In the latest trailer for the upcoming sequel, it's clear that Letitia Wright is taking up the mantle of Black Panther. It appears that Shuri, T'Challa's sister in the film series, will become the costumed character going forward, at least for now, as a result of the new trailer dropping. At the end of the trailer, you can see a woman standing tall, but it doesn't say who is behind the mask. You can see a shot of Letitia before we see the lady 'BP'. In one of the 'Black Panther' timelines, Shuri assumes the role for a while, which means she is doing this in a way that is canon. The reason this is happening is because he died suddenly in 2020 of a cancer diagnosis that he hid from the public. The route they've chosen is the one they refused to change. There were reports that she took some of the anti-vaxx rhetoric she was accused of spreading on set with her. The reactions to Shuri's 'Black Panther' are through the roof right now.