Marvel VP of Development Nate Moore, on Monday, reflected on the decision not to recast Chadwick Boseman’s character T’Challa for the franchise’s future films during an appearance on the Ringer-Verse podcast.

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“I’m being quite honest. You will not see T’Challa in the MCU 616 universe,” Moore said, referencing the primary timeline for the events in Marvel comics. “We couldn’t do it”, reports people.com.

Moore  further added that “when Chad passed, it was a real conversation we had with (director Ryan) Coogler about, ‘What do we do?’ And it was a fast conversation. It wasn’t weeks, it was minutes of we had to figure out how to move that franchise on without that character. Because I think we all feel so much of T’Challa in the MCU on the screen… is tied to Chadwick’s performance.”

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While it’s been “hard” to plot the upcoming “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever without Boseman“, Moore asserted that “at no point did we consider recasting.”

“So the challenge for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ is telling a story without T’Challa. I think it’s a challenge we’re up for. So far, what we’re getting is great.”

The highly anticipated sequel will provide “a level of catharsis” for fans to return to Wakanda without T’Challa, Moore continued.

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“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” began filming in June, 10 months after Boseman died at the age of 43 following a four-year battle with colon cancer. At the time, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige told Variety that beginning production on the film was “clearly very emotional without” the actor.

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is slated to hit theaters on Nov. 11, 2022.