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    Denzel Washington in ‘Black Panther 3’? Actor teases Marvel movie

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    Denzel Washington is almost ready to ride off into the sunset, but not before he heads to Wakanda.

    The Oscar-winning ‘Gladiator II’ star, 69, revealed in an interview with Australia’s ‘Today’ that he is retiring and claimed he would join the ‘Black Panther’ franchise.

    Washington revealed that he doesn’t expect to make “that many” films anymore and that, after a string of projects he has lined up, he’s “retiring.” Then he casually dropped a bomb: “Ryan Coogler is writing a role for me in the next ‘Black Panther.'”

    USA TODAY has reached out to representatives from Disney and Washington for comment.

    Washington’s alleged involvement in a third “Black Panther” has not been confirmed, nor has the film been officially announced. It has also not yet been confirmed that Coogler will direct a third ‘Black Panther’ film. The director ventured outside the MCU for his next film, the horror film “Sinners” starring Michael B. Jordan, which hits theaters in March.

    Washington is currently earning a lot of Oscar buzz for his role as Macrinus in “Gladiator II,” the sequel to Ridley Scott’s Best Picture winner. The actor told “Today” that he plans to play Othello, Hannibal, King Lear and star in a film from “12 Years a Slave” director Steve McQueen. He is also expected to reunite with Spike Lee in an upcoming A24 film.

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    If Washington’s “Black Panther” role continues, it would mark his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The ‘Training Day’ star has previously expressed his admiration for ‘Black Panther’, stating in a 2018 interview with JOE that he cried watching the original 2018 film.

    Following the death of star Chadwick Boseman from cancer, ‘Black Panther’ returned in 2022 with the sequel ‘Wakanda Forever,’ which dealt with the death of Boseman’s king T’Challa and passed the superhero torch to his sister Shuri (Letitia Wright). .

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    On “The View” in June, Wright played coy about the status of “Black Panther 3” or her possible involvement in the next “Avengers” films, but teased, “There’s a lot coming.”

    Washington has previously spoken about his possible retirement, telling Empire magazine in August: “There are very few films left that I can make that I’m interested in, and I have to be inspired by the filmmaker, and I was very inspired by Ridley.” (Shot).”

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    Chadwick Boseman once said that there is “no Black Panther” without Washington

    Washington may not have previously appeared on the “Black Panther” series, but he did have a connection to the original star, Boseman. He produced “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Boseman’s last film before his death.

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    During a 2019 tribute to the American Film Institute, Boseman also shared that Washington once “gracefully and privately” paid his and eight other students’ tuition for an acting program at the British American Drama Academy.

    “Imagine receiving a letter telling you that your tuition for that summer has been paid, and that your benefactor is none other than the best actor in the world,” Boseman said, adding, “There is no ‘Black Panther ‘without Denzel Washington.’

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