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Just like pretty much everything else in the world of movies, TV, and video games, the MCU has been dealt its fair share of delays over the course of the past 18 months. In fact, Disney recently pushed back some future MCU projects even further, perhaps due to the fact it stacked its deck a little too much as theaters began to reopen. It will now be a five-month wait for the next movie after Spider-Man: No Way Home but let's be honest, we're probably going to need it.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is one of the many MCU movies hitting theaters in 2022 to have been hit with another delay last month. However, in this instance, there's a risk its release date could be pushed again. Black Panther star Letitia Wright is currently in London, and if she is unvaccinated, returning to the US so filming of the sequel can resume could prove to be tricky.
Wright is currently back home in London recovering from an injury sustained while performing a stunt on the Black Panther 2 set. As highlighted by The Hollywood Reporter, the CDC implemented a new rule this week stating all non-immigrant and non-citizens flying to the US can only board their flight after proving they are fully vaccinated.
While it isn't known whether Wright is vaccinated or not, some have assumed she might not be. That belief stems from posts on her Twitter account, which has since been deleted, speaking out against the vaccine. Another report claimed she had been doing the same thing on the set of Black Panther 2. Wright responded to the report with a statement highlighting her work ethic, but neither confirmed nor denied her stance on the COVID-19 vaccine.
Black Panther 2 is currently slated to hit theaters in November 2022, but that is obviously subject to change considering all of the above. Wright plays Shuri, T'Challa's sister, in the MCU, so naturally has a very big role in the sequel regardless of the path its story takes. Hopefully, nothing else will hold up production as a delay to Black Panther 2 will almost definitely mean delays to all the other MCU movies coming after it.