After Chadwick Boseman, who played T’Challa on Black Panther, died in 2020, Marvel honored the late actor with a logo sequence featuring clips of him. Now, Marvel honors Boseman again including the logo in the new movie, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, but in a slightly different way.
Marvel initially debuted the tribute logo on Boseman’s birthday in 2020 and later added it to Black Panther on Disney+. In Wakanda Forever, which opened this weekend, the logo makes its full debut before the film begins, but without the music.
Long live the King. #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/uW1KisOkTq
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) November 29, 2020
Without the usual triumphant fanfare that greets most MCU movies, the logo works as a kind of minute of silence for Boseman. It sets the mood for an introspective blockbuster that doubles as a full-length tribute to the late actor.
It appears to have had the desired effects. Fans have pointed out that the appearance of the logo in Wakanda Forever has caused a “stunning silence” On cinemas:
This is exactly how my screening of Wakanda Forever went as well. The stunned silence during the Marvel logo was unlike any theater experience I’ve had. https://t.co/ePXzDNTYkI
— Brandon Palma (@palmabrandon) November 11, 2022
“You could hear a pin drop on my projection while that was playing,” said IGN staff writer Alex Stedman. “A very nice moment of silence for him.”
My entire theater was completely silent during the opening Marvel Studios logo of #BlackPanther Wakanda Forever. So powerful! pic.twitter.com/7zZrlrzp5m
— BLURAYANGEL ? (@blurayangel) November 11, 2022
One viewer even felt that the logo was enough to bring tears to their eyes.
WAKANDA FOREVER: never cried at the Marvel Studios logo before.
— devincf (@devincf) November 11, 2022
Boseman died at the age of 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer. Although he was best known for his role in Black Panther, which became the first superhero film to earn a best picture nomination, he also took on numerous other leading roles, including Jackie Robinson in 42 and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall. .
Here you can read our review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and here everything we have learned about Namor and the mutants in the film.
