The next #BlackPanther is... #DavidJonsson! #RyanCoogler, who is returning as director and co-writer for ‘Black Panther 3,’ announced that David Jonsson will play T’Challa’s son in the next film, set to release on Dec. 15, 2028. He’ll step into the shoes of Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed T’Challa in the first film and died of colon cancer at age 43 in 2020. 📷: Jesse Grant, Joe Scarnici, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty; Michael Buckner/Variety