New Black Panther David Jonsson grateful for role

SAN DIEGO (AP):

Marvel Studios used its Comic-Con International presentation on Saturday to announce David Jonsson as the new Black Panther – the son of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa – and reveal that Ryan Gosling will be playing Ghost Rider, both in films set for release in 2028.

Jonsson joined Oscar-winning Black Panther franchise director Ryan Coogler on stage alongside Letitia Wright and Winston Duke, holding his hand to his chest and smiling broadly. Black Panther III is set for release on December 15, 2028.

“Thank you to this family that I have the honour and the blessing to join. I don’t want to say too much, because I want to let the screen do the talking,” said the 32-year-old actor, known for roles in Industry, The Long Walk and Alien: Romulus.

Boseman died in 2020, and ever since 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever revealed that T’Challa had a son, fans have been playing a guessing game of who might take over the mantle, with Damson Idris and Wright in the mix. The original 2018 Black Panther became the first superhero film to earn a Best Picture Oscar nomination and made more than US$1.3 billion worldwide, while the sequel earned US$850 million.

RYAN GOSLING RIDES INTO MCU

Gosling will re-team with his Star Wars: Starfighter director Shawn Levy on Ghost Rider.

Gosling greeted Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige and told the crowd that he’d wanted to play the character for a long time.

Gosling’s longtime partner, Eva Mendes, starred alongside Nicolas Cage in Cage’s original standalone Ghost Rider film, released in 2007 – a year before Iron Man kicked off Marvel’s cinematic universe. A sequel was released by Sony in 2012, and film rights have since reverted to Marvel, but the character hasn’t appeared yet in the MCU.