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Nov. 30, 2020 / 7:02 AM

Disney honors Chadwick Boseman with new 'Black Panther' opening

Long live the King. #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/FHiJDVQ3NS— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) November 29, 2020

Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Disney added a new opening credits sequence to Marvel's Black Panther on Disney+ to honor the late Chadwick Boseman.

The sequence was added to the streaming service on Sunday, which would have been Boseman's 44th birthday.

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"Long live the King. #WakandaForever," Marvel Studios said on Twitter alongside the new opening credits, which pay homage to Boseman's time as Black Panther.

Boseman died in August at the age of 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer.

The actor also portrayed Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Boseman additionally starred as Jackie Robinson in 42, as James Brown in Get On Up and as Thurgood Marshall in Marshall.

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