More than any of Marvel’s other big reveals at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the first trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is something to legitimately be buzzing about.
During Marvel’s big showcase in Hall H today, actress Letitia Wright said her and the rest of the cast and crew’s goal with Wakanda Forever is to honor the legacy that Chadwick Boseman left after his death. The Wakanda Forever trailer doesn’t directly acknowledge what happened to T’Challa in the MCU, but his absence and the recent discovery of a new underwater nation has once again put the world — Wakanda in particular — on edge. While Wakandans like Shuri (Wright), Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) and Okoye (Danai Gurira) are seen grieving and seemingly trying to figure out how they’ll move forward, the trailer also shines a light on a new group of amphibious humanoids — one of which is born with winged feet.
In the Marvel comics, the kingdoms of Wakanda and Atlantis have clashed several times to disastrous effect as the egos of their respective monarchs have clashed. Here, the MCU’s Namor (Tenoch Huerta) and the other Atlanteans seem to have ties to the Mayan cultures, and their arrival seems to spark some kind of confrontation with the surface world people. Along with M’Baku (Winston Duke), Ayo (Florence Kasumba) and the rest of the Dora Milaje, Riri Williams (Dominc Thorne) prepares for the battle that Wakanda is about to face, and judging by the photos of chaos in the trailer they they will need her help.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever also stars Florence Kasumba, Michaela Coel and Martin Freeman. The film hits theaters on November 11.
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