Can Wakanda endure the lack of its king? And can the Black Panther franchise thrive with out the late Chadwick Boseman within the main function? Both of these questions hold over the most recent trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The trailer makes it clear that Boseman’s T’Challa is lifeless with out revealing how he perished. While the onscreen characters mourn the lack of T’Challa, it additionally serves as a memorial for Boseman himself. But they received’t have time to grieve for lengthy.

Other nations odor the proverbial blood within the water, regardless of the warning of Queen Ramonda that Wakanda stays a pressure to be reckoned with. What Ramonda doesn’t initially understand is that Wakanda isn’t the one hidden kingdom on Earth. The underwater nation of Talocan has set its sights on Wakanda, as led by its highly effective ruler, Namor, the Sub-Mariner. Against this risk, a brand new Black Panther might want to reply the decision. And whereas the trailer confirms that the subsequent Black Panther is feminine, it doesn’t verify her identification.

There are actually solely three candidates who may convincingly seize the mantle. T’Challa’s sister, Shuri (Letitia Wright), T’Challa’s former lover, Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), and the chief of the Dora Milaje, Okoye (Danai Gurira). In Marvel’s comedian ebook universe, Shuri has beforehand turn into Black Panther when her brother was close to loss of life. While that offers her the sting on this race, the truth that the trailer hides this info makes us count on a swerve about who’s underneath the masks.

Winston Duke co-stars within the sequel as M’Baku, with Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams/Ironheart, Florence Kasumba as Ayo, Michaela Coel as Aneka, Tenoch Huerta as Namor, Martin Freeman as Everett Okay. Ross, and Angela Bassett as Queen Ramonda.

Ryan Coogler directed the sequel and co-wrote the script with Joe Robert Cole. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will hit theaters on Friday, November 11.

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