New ‘Black Panther’ Trailer Reveals Letitia Wright as Hero Post-Chadwick

Letitia Wright seems to be taking up the ‘Black Panther’ mantle post-Chadwick Boseman — a revelation that just made itself clear in the latest trailer for the forthcoming sequel.

A new ‘Wakanda Forever’ trailer just dropped, and it appears to confirm a major fan theory that’s been floated for months — namely, that Shuri, T’Challa’s sister in the film series, will become the costumed character going forward … at least for now, anyway.

At the end of the trailer, you see a female ‘Black Panther’ standing tall — and while it doesn’t exactly spell out who’s behind the mask … all signs point to LW picking up the baton.

Right before we see the lady ‘BP,’ you see a shot of Letitia … so it’s not hard to piece this one together. Plus, this actually aligns with the comic series — in one of the ‘Black Panther’ timelines, Shuri actually assumes the role for a while … meaning her doing this is canon.

Of course, the reason this is even happening at all is because Chadwick passed away suddenly in 2020 — succumbing to a cancer diagnosis that he kept private and hidden from public view. Marvel refused to recast the character … so this is the route they’ve chosen.

The other reason this is noteworthy is because Letitia was embroiled in a controversy during COVID … she was accused of spewing anti-vaxx rhetoric, and there were even some reports she took some of those sentiments on set with her during the filming of this movie.