The star of The Long Walk, Industry and Alien: Romulus will portray the son of the first Black Panther, T’Challa, played by the late Chadwick BosemanRyan Coogler confirmed the return of the Black Panther franchise at San Diego Comic-Con on July 25. The Sinners director – who co-wrote and directed the first two Black Panther films – announced on stage that David Jonsson would be portraying the Wakandan hero in the third film, slated for a late 2028 release.Chadwick Boseman, the original Marvel Black Panther. Photo: HandoutJonsson will play the grown-up version of T’Challa’s son, T’Challa II, with the character first introduced in 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Speculation ahead of the announcement had centred on the role going to Damson Idris.“A privilege, an honour,” David Jonsson wrote on Instagram, on being named Marvel’s newest Black Panther. Photo: @davidjonsson__/InstagramThe announcement comes almost six years after Chadwick Boseman, the first actor to play Marvel’s Black Panther, died tragically aged 43 from colon cancer.Here’s everything to know about the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s newest hero, David Jonsson.Where is David Jonsson from?David Jonsson describes his heritage as Creole and hails from East London. Photo: @davidjonsson__/InstagramDavid Jonsson was born in September 1993, the youngest of four children, and grew up in East London. He describes his ethnicity as Creole, with Nigerian, Sierra Leonean, Caribbean and Swedish heritage. Raised in a middle-class household, he was the son of a policewoman and a Heathrow Airport IT engineer. Jonsson told the Guardian he would go to the cinema with his father on Saturdays, and that he loved the arts and poetry from a young age.After getting into one too many fights at school, Jonsson was expelled and sent to a local Pupil Referral Unit, where he stayed until he was considered ready to return to mainstream education. “Being there shook me up,” he told the Guardian. “At first it felt pretty small. … A lot of my mates were in actual trouble, not schoolboy stuff: stabbings, gangs, real crime; unplanned pregnancies. But being there, it dawned on me how serious this might be. It was a real wake-up call.”Eager for a fresh start, Jonsson transferred to a new school, where he joined productions of Richard II and Cabaret.He went to Rada (and Aada)