A series of new posters offer another look at the highly anticipated Marvel sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Released courtesy of Marvel Studios, the posters tease the Dolby, IMAX, and 4DX releases of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and reveal the new Black Panther suit, the large ensemble cast, and the debut of the antihero Namor.

3 Images

     Marvel Studios  





     Marvel Studios  





     Marvel Studios

Close

“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), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death,” the official synopsis for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever reads. “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.”

     Marvel Studios  





     Marvel Studios  





     Marvel Studios  








     Marvel Studios

MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY

Directed by Ryan Coogler, who has co-written the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever stars Letitia Wright as Shuri, Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Winston Duke as M’Baku, Florence Kasumba as Ayo, Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams aka Ironheart, Michaela Coel as Aneka, Tenoch Huerta as Namor, Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross, and Angela Bassett as Ramonda. Additionally, the rest of the supporting cast will include Isaach de Bankolé, Dorothy Steel, Danny Sapani, Mabel Cadena, Alex Livinalli, Kamaru Usman, and Richard Schiff.

Has the New Black Panther Now Been Revealed?

     Marvel Studios

Following on from the recently released trailer and an earlier poster, star Letitia Wright is being put front-and-center across the marketing material for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. While it has not yet been fully, officially, definitely confirmed, it is looking more and more likely that Wright’s character, Shuri, will don the claws and vibranium suit as the new Black Panther.

Wright recently revealed that Shuri becoming Black Panther is something that has been discussed before between herself and director Ryan Coogler due to the character taking up the mantle in the pages of Marvel Comics. “That’s a tricky question to answer. I had a chat about it with Ryan and Chad when we were making Black Panther, and we touched on it briefly,” Wright explained. “When I realized I was playing Shuri, it was something that I really looked forward to.”

Potential SPOILER warning, as an alleged plot leak has claimed that it will indeed be Shuri who becomes Black Panther in the sequel, and that she will be the one to defeat Namor and his invasion of Wakanda. However, the leak goes on to claim that, while Shuri will become the superhero, she will not become the ruler of Wakanda. Instead, Winston Duke’s M’Baku will become king, thus allowing the two characters to work together to continue the legacy of T’Challa.

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. A drama series set in Wakanda is also in development from Ryan Coogler for Disney+, with a spinoff following Okoye also being planned.