It may be going on a production delay due to an injury sustained by Shuri actress Letitia Wright (with rumours also suggesting her vaccination status could delay it even further), but before Black Panther: Wakanda Forever hits pause until the New Year, the latest batch of set photos from the MCU sequel have revealed that actress Lake Bell has joined the cast of the movie. See for yourself here…
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Bell is fresh off another MCU role, having voiced Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow in the Disney+ animated series Marvel’s What If…?. She also voiced Kingpin’s wife Vanessa Fisk in Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and portrays Poison Ivy in HBO Max’s DC animated series Harley Quinn. As yet, there’s no word on her role in Wakanda Forever.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will see Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Daniel Kaluuya, Winston Duke, Lupita Nyong’o, Florence Kasumba, Angela Bassett, and Martin Freeman reprising their roles from the original movie, with Dominique Thorne making her MCU debut as Riri Williams/Ironheart and Michaela Coel and Lake Bell starring in an as-yet-unrevealed roles.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is scheduled for release on November 11th 2022.
Originally published November 11, 2021. Updated July 2, 2022.
