Sunday, November 29 would have been Chadwick Boseman’s 44th birthday. The actor’s shocking and tragic death after a secret cancer battle rocked the whole world last summer, and lent an extra level of power, beauty and pathos to the too-brief collection of beautiful movies he left behind. The biggest of those, of course, is Black Panther, and Marvel Studios did Boseman right, Late on Saturday night, Disney debuted a brand new opening credits sequence for the story of Wakanda and her heroes, replacing the usual montage of Avengers with …well, just see for yourself.
A Black Panther sequel is in the works and, in fact, will start filming in the summer of 2021. It’s not yet clear exactly how the franchise plans to move ahead without Boseman. You can read RELEVANT’s own tribute to the actor here.