Having dropped details on Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel, as well as a new trailer and footage for Thor: Ragnarok, Marvel put the focus on next year’s Black Panther as it continued its panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, screening some footage from the Ryan Coogler-directed solo movie. Apparently, it won’t be making its way online, but we do have a description from Coming Soon; check it out…
It begins with T’Challa walking through a metal detector and into a casino/nightclub. With him is Nakia. Serkis also arrives. He’s meeting with Martin Freeman’s Everett Ross. Klaw has his new, robotic arm. He’s exchanging a small portion of vibranium for diamonds. Also with T’Challa is Okoye. She and Nakia are watching Klaw and Ross intently.
“It’s now or never,” says Okoye, extending a staff. A massive fight breaks out on two levels of the nightclub. Klaw tries to shoot T’Challa, but his gun is empty. “You know?” says Klaw, “You look just like your old man.” He converts his arm into a weapon, but T’Challa is too fast, blocking the blast with a nearby table.
The footage changes into more of a trailer. There’s a cool shot of the Black Panther costume forming around T’Challa with some kind of advanced tech. There’s a big car chase on a busy street with neon signs all around. At one point, Black Panther runs straight up a wall.
The action looks insane. There’s Kendrick Lamar’s “Loyalty” playing over a bunch of it. We see the Black Panther costume form over T’Challa again, but it’s a slightly different design with a bit of gold in it.
After the events of Captain America: Civil War, King T’Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country’s new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakandan special forces, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Black Panther sees Ryan Coogler (Creed) directing Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa alongside Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia, Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Winston Duke as M’Baku, Forest Whitaker as Zuri, Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) as W’Kabi, Angela Bassett as Ramonda, Florence Kasumba as Ayo, Martin Freeman as Everett Ross, Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue, Letitia Wright as Shuri and Nabiyah Be as Nightshade. The film is set for release on February 16th, 2018.
Originally published July 23, 2017. Updated November 30, 2022.
