‘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 venture.

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

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 bought fairly a number of heroes waiting on their sequels and have been MIA for a minute. Even so, the 2 Panther films have carried out fairly effectively 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 films on its incoming schedule spanning the following few years, significantly 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 combined up in throughout Doomsday and Secret Wars. Till then, the primary two movies and the latest Eyes of Wakanda animated miniseries are there to observe over on Disney+. However in the event you’d like some extra Coogler, there’s all the time Sinners and his upcoming tackle The X-Files.

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