- A first look at Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday.
- The two-minute clip moves between images of Wakanda's aquatic environments, futuristic technology and what appears to be a funeral with crowds of Wakandans dressed in white.
- Reflecting on the death of Chadwick Boseman, writer-director Ryan Coogler said, "It's going to be hard to follow that up, but we'll try."
"I am queen of the most powerful nation in the world, and my entire family is gone," Angela Bassett's Ramonda declares in the first teaser for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The first look was unveiled at the conclusion of Marvel Studios' massive San Diego Comic-Con Saturday panel, introduced by a group of traditional African singers.
Strung together with a cover of Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry, the two-minute clip moves between images of Wakanda's aquatic environments, futuristic technology and what appears to be a funeral with crowds of Wakandans dressed in white.
The film synopsis states that the characters "must 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."
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As the question of who will take on the mantle of the Black Panther lingers over the trailer, a figure is seen in the hero's suit at the end of the clip, though it isn't clarified who is in the costume.
Writer-director Ryan Coogler, who helmed the first Black Panther, took to the stage to discuss the sequel after the video's unveiling, Variety reports.
Reflecting on the death of Chadwick Boseman, who played lead T'Challa in the first film, Coogler said, "It's going to be hard to follow that up, but we'll try."
Boseman died in August 2020 after a private, four-year battle with colon cancer.
"It's been five years since I was here. I sat about there, and we premiered the first footage from Black Panther 1, and sitting next to me was our T'Challa, the late great Chadwick Boseman," Coogler continued.
"I promise you, I can feel his hand on me right now."
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be released in US theatres on 11 November 2022.