Danai Gurira inBlack Panther.Photo: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Courtesy Everett CollectionDanai Gurirais heading back to Wakanda.The actress, 43, will be reprising her role of Okoye in the upcomingBlack Panther: Wakanda Foreveras well as an origin spinoff series for Disney+, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.In a profile about Hollywood’s most powerful lawyers, the outlet reported that Gurira’s attorney Jamie Mandelbaum had brokered the deal on her behalf.A representative for Disney did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.Gurira first appeared as Okoye — a general of the Dora Milaje, an all-female group of personal bodyguards for the King of Wakanda — in 2018’sBlack Panther. She reprised the role alongside a star-studded cast later that year inAvengers: Infinity Warand again in 2019’sAvengers: Endgame.Lupita Nyong’o, Chadwick Boseman and Danai Gurira inBlack Panther.MarvelA follow-up toBlack Panther, officially titledBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever, is set to begin production in Atlanta with director Ryan Coogler returning to helm the film, PEOPLE previously reported.In November, executive producer Victoria Alonso said that the lateChadwick Boseman, who played the titular Wakandan superhero,will not be rendered digitallyinto the sequel.RELATED VIDEO: Forest Whitaker on Filming ‘Powerful’ Black Panther Scene With Late Costar Chadwick BosemanMarvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced during Disney’s Investor Day a month later that in honor of Boseman, whodied in Augustat age 43 following a private four-year-long battle with colon cancer, his rolewould not be recast.Instead, the new movie “will explore the world of Wakanda & the richcharacters introduced in the first film,” Feige said.Black Panther 2: Wakanda Foreverwill be released July 8, 2022.
Danai Gurira inBlack Panther.Photo: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection
Danai Gurirais heading back to Wakanda.The actress, 43, will be reprising her role of Okoye in the upcomingBlack Panther: Wakanda Foreveras well as an origin spinoff series for Disney+, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.In a profile about Hollywood’s most powerful lawyers, the outlet reported that Gurira’s attorney Jamie Mandelbaum had brokered the deal on her behalf.A representative for Disney did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.Gurira first appeared as Okoye — a general of the Dora Milaje, an all-female group of personal bodyguards for the King of Wakanda — in 2018’sBlack Panther. She reprised the role alongside a star-studded cast later that year inAvengers: Infinity Warand again in 2019’sAvengers: Endgame.Lupita Nyong’o, Chadwick Boseman and Danai Gurira inBlack Panther.MarvelA follow-up toBlack Panther, officially titledBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever, is set to begin production in Atlanta with director Ryan Coogler returning to helm the film, PEOPLE previously reported.In November, executive producer Victoria Alonso said that the lateChadwick Boseman, who played the titular Wakandan superhero,will not be rendered digitallyinto the sequel.RELATED VIDEO: Forest Whitaker on Filming ‘Powerful’ Black Panther Scene With Late Costar Chadwick BosemanMarvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced during Disney’s Investor Day a month later that in honor of Boseman, whodied in Augustat age 43 following a private four-year-long battle with colon cancer, his rolewould not be recast.Instead, the new movie “will explore the world of Wakanda & the richcharacters introduced in the first film,” Feige said.Black Panther 2: Wakanda Foreverwill be released July 8, 2022.
Danai Gurirais heading back to Wakanda.
The actress, 43, will be reprising her role of Okoye in the upcomingBlack Panther: Wakanda Foreveras well as an origin spinoff series for Disney+, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.
In a profile about Hollywood’s most powerful lawyers, the outlet reported that Gurira’s attorney Jamie Mandelbaum had brokered the deal on her behalf.
A representative for Disney did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Gurira first appeared as Okoye — a general of the Dora Milaje, an all-female group of personal bodyguards for the King of Wakanda — in 2018’sBlack Panther. She reprised the role alongside a star-studded cast later that year inAvengers: Infinity Warand again in 2019’sAvengers: Endgame.
Lupita Nyong’o, Chadwick Boseman and Danai Gurira inBlack Panther.Marvel
A follow-up toBlack Panther, officially titledBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever, is set to begin production in Atlanta with director Ryan Coogler returning to helm the film, PEOPLE previously reported.
In November, executive producer Victoria Alonso said that the lateChadwick Boseman, who played the titular Wakandan superhero,will not be rendered digitallyinto the sequel.
RELATED VIDEO: Forest Whitaker on Filming ‘Powerful’ Black Panther Scene With Late Costar Chadwick Boseman
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced during Disney’s Investor Day a month later that in honor of Boseman, whodied in Augustat age 43 following a private four-year-long battle with colon cancer, his rolewould not be recast.
Instead, the new movie “will explore the world of Wakanda & the richcharacters introduced in the first film,” Feige said.
Black Panther 2: Wakanda Foreverwill be released July 8, 2022.
source: people.com
