First of all, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever After, which opens this week in theaters, is a tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the actor who played the superhero in the original film and who died of cancer in August 2020, months before the sequel was set to begin. . The movie opens with T’Challa’s sister, Shuri (Letitia Wright), trying to save him, to no avail.
“I was honored to be back. This is the world we know and love,” Wright said. “But it’s a world that we go back to and share with audiences without our own. It was certainly a fascinating process, one that required vulnerability, depth and truth.”
The accidents were many. Marvel Studio president Kevin Feige said that after the shock of learning that Boseman had died, questions arose. “What should we do? Should we do something?” he asked at a news conference. “But we quickly decided that this team of characters and this world that was created on screen had to continue.”
The impact of the death of a king, hero and protector is evident in Wakanda. The entire town suffers, especially those closest to her: her mother, Ramonda (Angela Bassett), who must take the throne, her sister, Shuri, her lover, Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), and their leader. , Dora Milaje. , the country’s elite forces, Okoye (Danai Gurira). They are all women, which makes Wakanda always more feminine than Black Panther.
Of course, she has a duo and a villain, or at least an antagonist. The role here is occupied by Namor (Tinoc Huerta). The Submarine Prince becomes a leader of the peoples of Mesoamerica who sought refuge in the ocean after the Spanish colonizers conquered their lands, establishing a civilization called the Talocan.
The threat to the kingdom comes from the surface powers on the surface, who want it because they want abundant vibranium in Wakanda, and in the underwater city of Talocan. The uncontrolled demand for materials puts Wakanda on the defensive and could reveal the existence of the Talocan to the world. Countries disagree on tactics to protect themselves and there is conflict.
