The news of the planned spin-off project arrives just months after 'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler signed an exclusive five-year TV deal with the Walt Disney Company.
- May 28, 2021
AceShowbiz - Danai Gurira is reportedly set to reprise her role as Okoye on a planned "Black Panther" spin-off series for Disney+. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 43-year-old actress will join the project though details surrounding the deal have yet to be revealed.
The news outlet stated that the deal was brokered by Hollywood attorney Jamie Mandelbaum. While not much is known about the spin-off show, it was said that the series will chronicle the "origins" of the hero and have "Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler as the producer.
The news of the spin-off project arrived just months after Coogler signed an exclusive five-year TV deal with the Walt Disney Company. "It's an honor to be partnering with The Walt Disney Company. Working with them on 'Black Panther' was a dream come true," he said at the time. "As avid consumers of television, we couldn't be happier to be launching our television business with Bob Iger, Dana Walden and all the amazing studios under the Disney umbrella."
The spin-off aside, Coogler is currently working on "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". The filming for "Wakanda Forever" is expected to begin in Atlanta sometime this summer. Details regarding plot lines and casting are still scarce in the wake of Chadwick Boseman's death.
"I want to acknowledge the devastating loss of a dear friend and a member of our Marvel Studios family. Chadwick Boseman was an immensely talented actor and inspirational individual who affected all of our lives both personally and professionally," Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said back in December. "His portrayal of T'Challa, the Black Panther, is iconic, and transcends any iteration of the character from any other medium in Marvel's past. It is for that reason that we will not recast the character."
