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Wright, who played Shuri in the predominantly
Black superhero movie, suffered an injury in August during a
stunt and needs more time to heal, the Hollywood Reporter and
Variety said. The nature of her injury has not been revealed but
was initially described as minor.
A spokesman for Disney said production on "Black Panther:
Wakanda" will pause the week of Nov. 22 and is expected to
resume in early 2022.
The halt in production is not expected to affect the release of
the movie, which is scheduled for November 2022.
Wright, 28, played the tech genius and younger sister of the
late Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa in "Black Panther," one of the
biggest movies of 2018 with a global box office of $1.3 billion.
Boseman was not recast after his unexpected death from cancer in
2020.
Wright is expected to take on a bigger role in the sequel
although details of the plot have not been revealed.
The Hollywood Reporter said filming had continued with other
scenes and actors after Wright's injury in August but director
Ryan Coogler had shot all footage that his crew is able to
without Wright.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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