopefully they have shot some footage that could be used to justify a new Black Panther, either intentionally or as something that didn't make it into one of the other movies.

Just kill him off (how can be explained in exposition) and give Shuri the title. Then you don't need to cast anyone else.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

So does this mean Shuri will be the new Black Panther in the sequel?

I don't know if right now is the time to start talking about swapping him out with a different character. It's just too soon.

I'm surprised he was cast as Black Panther if the producers were aware of this. Just goes to show how much they wanted him for the role if they were willing to take the risk.

He was cast in late 2014 & - according to reports - diagnosed in 2016, so this wouldn't have been known at the time. But the fact that - with the exception of Civil War - he shot all of his MCU appearances while battling cancer just makes him even more of an absolute f**king legend. I can't even begin to imagine filming major motion pictures while dealing with this.

While it would have been slightly awkward to recast the part after Civil War, it wouldn't have been nearly as difficult as it will be now. Hopefully they have shot some footage that could be used to justify a new Black Panther, either intentionally or as something that didn't make it into one of the other movies.

Just kill him off (how can be explained in exposition) and give Shuri the title. Then you don't need to cast anyone else.

That's almost certainly how they'll have to do it, it just would be easier if there were visuals that didn't reek of excessive CGI to use in place of exposition.

[Progressive Pessimist]

I audibly yelled "what the s***!? No!" when I first heard this. It's a really tragic shocker and yet another tally mark on 2020's rap sheet.

https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1299537944714383360

Is this real?

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1299537944714383360

Is this real?

Yes.

[John Dule]

Wait, 800,000 people have died from a preventable disease, global supply chains are collapsing, millions of Americans have been forced into unemployment, and now to top it all off, the star of Marvel's twelfth-best movie has died??? OMG, f**k you 2020!!!1!

[Landslide Lyndon]

Just kill him off (how can be explained in exposition) and give Shuri the title. Then you don't need to cast anyone else.

That's almost certainly how they'll have to do it, it just would be easier if there were visuals that didn't reek of excessive CGI to use in place of exposition.

Not a chance in hell. Black Panther has become a too important and lucrative character to just toss him aside. I won't be surprised if Marvel has already chosen the next actor who will portray him (probably with Boseman's blessing too).

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

https://twitter.com/henrymcmaster/status/1299738275050065922

[Progressive Pessimist]

https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1299537944714383360

Is this real?

Yes.

I wouldn't expect that sort of thing out of Schumer.

Wait, 800,000 people have died from a preventable disease, global supply chains are collapsing, millions of Americans have been forced into unemployment, and now to top it all off, the star of Marvel's twelfth-best movie has died??? OMG, f**k you 2020!!!1!

Come on now, John Dule. You're not wrong about any of that, but an unexpected death from a well-liked celebrity can still contribute to the innumerable miseries wrought by this calendar year, even if it's a lesser one in the grand scheme of things.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Just kill him off (how can be explained in exposition) and give Shuri the title. Then you don't need to cast anyone else.

That's almost certainly how they'll have to do it, it just would be easier if there were visuals that didn't reek of excessive CGI to use in place of exposition.

Not a chance in hell. Black Panther has become a too important and lucrative character to just toss him aside. I won't be surprised if Marvel has already chosen the next actor who will portray him (probably with Boseman's blessing too).

Shuri has already served as the successor to T'Challa in the comics as the Black Panther, albeit only long enough to help bring him back from the dead, so a movie based on that storyline is certainly one way they could transition to a new male actor playing T'Challa. But keeping her as the Black Panther would be a fairly easy way to add to the number of WoC superheroes in the MCU.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Just kill him off (how can be explained in exposition) and give Shuri the title. Then you don't need to cast anyone else.

That's almost certainly how they'll have to do it, it just would be easier if there were visuals that didn't reek of excessive CGI to use in place of exposition.

Not a chance in hell. Black Panther has become a too important and lucrative character to just toss him aside. I won't be surprised if Marvel has already chosen the next actor who will portray him (probably with Boseman's blessing too).

Shuri has already served as the successor to T'Challa in the comics as the Black Panther, albeit only long enough to help bring him back from the dead, so a movie based on that storyline is certainly one way they could transition to a new male actor playing T'Challa. But keeping her as the Black Panther would be a fairly easy way to add to the number of WoC superheroes in the MCU.

The comics are the comics and the movies are the movies. Shuri might be popular but she ain't T'Challa and will never be. I'm confident that by next summer, when Black Panther 2 will start production, Marvel would have announced Boseman's successor.   

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Just kill him off (how can be explained in exposition) and give Shuri the title. Then you don't need to cast anyone else.

That's almost certainly how they'll have to do it, it just would be easier if there were visuals that didn't reek of excessive CGI to use in place of exposition.

Not a chance in hell. Black Panther has become a too important and lucrative character to just toss him aside. I won't be surprised if Marvel has already chosen the next actor who will portray him (probably with Boseman's blessing too).

Shuri has already served as the successor to T'Challa in the comics as the Black Panther, albeit only long enough to help bring him back from the dead, so a movie based on that storyline is certainly one way they could transition to a new male actor playing T'Challa. But keeping her as the Black Panther would be a fairly easy way to add to the number of WoC superheroes in the MCU.

The comics are the comics and the movies are the movies. Shuri might be popular but she ain't T'Challa and will never be. I'm confident that by next summer, when Black Panther 2 will start production, Marvel would have announced Boseman's successor.   

Probably depends in part on how well Wonder Woman 1984 and Black Widow do later this year. In any case, simply having another actor take over the role of T'Challa is not a viable option.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Probably depends in part on how well Wonder Woman 1984 and Black Widow do later this year. In any case, simply having another actor take over the role of T'Challa is not a viable option.

Of course it is. They replaced Edward Norton with Mark Ruffalo and it worked just fine. Batman, Superman, James Bond, all iconic heroes that have been recast numerous times. It's the character that matters, not the actor.

And no, WW84 and Black Widow have nothing to do with what happens with Black Panther. Shuri can't replace T'Challa anymore than Bat-girl can replace Batman and Spider-woman can replace Spider-man.