‘Black Panther 3’ is Formally Ryan Coogler’s Subsequent Film

We’ll be going again to the world of Wakanda quickly sufficient, as Ryan Coogler has introduced Black Panther 3 as his subsequent challenge.

Throughout a panel for Sinners at Deadline’s Contenders Movie occasion, the author/director confirmed the threequel is “the subsequent film” on his schedule. “If it was anyone however you, I’d say, ‘I can neither verify nor deny.’ However we’re engaged on it onerous.”

Ryan Coogler confirms ‘Black Panther 3’ is his subsequent movie #DeadlineContenders pic.twitter.com/15OH9hpMPY

— Deadline (@DEADLINE) November 15, 2025

It’s by no means been a query of if Coogler would return to Black Panther, however when: Marvel’s obtained fairly a number of heroes waiting on their sequels and have been MIA for a minute. Even so, the 2 Panther motion pictures have executed fairly nicely on the field workplace, and Shuri, M’Baku, and Namor are locked in for Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars. A 3rd movie was all however a given, particularly after final November when Denzel Washington teased Coogler was eyeing him for a thriller function, one thing the director later confirmed.

Marvel beforehand laid some flags for unannounced MCU motion pictures on its incoming schedule spanning the subsequent few years, notably four movies anticipated to land in 2028. We’ll see the place Black Panther 3 finally ends up on the slate, and the way it’ll be affected by regardless of the Wakandans get blended up in throughout Doomsday and Secret Wars. Till then, the primary two movies and the current Eyes of Wakanda animated miniseries are there to observe over on Disney+. However for those who’d like some extra Coogler, there’s at all times Sinners and his upcoming tackle The X-Files.

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