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 for legitimate excitement.
During Marvel’s big showcase today, actress Letitia Wright said her and the rest of the cast and crew’s goal with Wakanda Forever was to honor the legacy that Chadwick Boseman left after his passing . The Wakanda Forever trailer doesn’t directly acknowledge what’s happened to T’Challa in the MCU, but his absence and the recent discovery of a new underwater nation has the world, Wakanda in particular, back on track. While Wakandans like Shuri (Wright), Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) and Okoye (Danai Gurira) are seen crying and seemingly trying to figure out how they’ll move on, the trailer also highlights 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 on several occasions to calamitous effect as the egos of their respective monarchs 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 humans of the surface world. Along with M’Baku (Winston Duke), Ayo (Florence Kasumba) and the rest of the Dora Milaje, Riri Williams (Dominque Thorne) is seen preparing for the battle Wakanda is about to face, and judging for the trailer’s shots of chaos. they will need your help.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever also stars Florence Kasumba, Michaela Coel and Martin Freeman. The film hit theaters on November 11.