Michaela Coel is headed to Wakanda. The TV auteur is joining the cast of
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the sequel to the 2018 superhero smash hit.
Variety reports that Coel, who most recently wrote, directed, produced and starred in the brilliant HBO series
I May Destroy You, has joined the film’s production at Atlanta’s Pinewood Studios; production on the superhero sequel originally began in June.
Details about the British-Ghanian multihyphenate’s character are, naturally, still top secret, with Marvel Studios declining to comment on the casting. Details about the sequel in general have been hush-hush, as writer-director
Ryan Coogler has had to figure out a way forward for the film after the 2019 death of star Chadwick Boseman. The storyline has not yet been confirmed, nor has the roster of returning cast members, though it seems likely that core characters played by
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