Namor the Submariner poses a major threat to the nation of Wakanda in a new TV spot for the upcoming MCU sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Released courtesy of Marvel Entertainment, the spot features a slew of new images from the highly anticipated comic book movie outing. Watch the newly released TV spot for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever below.
“Without the Black Panther, Wakanda will fall,” Namor declares in the footage. Amid these vocal threats from the underwater ruler, the footage shows just how formidable the character will be when he makes his live-action debut. Wakandan weapons break against his skin and the nation’s greatest heroes watch in terror as Namor wages war. Now that T’Challa is gone, someone else must take on the mantle of the Black Panther, with these latest images providing our biggest clue yet as to who that person will be.
In Marvel Studios’ 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) battle to protect their nation from sweeping world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death,’ reads the final synopsis. “As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must team up with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and blaze a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. In the film, Tenoch Huerta is introduced as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, as well as Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena and Alex Livinalli. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” directed by Ryan Coogler and produced by Kevin Feige and Nate Moore, hits theaters November 11, 2022.”
Will Shuri be the new Black Panther?
So it certainly looks more and more like it will indeed be Letitia Wright’s character Shuri who will dress up as the Black Panther in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. While Shuri has been a firm favorite for a while, the cast of the MCU sequel claims fans “didn’t guess it at all.” Well, it looks like they may have just been trying to rip people off of the most obvious smell as this latest footage shows the new Black Panther jumping into the air and using the same arm cannons we’ve seen Shuri see before. to use.
While Shuri seems like the most obvious choice right now, we can’t rule out last-minute twists and surprises.
For what it’s worth, Letitia Wright has stated that becoming Black Panther is something she’s been looking forward to since she was first cast. “That’s a tough question to answer,” the actress recently said when asked if it would be Shuri under the mask. “I had a conversation with Ryan and Chad about it when we were making Black Panther, and we talked about it for a while. When I realized I was playing Shuri, that was something I was really looking forward to.”
Directed by Ryan Coogler, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 11, 2022, as the final film in Phase Four of the MCU.