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In 2023, T'Challa is restored to life when the surviving Avengers recreate the Infinity Gauntlet. He and the Wakandan army are brought by Stephen Strange to the destroyed Avengers Compound to join in the final battle against a past version of Thanos. After Tony Stark's sacrifice and Thanos' defeat, T'Challa attends Stark's funeral. T’Challa’s future is to be determined following the date on November 11, 2022, when Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be released in cinemas.

On August 28, 2020, Boseman died after a four-year battle with colon cancer. Marvel Studios have made no indication that they intend to cancel the release of the upcoming sequel to the first Black Panther film, so it is currently unknown what direction the film will take without the protagonist of its predecessor. Fans opposed the possibility of recasting another actor as the character for the Black Panther sequel and other future MCU media in which the character was scheduled to appear, a decision that Marvel Studios denied they would make. It is currently unknown how much, if any, unreleased material has been created with Boseman portraying the character. In November 2020, Marvel Studios' head of production Victoria Alonso denied that the studio plans to create a digital double of Boseman for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and that Marvel would "think about what we're going to do next and how" in order to "honor the franchise." On December 10, Kevin Feige confirmed that the role would not be recast, feeling Boseman's portrayal "transcended any previous iteration of the character in Marvel's past." However, M'Baku, performed by Winston Duke, will become the next Black Panther, according to Marvel Studios. In October 2021, a spin-off series of What If...? centered on the Star-Lord T'Challa variant introduced in the series was revealed to be have been in early development prior to Boseman's death, which placed the project in "limbo"; series director Bryan Andrews nonetheless expressed interest in the spin-off being produced "one day" in Boseman's honor, with a different voice actor voicing the character.