{"id":17938,"date":"2026-07-26T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17938"},"modified":"2026-07-26T15:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:46:02","slug":"david-jonsson-to-play-tchalla-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17938","title":{"rendered":"David Jonsson to Play T&#8217;Challa II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tToday at San Diego <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/comic-con\/\" id=\"auto-tag_comic-con\" data-tag=\"comic-con\">Comic-Con<\/a>, director Ryan Coogler took the stage to announce that not only is <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/black-panther-3\/\" id=\"auto-tag_black-panther-3\" data-tag=\"black-panther-3\">Black Panther 3<\/a> <\/em>hitting theaters on December 15, 2028, but <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/david-jonsson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-jonsson\" data-tag=\"david-jonsson\">David Jonsson<\/a> will play T\u2019Challa\u2019s grown son who was introduced at the end of <em>Wakanda Forever. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tT\u2019Challa comes of age in the new movie with eyes on the crown of Wakanda. Coogler also revealed on stage that <em>BP3<\/em> will be shot entirely on larger format celluloid film \u2014\u00a0a first for the MCU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/11\/denzel-washington-heads-to-wakanda-in-black-panther-3-1236173774\/\">Denzel Washington also is in the cast<\/a> as previously announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe first <em>Black Panther <\/em>in 2018 grossed $1.3 billion and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2019\/02\/2019-oscars-winners-list-91-academy-awards-bohemian-rhapsody-black-panther-1202563721\/\">won three Oscars<\/a>. The pic launched Chadwick Boseman as a star in the role of T\u2019Challa, the leader of Wakanda and a global superhero. <a data-id=\"1203026540\" data-type=\"post\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/08\/chadwick-boseman-dies-star-of-black-panther-succumbs-to-cancer-at-43-1203026540\/\">Boseman died of cancer<\/a> in August 2020. <em>Wakanda Forever, <\/em>the <em>Black Panther <\/em>sequel, played out the events of T\u2019Challa\u2019s death. That 2022 film went on to $859M and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/03\/2023-oscars-winners-1235285489\/\">won an Oscar for Ruth E. Carter\u2019s Costume Design<\/a>, making her the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/03\/ruth-carter-2023-oscar-costume-design-black-panther-wakanda-forever-1235295928\/\">first Black woman to win two Academy Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/gallery\/highest-grossing-movies-all-time\/\" data-type=\"pmc-gallery\" data-id=\"1235520083\"><strong>The 62 Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTwo of Jonsson\u2019s recent films \u2014 last year\u2019s <em>The Long Walk<\/em>, directed by Francis Lawrence and 2024\u2019s <em>Alien: Romulus<\/em> from Fede \u00c1lvarez \u2014 had Hall H presentations, keeping the star in the orbit of San Diego\u2019s Convention Center. Coogler introduced Jonsson with mention of <em>The Long Walk<\/em>, in which the actor starred alongside Cooper Hoffman. In the film based on the book by Stephen King, the two young men portray characters who forge an unlikely friendship in, quite literally, a walk to the death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<em>Black Panther<\/em> cast members Letitia Wright and Winston Duke also joined Coogler, Feige and Jonsson onstage. Jonsson\u2019s character, Toussaint, aka T\u2019Challa II, was introduced by Lupita Nyong\u2019o\u2019s Nakia in <em>Black Panther: Wakanda <\/em>post-credits scene. 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