Chadwick Boseman, the beloved Black Panther actor, had died after quietly battling cancer for years.

The Black Panther sequel was in development, although it was clear that changes would be needed.

In the months that followed Boseman’s death, we saw all sorts of rumors about the next Black Panther actor.

Marvel then announced the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever title in December.

It was at that point when Kevin Feige confirmed that Marvel would not replace Boseman with a new actor.

The top Marvel exec did not say who would play Black Panther in the sequel at the time.

Now, however, a new leak may reveal Marvel’s plans for Black Panther in Wakanda Forever.

Some of the rumors we’ve seen since last August said that Shuri might be the next Black Panther.

Others said M’Baku (Winston Duke) or Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) might be a potential Black Panther in the sequel.

We even saw rumors that said a brand new actor would be the next Black Panther.

Then we had reports claiming that Shuri will become Black Panther, but she won’t get the title outright.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will not give us the identity of the new Black Panther from the start.

According to the report, Marvel won’t reveal who will play Black Panther in the film’s marketing.

We can share that you should not expect that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will answer immediately who the next Black Panther is.

The report says that Shuri will indeed become Black Panther.

And we should not expect Marvel to use a CGI version of T’Challa in the sequel.

He’ll play a T’Challa variant who ended up becoming Star-Lord instead of Black Panther.