When Marvel Studios brought a portion of its upcoming slate to San Diego Comic-Con for a splashy Hall H presentation, countless fans wondered how the late "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman would be honored in the material for the pending sequel. The trailer that was released has a mournful tone to it, and a mural of Boseman’s heroic character, T’Challa, can be seen briefly. But the trailer goes on to establish the bigger story beats that will be found in Ryan Coogler’s "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," including the introduction of Namor the Submariner (played by Tenoch Huerta) and a conflict between Wakanda and the Atlanteans. That doesn’t mean that Boseman’s absence wasn’t felt on the "Wakanda Forever" set, and "Black Panther" co-star Winston Duke had a lot to say to CinemaBlend about his late colleague.

Chadwick Boseman was sick for years before finally succumbing to colon cancer in 2020. His loss left a massive hole in the film industry and had the "Black Panther" franchise figuring out how to move forward without its face. We still don’t know who will be wearing the Black Panther suit when Ryan Coogler’s "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" reaches theaters in November, but we have a better sense of the difficulties of filming the sequel without Boseman. Winston Duke spoke with CinemaBlend during San Diego Comic-Con, and opened up about Marvel life after Boseman’s death.