The Black Panther Spin-Off That Winston Duke Would Like To See

After the 2022 D23 Expo, Winston Duke and the actor behind MCU newcomer Namor, Tenoch Huerta, spoke to Collider about “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” As they discussed their characters and the experience working on the film without Chadwick Boseman, who sadly passed away in 2020 at the age of 43 due to colon cancer, Duke shed some light on what he’d like to see for M’Baku down the road. More specifically, he revealed that should the opportunity arise, he’d be more than happy to play the character as the lead of a big screen movie or a Disney+ series.

“The Jabari-Lands are such a rich space of culture within Wakanda that it would be really cool to explore that,” Duke stated, adding that seeing M’Baku explore corners of the world he’s never seen before would be an equally fascinating narrative experience. Elaborating on that, the “Us” star said, “He’s not a character that we usually see exploring. I think his type of code of honor would be pretty cool to see interact with so many other things.” Of course, even as he himself noted, this is entirely hypothetical, and as far as everyone knows, no such project is on its way down the production pipeline yet.

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” arrives in theaters on November 11, 2022, and when it does, we can only hope that it leaves the door open for a M’Baku-centric project for Winston Duke to lead.