Erik Killmonger

Image: MarvelOne of the writers that helped build out James Cameron’s Sully family in Avatar: The Way of Water, Josh Friedman, has been hired to pen the script for Marvel’s new Fantastic Four movie. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning HeroesThe Hollywood Reporter announced the writer’s attachment to Matt Shankman’s feature debut with Marvel’s first family that’s set to kick off Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Shankman, who previously worked on Marvel Disney+ series…

Image: Taurin Clarke/Marvel ComicsBefore and especially after he showed up in the movies, Marvel’s comics gave Black Panther grand stories about his efforts to protect Wakanda and the larger universe from big threats. Being Wakanda’s king has meant he’s constantly had to shoulder the nation’s burdens on his back, but his upcoming solo series strips that away to turn him into a street-level hero for his nation.Revealed earlier in the week, the new Black Panther run from Eve L. Ewing (Ironheart, Spectrum) and Chris Allen…

Let’s talk about the new Black PantherImage: Marvel StudiosGoing into Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Marvel wasn’t specifically saying who was going to become the Black Panther in the wake of T’Challa’s death—but a glance at the poster or commercials made it fairly clear. So the who, maybe, wasn’t a mystery. But the why and how? Much more so.Speaking to io9 at last month’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever press day, producer Nate Moore explained why the character chosen to be the new Black Panther was the only person…

Image: Marvel StudiosArguably the biggest surprise in all of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, one that’s so secret even Shuri herself doesn’t speak of it, is that she sees her cousin, the evil Erik Killmonger, and not her mother or brother when she enters the Ancestral Plane. We asked director Ryan Coogler about this and will have his answer next week, but it’s obviously a complex choice with its answer weaved deep into Shuri’s journey.Shuri is practical. That she wasn’t able to science her way to saving her brother has…

Shuri is the heart and soul of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Image: Marvel StudiosIt all changes during the end credits. Since the beginning, Marvel Studios has put scenes during and after its credits to keep fans in the seats and tease what’s to come. It’s where Nick Fury debuted, where we first met Thanos and Wanda, and were teased about Captain Marvel. These are all crucial, unforgettable, exciting scenes. And yet we think Marvel’s latest film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, has the best credits scene in Marvel…

That Black Panther: Wakanda Forever works completely defies logic. The film juggles so many storylines, so many characters, and so many emotions, when you’re watching it, you half expect it to fall apart. Which, frankly, most of the audience would probably be okay with. It’s not every day a major Hollywood blockbuster comes to life without the titular star of the previous film, especially when that star has tragically passed away.But co-writer and director Ryan Coogler leans into the passing of Black Panther star Chadwick…

Riri Williams, aka Ironheart, is introduced in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Image: Marvel StudiosNot only does Black Panther: Wakanda Forever bring back dozens of characters from the first film, and not only does it introduce an entire new world thanks to Namor and the Talocan, the film also introduces the star of one of Marvel’s next Disney+ shows: Ironheart.Dominique Thorne plays the character, real name Riri Williams. On the surface, adding yet another new character into an already super-packed movie might seem…

Image: Marvel StudiosMarvel’s D23 presentation yesterday gave us our first look at what appears to be the full team headlining 2024's Thunderbolts film. Though it sports previous MCU antagonists like Ghost from Ant-Man & the Wasp and Black Widow’s Taskmaster, it’s not exactly what you’d call “villainous”: from Falcon & Winter Soldier’s US Agent to Yelena Belova and Bucky Barnes, most of the roster are people who’ve been manipulated by the government of their country, and Ghost only turned to villainy to not die.…

Here it is, the final shot of the Wakanda Forever trailer; a gold-decorated Black Panther suit. Eric Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), who was also known as N’Jadaka, famously wore a similar suit in 2018's Black Panther and was a Wakandan Emperor (as Black Panther) in one of the comic runs. Is this Killmonger, who very much died in the first movie, back again? Perhaps it’s Shuri, who took up the suit in the comics, or Nakia, who (again, in the comics) became an enemy of Wakanda and an ally of Killmonger. Hell, maybe it’s…