‘Black Panther 3’ will be one of Denzel Washington’s final films before retirement

nme.com:

Denzel Washington has revealed that he will appear in Black Panther 3 and that it will be one of his final films before retirement.Speaking to Australia’s Today programme while on the press tour for Gladiator II, Washington said that director Ryan Coogler is writing him a role in Marvel’s third Black Panther outing.

Alongside this, Washington said it will be one of his final roles alongside a new Steve McQueen project and a film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello – a role Washington will first be performing on Broadway next year.Speaking on the programme, Washington said: “For me it’s about the filmmakers.

Especially at this point in my career, I am only interested in working with the best. I don’t know how many more films I’m going to make.

It’s probably not that many. I want to do things I haven’t done.”“I played Othello at 22. I am about to play Othello at 70,” he continued, in reference to playing in the Broadway production of Shakespeare’s play next February alongside Jake Gyllenhaal.“After that,” he continued, “I am playing Hannibal.