Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Trailer Just Dropped

  When Ryan Coogler talks, everyone listens. At this past weekend's D23 celebration (which is Disney  Comic-Con , essentially), the  Bla...

 

When Ryan Coogler talks, everyone listens. At this past weekend's D23 celebration (which is Disney Comic-Con, essentially), the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever director took the stage to debut a new trailer for the November film, as well as memorialize the late Chadwick Boseman. "It was just an amazing experience and we absolutely looking forward to bringing it to you," Coogler said, according to a report from IGN. "Our heart Chadwick, he paved the way—he showed us the way—and we had to meet his level of excellence."

Opening with a soft cover of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" that slowly morphs to Kendrick Lamar's "Alright," Wakanda Forever's preview seems to catch up with a nation in loss. Now, we still don't know how Wakanda Forever will pay tribute to Boseman and T'Challa, but Coogler and company will surely treat the loss with the respect he deserves. In the preview, we briefly glimpse T'Challa's face etched on the side of a building. Letitia Wright's Shuri and Angela Bassett's Ramora appear devastated, with the latter tasked with healing Wakanda and its people.

Now, you know there has to be some obstacle in the mix, right? Meet Namor the Sub-Mariner, played by Tenoch Huerta. In the comic books, Namor is the King of Atlantis, gifted with just about every sea-related power you can think of. By the looks of the trailer, Atlantis and Wakanda will somehow be thrown into conflict with each other. We wouldn't call Namor and the Atlanteans villains, though. If Black Panther taught us anything, it's that Coogler can make you question the morality and motivations of two opposing sides. See: the way Michael B. Jordan's Killmonger criticized Wakanda for not helping those in need elsewhere in the world, despite its resources.

Elsewhere in the trailer, we glimpse Dominique Thorne's Riri Williams, who will appear in Black Panther en route to her solo series, Ironheart, on Disney+. Winston Duke's fan-favorite hero, Mbaku, also pops up several times in the trailer, looking like he'll play a significant role in the battle against the Atlanteans. Guess we'll find out in November.