On Saturday night, Marvel Studios ended its phenomenal Hall H panel at Comic-Con by sharing the first trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The emotional sneak peek confirmed that the late Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa has died in the MCU, leaving the women in his life to pick up the pieces and battle on in the midst of an attack from Namor the Sub-Mariner.
Now, a new poster for the Black Panther sequel has been revealed after being handed out to fans in San Diego. Illustrated by Marvel Studios Head of Visual Development Ryan Meinerding, it shows Nakia, Shuri, and Queen Ramonda striking the classic "Wakanda Forever" pose as T'Challa's shadow looms large in the background.
This is not the only way the actor was honoured, as Lupita N'yongo revealed at the event that, "our call sheets didn’t have a #1 [on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's set]. That was reserved for Chadwick. He was with us."
While fans were uncertain whether the Black Panther franchise should continue without Boseman and T'Challa, the movie looks like it has all the makings of a "film of the year" candidate. There's still no word on who the new Panther will be, with a glimpse in the trailer leading to theories that point to everyone from Shuri to M'Baku and even a resurrected Erik Killmonger.
In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death.
As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. Introducing Tenoch Huerta as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, the film also stars Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena and Alex Livanalli.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever arrives in theaters on November 11, later this year.