Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) on Netflix
PG-1320222h 41mActionAdventureDrama
King T'Challa has died, and his sister Shuri cannot recreate the heart-shaped herb. Other nations want Wakanda's vibranium, and Namor, ruler of an undersea people, brings a demand to its queen.
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Plot summary
The heart-shaped herb that gives the Black Panther his power was burned, and Shuri cannot make it again before her brother T'Challa, the king, dies. A year later, other nations press Wakanda to share its vibranium, and some try to seize it by force. Ramonda urges Shuri to continue the herb work and create a new Black Panther, but Shuri refuses. An expedition hunting vibranium at sea is wiped out by Namor's water-breathing people, and Namor arrives in Wakanda to blame the country for the world's pursuit of the metal and to demand that a scientist be handed over.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
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- Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer on August 28, 2020, and director Ryan Coogler, who had no idea he was ill, spent the previous year writing lines for him that the film would never use. Kevin Feige and other Marvel Studios executives were also unaware of his illness.
- Letitia Wright was hospitalized on August 25, 2021, with what were believed to be minor injuries from a stunt accident in Boston during filming, and went home to London in September to recover while shooting continued around her character.
- Rihanna's "Lift Me Up", the film's lead single, was written by Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler as a tribute to Chadwick Boseman, and was her first solo musical output since 2016.
- Angela Bassett became the first actress to win a major acting award for a Marvel film, and her Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 95th Academy Awards made Wakanda Forever the first Marvel film nominated for an acting Oscar.
- Wakanda Forever opened in China on February 7, 2023, becoming the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film released in the country since Spider-Man: Far From Home in 2019.
- Marvel Studios created a 200-page Talokan bible for the film covering the underwater kingdom's history, battle strategies, tools, architecture and influences, according to Wētā FX supervisor Chris White.
- Sound editors Steve Boeddeker and Benny Burtt gave Namor's ankle wings the sound of rattlesnakes, an idea Ryan Coogler suggested about two weeks before sound editing was finished.
- For the film to be released in Kuwait, a depiction of a same-sex relationship between Ayo and Aneka was removed along with some other edits.
