Original plans to begin production next March were delayed after the sudden death of star Chadwick Boseman in August.

Now, July 2021 has become the next proposed date to begin filming the sequel. Sources have said that the shoot will begin in Atlanta, Georgia next summer, and last for six months or more.

Marvel Studios executive vice president, Victoria Alonso told Clarin: `There's only one Chadwick, and he's not with us,` Alonso said. `Our king, unfortunately, has died in real life, not just in fiction, and we are taking a little time to see how we return to history and what we do to honour this chapter of what has happened to us that was so unexpected, so painful, so terrible, really.`

She added: `Because Chadwick was not only a wonder...but it also seems to me that as a character what he did elevated us as a company, and has left his moment in history. I know that sometimes two months go by or three months go by in production and one says, already, it was a long time.

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One thing we won't see in the second film, though, is a body double of the late Chadwick Boseman. Last week, Marvel released a statement paying tribute to Boseman, who played King T'Challa in the 2018 film, adding that there were no plans to use digital technology to have film in the new film.