‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ introduces franchise’s new hero: But who is she?

The “Black Panther” franchise has revealed solely about factor for positive about its new titular hero.

She’s a lady.

Dropping Monday to a lot fanfare, Shuri, T’Challa’s sensible youthful sister performed by Letitia Wright within the 2018 movie, is suspected of being the actor who carries the mantle within the movie’s trailer, aligning with years of experiences and hypothesis in regards to the actor’s new function. However the brand new Marvel hero additionally might very properly be Lupita Nyong’o’s Nakia, Danai Gurira‘s Okoye or another person altogether, as the tease is deliberately imprecise.

“Present them who we’re!” says their mom Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) because the fictional African nation processes its grief, whereas a ferocious struggle is waged on land and underneath the ocean.

“I feel this movie has the fog of loss over it, and anamorphic lenses warp the picture a bit bit,” director Ryan Coogler advised Leisure Weekly. “Typically while you undergo profound loss, it may well warp the way you take a look at the world.”

Serving as each a tease to the extremely anticipated movie and as a nod to star Chadwick Boseman, who died of most cancers in August 2020, the trailer leans into the emotional turmoil that struck the blockbuster franchise when he died. The trailer additionally builds two worlds for the brand new heroes to save lots of.

“Solely essentially the most damaged individuals could be nice leaders,” Namor says through the opening sequences, which introduce Tenoch Huerta because the movie’s antihero. He’s a “feather serpent god” who lives within the superior underwater kingdom of Talokan and whose risk looms giant.

The trailer additionally highlights Dominique Thorne as American inventor Riri Williams, referred to as Ironheart within the comedian books. (The teenager hero is getting her personal Disney+ collection subsequent yr.)

“Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually” hits theaters Nov. 11.