Black Panther 2 filming shut down until 2022 over Letitia Wright injury
Ryan Coogler has spent the last two months filming all the Wakanda Forever footage he could without having Shuri on set

Letitia Wright Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney
Filming on the Black Panther sequel, Wakanda Forever, has temporarily shut down this week, in response to an injury suffered by star Letitia Wright a few months ago. Filming on the follow-up to Ryan Coogler’s 2018 hit is expected to resume some time in early 2022.
Wright suffered her injury on set in Boston earlier this year, during a shot involving a stunt rig. Coogler and his crew have thus spent the last two months filming basically every scene in the movie that doesn’t require her presence; the sudden death of Chadwick Boseman last year—combined with the fandom’s love for her character, Shuri—has elevated Wright’s position in the franchise, so there’s obviously only so much Coogler can get done without her.