As the critics and special people of the work get their first look at Marvel’s Thor Ragnarok, Disney and Marvel Studios have dropped the latest trailer for BLACK PANTHER. The soundtrack to the trailer promises that the revolution will not be televised. It will, however, be a cool as hell piece of comic bookery that puts the ‘U’ into MCU.
“I have never seen anything like this,” quips Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman), last seen in Captain America: Civil War. Which is how T’Challa’s (Chadwick Boseman) the technologically advanced homeland of Wakanda is revealed, filled with flying ships, elite shirtless warriors, and bunch of badass warrior women: Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), Okoye (Danai Gurira), Shuri (Letitia Wright), and the formidable Angela Bassett (who plays Ramonda, T’Challa’s mother).
From the technological to the mystical, we also see a glimpse of what looks like Djalia, the Plane of Wakanda Memory that was recently featured in the Ta-Nehisi Coates, Brian Stelfreeze, and Laura Martin run of the Marvel Comics. We’re loving the Afrofuturism of the whole thing as well, so here’s hoping some Sun Ra features on the soundtrack as well. After all, Marvel has been making some impeccable soundtrack choices of late, including featuring Led Zeppelin on Thor Ragnarok.
There’s also some sweet shots of the South Korea shooting locations, including one of Andy Serkis’ hand opening to reveal some kind of canon. There really is something for everybody in this trailer. Check it out below.
BLACK PANTHER hits Australian cinemas on 15 February 2018 from Disney.
