Marvel fans, get ready to revolutionize: The new Black Panther trailer is here, and it's not holding back. T'Challa is on a mission to defend Wakanda, the fictional African nation of which he is king in the Black Panther comics.
Starring Chadwick Boseman as the hero Black Panther, Michael B. Jordan as antagonist Erik Killmonger, Lupita Nyong'o as romantic interest Nakia, and Angela Bassett as Black Panther's mother, Ramonda, this trailer might just rival Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War for most anticipated superhero film. (Oh, and Sherlock's Martin Freeman is there too, as Everett K. Ross, a U.S. State Department official.) The film is directed by Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Creed).
Full of futuristic imagery and accompanied by a remix of Gil Scott-Heron's 1971 hit "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," this first full-length trailer will energize fans. "Don't freeze," warns Okoye, played by Danai Gurira. "I never freeze," scoffs Boseman's Black Panther in reply.
Okoye is the leader of the Dora Milaje, an elite group of female bodyguards for the Black Panther—the trailer suggests the ladies will get plenty of action scenes in this movie. In June, fans got a glimpse of the Dora Milaje's signature red costumes in a two-minute Black Panther teaser trailer.
Black Panther was first introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2016's Captain America: Civil War and made a brief appearance in Spider-Man: Homecoming, via recorded video footage. Boseman is also set to revive the role in Avengers: Infinity War, coming out May 4, 2018. The Black Panther character first appeared in Marvel comics in 1966 in issue #52 of Fantastic Four and was the first black superhero in mainstream comic books. The character's name predates the October 1966 founding of the Black Panther Party. Co-creator Stan Lee claims the name was inspired by a pulp adventure hero who has a black panther as an animal sidekick.
Black Panther hits theaters everywhere on February 16, 2018.
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