![]() ![]() as Iron Man) while elevating old favorites (Mackie’s character taking the Captain America mantle) and introducing new ones (such as Riri Williams, played in “Wakanda Forever” by Dominique Thorne). Those factors saddle the two-hour-and-41-minute movie with by far the heaviest burden of any picture in Marvel’s Phase Four, which has been a transitional period for the MCU as it moves on from some of its most beloved characters (Robert Downey Jr. ‘Wakanda Forever’s’ Tenoch Huerta opens up about racism and colorism in Latin America - and the ‘crazy heartfelt’ speech he gave to win over the crew. Movies ‘They erase everything’: For this ‘Black Panther 2’ star, representation is resistance ![]() By introducing the villain Namor (played by Tenoch Huerta) and basing the underwater nation of Talokan on Mayan iconography and culture, the film seeks to bring Latino and Indigenous representation to the MCU. Disney has also announced that Coogler is working on a streaming series set in the world of Wakanda. And it sets up a new character for an upcoming Disney+ show (“Ironheart”). ![]() The new film, which cost an estimated $250 million to make, has to do much more than hit box office targets, doubling as an emotional tribute to Marvel Studios’ original Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, who unexpectedly died of colon cancer in August 2020 when “Wakanda Forever” was in preproduction.Īdditionally, “Wakanda Forever” must tell an entertaining and epic superhero story. It doesn’t do it justice to describe the sequel to 2018’s “Black Panther” - a landmark for Black representation in Hollywood that scored $1.34 billion in box office sales and a best picture Oscar nomination - as highly anticipated. ![]()
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