Ok so the brand new trailer for Black Panther for Wakanda Forever is now here and the latest
look is filled with easter eggs, hidden details and a lot of things that tease towards the
plot.
Throughout this video we're gonna be doing a big breakdown on the new look whilst also
talking about some of the things revealed about the movie at D23.
The people at the event were shown a two minute scene from the film and my uncle filmed the
whole thing and sent it to me courtesy of Kevin Spoilers.
So lots to talk about and the movie itself is reportedly going to be two hours and forty
one minutes long.
This makes it the second longest MCU movie after Avengers Endgame so there's plenty of
time to tackle the passing of T'Challa, the rise of Namor and also the new heir to the
black panther mantle.
We'll talk about who we think this is later on but if you enjoy the video then please
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With that out the way, huge thanks for clicking this, now let's get into the trailer.
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Ok so the teaser begins with a shot that was missing from the original trailer and it has
Shuri carrying T'challas helmet.
The song we can hear in the background is Never forget by Sampa the great and it sets
the more battle heavy theme for this first look.
Whereas last time was a very emotional song in no woman no cry this is way uplifting with
the war being the main focal point.
Inmterwoven with these shots of Wakanda are ones of Namor and his kingdom.
He discusses what it takes to be a great leader and we see in this trailer he how charges
head first into battle.
He's referred to as the K'uk'ulkan which is the name of a feather serpent god.
Pulling up the wiki for it it has a clear and distinctive shape that I believe we also
see Namor painting into the wall.
He can hover in the air as well as move at great speeds whcih I'll talk about more in
just a bit.
Now the initial trailer of course massively centred around the death of T'challa with
us seeing the characters funeral scene.
This loss of course extends to the real world with the passing of Chadwick Boseman before
the production started.
The character is rumoured to die early on in the movie with there being basically two
trains of thoughts on it depending on what leaks you read.
Some say that he will be killed in battle and that they'll basically use a CGI body
double of him along with a replacement actor in the costume.
Black Panther of course wears a mask covering his entire face so they can quite easily do
this.
However other reports say that he will die due to an unknown illness which will tie more
in with Chadwicks death due to the actor sadly passing away because of cancer.
Dorothy Steel also sadly died after production wrapped on this film and she will be playing
the Merchant tribe leader for one last time.
Ramonda is now the Queen and she is the one on the throne.
Eagle eyed viewers might spot that there's a large piece of vibranium on the throne arm
rest and we'll talk about how the war for this element could come into play later on
in the video.
We know that this throne room will be flooded in the movie and that the Dora Milaje will
also stand in this at one point possibly paying tribute to T'Challa.
Huge shoutouts to Erik Voss at New Rockstars for translating the writing on the wall here
and it spells out In Power, T'challa, Our Hero, an Honour and lastly Forever.
We've already had the shot where the throne room seems to be on fire and this might be
a moment in which Shuri travels into the ancestral plane.
Got a lot of vibes of when Kilmonger ordered the erb garden to be burned and due to the
way the flames shoot up the columns I think it might be similar.
The funeral is a big event in which people wear all white instead of black.
The Black Panther is of course a symbol of power in the nation and whereas black can
mean morning in other countries in the Wakandan world it means strength.
Even the Dora Milaje wear white instead of red and the funeral is seen more as a celebration
of life rather than the grief of losing someone.
During Civil War T'Challa told Black Widow how the Wakandans view death and why it's
not the end.
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As we know from the first film, when a Wakandan dies they pass into the ancetral plane where
they can be with the rest of their kin.
I can imagine that we will end up travelling there at some point in the movie when a character
becomes the black panther but I'm expecting them to see Kilmonger instead of T'Challa.
Shuri will be carrying the helmet of T'Challa and I think she's going to be the person who
ends up donning the mantle come the end of the film.
As the crowd dances away we can catch a statue of the first black panther Bashenga and also
the head of Bast infront of him.
Bast could be spotted during Thor Love and Thunder and whether the God shows up here
remains to be seen.
Now Shuri also crosses her arms in the Wakanda Forever sign hinting to how the Kingdome will
be uniting against this big threat.
Now Namor is gonna play a big part in the film and we know from the first trailer that
we're gonna see his birth all the way up to him leading his Kingdom.
The rise of this was teased all the way back in Avengers Endgame when Okoye talked about
Underwater Earthquakers.
However according to Daniel RPK it will be Lake Bells character who causes the kingdom
to awaken.
There are minor cuts of ships out at sea as well as an expedition with divers in deep
sea suits and these will appearently be what awakens the King.
Now though the comics have his Kingdom as Atlantis we now know that it will infact be
Talocan that he rules over.
Obviously Aquaman is now a billion dollar franchise for DC and due to the characters
being pretty similar I think Marvel have shifted things over to this.
So the Atlanteans will now be the Talocanians rather than what's in the source material.
They are also changing up Namors origins slightly and Talocan seems like it's more traditional
rather than the technology based city that it is in the comics.
It's complete with Mayan archatecture and this extends all the way to the shoreline
with their temples on the beaches.
Namor's costume will be inline with how it is in the comics and he will also have wings
on his feet to help him glide through the water and air
As a character Namor was introduced all the way back in 1939 before Marvel had even been
founded.
He debuted in the Motion Picture Funnies Weekly Issue 1 where we watched Ernest Shackleton
on a deepsea voyage similar to what could be happening with lake Bell.
Along the way he unearthed Namor and he ended up fighting against the Nazis in world war
2 after german divers were discovered near Atlantis.
He fought alongside Captain America and the original Human Torch but obviously they're
not gonna have that backstory here.
He has fought against the Fantastic Four and he's normally an anti-hero that has no problem
working with and against the good guys.
I can see him being brought in with the Fantastic Four in the future and in the comics he's
a major sue storm simp that could end up sliding in the 838 universe now she's officially a
single mother.
He's also been a member of the illuminati.
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But the group was pretty crap and they ended up falling apart.
Now Namor is also a mutant and it looks like they might bring that across to the movie
as well.
We can see from the other Talocanians that they have blue skin and have to wear masks
when on the surface.
Namor doesn't have to and he also doesn't carry the blue skin that they do.
Mutants have slowly been popping up in the MCU with Ms Marvel, Mr Immortal and El Aguila
(ageela) and it's likely that they will bring him in as one too.
Looks like his mother may be human which is why she doesn't have blue skin either.
In the comics he was half human as well so they could be carrying that across.
Also with the mask thing this was shot during the pandemic so it's clever that they had
masks incorporated into the costumes.
We see this at the UN with those that follow Ramonda and also the swat team members.
At one point in the trailer, we saw him in a full headdress the skull of which looks
like it belongs to a giant sea serpent again tying back to this idea.
The first trailer showed Namor looking over this mural of this so potentially this could
be linked to how he or his lineage gained the crown.
Either way the temples and sea life are all pulled into the location to help flesh out
this undercover world that's under the sea and under the seige...of Wakanda...potentially.
Now the war between Wakanda and Atlantis was a big thing in the comics.
I know it's Talocan here but when referring to the comics I'll use the original name.
They've had many face offs and during the events of Avengers Vs X-men Namor arrived
at Wakanda to free a prisoner trapped there.
He swamped the Golden City with a gigantic tidal wave and though tempers died down this
wasn't forgotten by T'Challa.
War was declared on Atlantis and they've gone back and forth several times with Namor even
telling thanos that an infinity stone was in Wakanda just so he'd attack it.
Now M'Baku narrates the story of Namor and we can see what appears to be war supplies
being flown into his home in themountains.
Due to them being so high up I'm guessing that this is where the Wakandans retreat after
the kingdom is flooded because it's unlikely that the water would be able to go that high.
Also due to the temperature it might be more difficult for the fish people to fight there
cos they're heavily reliant on water and would likely freeze.
Also fish people might be a bit racist so I just wnana take accountability, I hear you,
I apologise, I grow.
Thought killing him could cause eternal war he clearly doesn't care as we can see him
attacking the throne room direclty with Ramonda and Riri inside.
Now Riri Williams is a big part of the teaser and we get several shots of her flying through
the air similar to Tony's first flight all the way back in the first Iron Man movie.
Her boots also come together before she flies off in the daylight and this is similar to
tony travelling into space during Infinity War.
Riri is from Chicago and the car that we see a split second shot of actuallyhas an illinois
licence plate on making me think that it links back to her.
The spear also is used to carve and do tricks in the road similar to how Okoye did it in
the first black panther movie.
She debuted all the way back in Invincible Iron Man (Vol. 3) #7.
Riri is a genius that gained early admission to MIT though Wakanda may have created a programme
for students as part of their UN dealings.
Her best friend and step father were killed in a driveby out in Chicago which is where
she's from making me think she's been brought over to Wakanda as part of some programme.
Potentially the show could give us her full origin story but we'll have to see where they
go with it when it eventually releases.
She would eventually built her own suit of armour using outdated Iron Man parts and stolen
parts from MIT.
This led to security trying to confront her only for her to escape in her Model 1 suit
similar to Tony’s Mark 1.
The movie seems to be changing this up quite a bit as she seems to be using parts of a
car.
We can also see that she has the diamond-like arc-reactor that Tony used in Endgame so potentially
she ended up getting this from the compound or after he handed it over to cap.
Toy leaks have shown what her suit looks like and it reminds me a lot of a beetle borg or
something.
Looks ok but I kinda wanna see it in live action before I make a full decision.
She's very much gonna be trying to carry on Tony's legacy and his Iron Heart...which Shuri
you can't be serious.
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Now we get a quick shot of Ramonda shouting at the UN and this scene was shown in full
at D23.
The first black panther movie ended with T'Challa opening up what Wakanda really was and thus
I think that Riri might have been brought in because of this.
for the next part of the video I wanna discuss what was shown at D23 and it basically centres
around how the UN was annoyed that they hadn't been actually sharing all their resources
because they'd held back Vibranium.
Now the scene that was released at D23 centred around Ramonda arriving at the UN.
This was of course how the last Black Panther movie ended and that featured T'Challa opening
up about what Wakanda really was.
Now though the UN is like Wakanda s**t is this because it's revealed that they haven't
been sharing resources and the council is pretty p***ed.
Now they worry that Vibranium could be manufactured into a weapon of Mass Destruction and that
it can be used to elevate certain armies above others.
This could even end up tying into the upcoming Armor Wars film which has now been upgraded
from a Disney plus show into a full blown movie.
We know that Iron Heart is going to feature in that as well now and she will of course
be making her debut in this movie.
Therefore the vibranium plot could tie in with that and Ramonda makes it clear that
though they opened things up that it was always the policy to never trade vibranium.
She says this isn't because of the potential dangers of vibranium but because of the dangerous
potential of you...well us.
From here we cut across to a scene in the trailer which shows a vibranium lab being
infiltrated by swat team members.
Whilst this is going on Ramonda narrates how the UN preaches civility and appears to be
friendly but that they secretly whisper about gaining the precious element.
She says the King Is Dead, Black Panther is no more but they still have protectors.
The swat them then open what I think is a vault, dunno mate someones head was in the
way and at this point the Dora Milaje and a scientist reveals herself to also be a member.
This is Michaela Cooke who will be playing Aneka in the movie.
She was shown in the first trailer but just an extra bit of info for the scientist reveal.
She was part of the Dora Milaje but she ended up leaving in order to form a group called
the midnight angels.
The doors to the UN then open and the Dora Milaje escort the captured swat team into
the middle hall where they place them on their knees.
From here it segued into the trailer that was shown at the event which had a couple
new shots.
Now as for who is in the Black Panther role I think if we look at the comics then it's
likely going to be Shuri.
She ended up taking over it at one point and with her being the next in line it makes sense
that things would pass to her as well.
There were funkos for the film leaked and the black panther character seemed way more
feminine than what has come before and pay close attention to the dots that we see across
in both.
These dots are what Shuri also dons when she's at the funeral and thereofre I think it's
hinting to us that it's her.
However it could also be Nakia who the first trailer opened on.
This being coupled with the closing shot of the black panther could've been the biggest
hint that she's in fact in the suit.
However I think that they're deliberately keeping things ambiguous because there will
be multiple people who take on the role.
If you look at the marketing for the movie they're not really pushing one character perse
as the lead.
Therefore I think that several people will don the mantle.
The suits themselves dont need someone in them to have the herb abilities as they're
just made out of vibranium.
Therefore several people can take it up without too much difficulty.
Now it's also possible that shuri could create a synthetic herb but if I had to put money
on who I think is wearing the suit I think it's gonna be several people rather than just
the one.
Anyway that ends the trailer and the movie is is dropping very very soon.
I am excited to see what they do with it and I feel like this film has had a major uphill
battle due to losing it's main character.
However it seems like they're really using that to celebrate the legacy of Chadwick Boseman
whilst also delivering a heartwrenching story about war.
Everytime I see this film I'm more and more impressed by it and the cast really seem like
they're giving their all.
Very excited to see it when it drops in November and obviously I'd love to hear your thoughts
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