Marvel Studios unveiled the first trailer for “ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ” — set to “No Woman No Cry” — to fans at Comic-Con on Saturday in San Diego.
This was just one part of the massive presentation in Hall H, which also included a first look at Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” and new information about Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which will conclude with two Avengers movies in 2025: “Avengers: Endgame” and “Avengers: Secret Wars “.
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” director Ryan Coogler was on location in San Diego to see the highly anticipated film, which is set to arrive in theaters on November 11 and serve as the conclusion of Phase 4. Coogler paid tribute to Chadwick Boseman. who died in August 2020.
“The impact he had on this industry will be felt forever,” Coogler said.
Following the massive success of Black Panther in 2018, plans for a sequel were quickly set in motion. But they were changed after Boseman’s unexpected death from colon cancer. The studio said it would not recast Boseman’s role as T’Challa. but very little came out about the film in the years since. Production wrapped in March after several delays, one of which was due to an injury suffered by Leticia Wright, who plays T’Challa’s brainy sister Shuri. Also returning are Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke and Angela Bassett, but not Daniel Kaluuya, whose No schedule conflicted.
Phase 5, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige said, will begin in February with “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and end with “Thunderbolts” in July 2024. The new “Blade” starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali also received a November 3, 2023 release date, and Captain America and the New World Order, starring Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson, will hit theaters on May 3, 2024.
Guardians of the Galaxy will also wrap up in the midst of Phase 5 in May. Director James Gunn appeared in San Diego to confirm that “Vol. 3” will be the last for the space rogues. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Karen Jillian and Dave Bautista return for the film. New cast members include Will Poulter as Guardians adversary Adam Warlock and Maria Bakalova.
Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors and director Peyton Reed traveled to San Diego to show some footage from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Phase 6 will begin with a new Fantastic Four movie on November 8, 2024 and end with Avengers: Kang Dynasty scheduled for May 2, 2025, followed by Avengers: Secret Wars on November 7, 2025 .
Marvel also showed trailers for Disney+ series like Secret Invasion, starring Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, due in the spring, and the half-hour comedy She-Hulk: Lawyer, starring Tatiana Maslany, debuted in August. The second season of “Loki” is also expected next summer.
Comic-Con runs through Sunday.
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