Black Panther looks like it’s going to be lit (Picture: REX)

Director Ryan Coogler is in ‘talks’ with Donald Glover for Black Panther 2 – and he is considering whether or not Michael B Jordan’s Killmonger will be making a return.

Ever since we all heard that the record-breaking Marvel film Black Panther was returning for a stand-alone sequel we have all been beside ourselves with the thought of going back to our beloved Wakanda.

Did somebody just say ‘Wakanda Forever?’

Even though we returned to the fictional African nation for a bit in Avengers: Infinity War, it just wasn’t enough – and now Marvel fans would be pleased to know that the director is already making big moves for the sequel.


Ryan Coogler is ‘in talks’ about Black Panther (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

A source has told Metro.co.uk exclusively that Ryan is working on new characters and is in ‘informal talks’ with Star Wars’ Donald Glover, who we also know as Childish Gambino whenever he puts on his music artist hat.



The insider told us: ‘Ryan Coogler is currently mapping out Black Panther’s sequel and has written in a number of new characters that movie-goers will be introduced to when it premieres.

‘One of those characters, if he gets his wish, will be played by Childish Gambino. Nothing is set in stone but “informal talks” [are happening] between Ryan, Gambino and reps from Marvel and Disney to see if they can make it happen.’

We can totally see Donald Glover in Black Panther! (Picture: Rex Features)

The source also teased the return of the much-loved villain Erik Killmonger played by Creed’s Michael B. Jordan, who is also now a movie producer.

The source added: ‘They’re still yet to decide if Michael B Jordan will return in some capacity but if he doesn’t it’s likely Gambino may play some kind of villain.’

We do wonder how MBJ could possibly return in the sequel because – spoiler alert – viewers watched him pretty much die at the end of the first movie which was released February this year.

Diehard fans will be quick to point out that the complex character came back from the dead in the comics. So the idea of Killmonger resurrecting is not that farfetched – he is a comic book being after all!

Could Michael B Jordan be making a return? (Picture: Rex Features)

Black Panther 2 was confirmed in March by Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige in an interview published by Entertainment Weekly – and months later during a conference at Cannes festival, Ryan admitted he wanted to make an all-female Black Panther spin-off starring Lupita Nyong’o, Letitia Wright, Danai Gurira and Angela Bassett.

During the film festival earlier this month he said: ‘There’s a whole section of the film where T’Challa is out of the movie and you’re just following the women, and that’s one of [my] favourite parts of the movie. I didn’t expect that!’

This comes after Michael told Metro.co.uk that he had to isolate himself in order to get into character.

Speaking to us back in February days before the release of the movie he said: ‘I spent a lot of time alone. Erik’s a very lonely guy, a very pained character so that’s part of it.

Michael B Jordan was covered in 3,000 fake scars (Picture: Rex Features)

‘And also like physically preparing for it, working out, training, it was kind of a Swiss army knife of a lot of different skill sets. So training for about a year and half before we started filming really helped with the preparation for the role.’



As more notes from the movie emerge, fans were also left shocked to find out that the actor was covered in 3,000 prosthetic scars.

In a recent video published by Insider, Michael showed off how he got his fake scars.

And it’s a pretty impressive process – until you remember that Michael’s character explained in the movie that he has one scar for each of his kills.

Yikes!

Metro.co.uk contacted Disney and reps for Michael B. Jordan, Donald Glover and Ryan Coogler for a comment.

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