Chadwick Boseman's character in Black Panther will not be recast with a new actor for the blockbuster's sequel, Marvel Studios has confirmed.
Boseman died in August at the age of 43 that played the hit 2018 film as T'Challa, the king of Wakanda. The actor died four years after being diagnosed with colon cancer.
Marvel boss Kevin Feige said Boseman's performance was "iconic and transcends any iteration of the character in any other medium from Marvel's past".
"And it's for that reason that we will not recast the character," he said.
Black Panther was the first superhero movie with a black lead character and the first to be nominated for best picture at the Oscars, which made $1.3bn (£1bn) at the global box office.
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