During the recent 2026 San Diego Comic-Con, Academy Award winner Ryan Coogler finally announced the first official details about Blank Panther 3. He was joined by two returning cast members and one surprising new cast member. This comes ahead of the highly anticipated threequel’s theatrical release on December 15, 2028.
Confirmed Black Panther 3 cast
So far, Letitia Wright and Winston Duke are the only confirmed returning cast members for Black Panther 3. Before this, they will first reprise their respective roles as Shuri/Black Panther and M’baku in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday movie, which comes out this December 18. Joining them is franchise newcomer David Jonsson, who has been tapped to portray the next Black Panther and T’Challa’s son, Prince T’Challa II/Toussaint. The British actor is best known for his roles in 2023’s Rye Lane, 2024’s Alien: Romulus, and 2025’s The Long Walk. T’Challa’s young son was introduced at the end of 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever during the mid-credits scene.
Although Coogler has already mentioned Academy Award winner Denzel Washington‘s involvement in Black Panther 3, Marvel Studios has not technically confirmed his casting yet. Should Washington indeed join the cast, this would mark his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and his first collaboration with Coogler. Further details about his character are still under wraps, but the Training Day star previously confirmed that the Sinners director specifically wrote a character for him in Black Panther 3.
Unconfirmed Black Panther 3 cast
Even though Marvel Studios has yet to announce the full Black Panther 3 cast, I’m sure that Wright and Duke won’t be the only ones returning for the new movie. After appearing in the first two installments, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, and Florence Kasumba are most likely set to reprise their respective roles as Nakia, Okoye, Everett K. Ross, and Ayo. Apart from them, I also believe that Coogler would surprise fans once again with the potential appearances of Michael B. Jordan and Angela Bassett. Even though Erik Killmonger and Queen Ramonda had already passed away, the creative team could still bring them back through the Ancestral Plane scenes.
