New Trailer for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s New Trailer Offers More Namor

The watery anti-hero, played by Tenoch Huerta, will cause trouble for the Wakandans, who are already grieving the loss of T’Challa.

The first trailer for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ was heavy on the emotion, a beautiful, stylish tribute to the fact that the filmmakers have had to deal with the loss of star Chadwick Boseman.

For the new look at the movie, though, we get a little more story and a lot more action.

Following on from T’Challa (Boseman) introducing the wider world to a much more advanced and powerful Wakanda than anyone outside understood, there are naturally those who are motivated to exploit it.

And, as Wakanda reels from the death of its king (that aspect is still shrouded in mystery), there is another looming threat on the horizon. As Wakanda revealed itself, that also caused problems for the nearby, undersea kingdom of Talokan, ruled by the powerful Namor (Tenoch Huerta).

A mutant with wings on his feet and superior abilities, he’s none too happy with the new world order, and Talokan makes its feelings felt.

A scene from Marvel Studios' 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.'

Which means that Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira), War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba’s Ayo) are now fighting a conflict on two fronts – keeping the world at bay and dealing with Talokan’s forces.

Fortunately, they do have some help: Martin Freeman is back as Everett Ross, while the movie will introduce Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), a young genius who has effectively engineered her own version of Stark technology, becoming the hero known as Ironheart.

Oh, and we get our best look at whoever is taking over the mantle of the Black Panther – and from the suit, it’s pretty clear that it’s a woman. Whether than means Shuri (who is tellingly front and center on the poster), Nakia, Okoye or someone else remains to be seen at this point.

Co-writer/director Ryan Coogler has a lot to accomplish here – follow up one of Marvel’s biggest standalone hits, a zeitgeist success that meant an awful lot to many people. And he’s got to do it without the charismatic lead.

Still, there is plenty of performing power to be found in the cast – and with the addition of Huerta and Thorne, even more has been added.

Tenoch Huerta as Namor in Marvel Studios' 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.'

Given the undersea nature of Talokan, comparisons with ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ (which will be released a little over a month after the superhero film), are inevitable. Yet there’s plenty more going on here

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ itself faces big challenges, but given how well the first movie turned out, we’re confident it’ll rise to meet them.

Tickets are now on sale for the movie, which will be in theaters on November 11th.

In other Marvel news, there is word on who will – according to Deadline, at least – be writing ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’. Michael Waldron, who ran the first season of ‘Loki’, and scripted ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, has the job for the second of the two big ‘Avengers’ movies that will close out Phase Six.

‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’ will be out on May 2, 2025, with Jeff Loveness writing and Destin Daniel Cretton directing. ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ will follow on November 7th the same year.