

Since Boseman’s death last year, Disney and Hollywood at large have honored his work and life through various forms of tribute. “The shit truly hit the fan last month when reports of Wright’s anti-vax evangelizing came to light.” But ask questions and think for yourself.you get cancelled,” with a laughing-face emoji thrown in for good measure. Tweeting the video with a prayer hands emoji led to a number of very loud responses from the Twitterverse, to which Wright provided the age-old thought-leader reaction: “if you don’t conform to popular opinions. Wright’s vaccine skepticism kicked off last year when she shared a now-deleted controversial video of the YouTube show On the Table where the host provided fact-free questioning of the COVID vaccines’ ingredients, doubted the reality of climate change, and shared a number of transphobic ideas. But even more so, Wright’s very public questioning of the vaccine’s efficacy also casts a contradictory cloud over one of the film’s most important endeavors: honoring the life of its previous king. At the time of the injury, it seemed production could continue but now, with most of the non-Shuri scenes already in the can and Wright on the shelf, it’s hard to imagine the Black Panther sequel, which was supposed to be released in November 2022, won’t suffer the same fate.

The Mickey Mouse Mediaship has already announced delays for some of its most highly anticipated Phase Four films, including Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Marvels, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and Thor: Love and Thunder. Not only does the new rule, Wright’s immigration and vaccination statuses, and injury all congeal into a messy sludge for Disney in terms of scheduling but it also presents a host of more meta issues for the Black Panther imprint.
