The Black Panther Sequel has shut down production till the next year 2022 to allow co- film’s star, Letitia Wright, to recover after she sustained an unspecified injury in late August.
Wright, who played Shuri in the predominantly Black superhero movie, suffered an injury in August during a stunt and needs more time to heal, the Hollywood Reporter and Variety said. The nature of her injury has not been revealed but was initially described as minor.
A spokesman for Disney said production on ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ will pause the week of Nov. 22 and is expected to resume in early 2022.
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The halt in production is not expected to affect the release of the movie, which is scheduled for November 2022.
Letitia’s character Shuri – the sister of T’Challa – is thought to be taking centre stage in the upcoming Black Panther sequel, following the death of Chadwick Boseman in August 2020.
