Marvel announces, projects at Comic-Con, including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Chadwick Boseman

During their presentation, the director and cast of the second Black Panther movie paid tribute to the late actor Chadwick Boseman. Studio head Kevin Feige also announced a bunch of new movies and TV shows.

The 6,000 excited fans in Hall H were treated to an action-packed panel with cast appearances and moving presentations for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and Secret Invasion, as well as a flurry of news from studio head Kevin Feige about the next slate of movies and TV shows coming up. 

Feige walked fans through the end of Phase Four, then told them all about Phase Five and even gave a sneak peek at Phase Six. Among the best of these are Phase Five's: Loki: Season Two, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, and Daredevil: Born Again, which will star Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio, and will be on Disney+.

The Marvels, Blade, and Captain America: New World Order will be in theatres on July 28, 2023, November 3, 2023, and May 3, 2024, respectively. So far, only three Phase Six projects have been announced: Fantastic Four, which will come out in theatres on Nov. 8, 2024, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, which will come out on May 2, 2025, and Avengers: Secret Wars, which will come out on Nov. 7, 2025.

Lively musical performance by Baaba Maal

The Wakanda Forever presentation began with a lively musical performance by Baaba Maal, Massamba Diop, dancers, and drummers. Director Ryan Coogler then gave a brief introduction.

He told a sweet story about his first time at Comic-Con and how he sat next to the late actor Chadwick Boseman. When the actor saw the first footage from the movie, he put his hand on Coogler's shoulder to show how excited he was. Coogler said, "He was really strong, and he was getting excited.

As the clip went on, he kept squeezing my shoulder, and when it was over, I couldn't even lift my arm." "For the rest of that day, I held his hand. Standing here with you all and listening to that music, I can feel his presence and contemplate the enormity of it all.

He went on to say, "Chad is no longer with us physically, but his spirit, his passion, his genius, his pride in his culture, and the impact he had on this industry will last forever." We put our love for Chadwick and our passion into this movie.

It's a real roller coaster."Mabel Cadena, Michaela Cole, Winston Duke, Danai Gurira, Tenoch Huerta, Florence Kasumba, Alex Livinalli, Lupita Nyong'o, Dominique Thorne, and Letitia Wright were all there.

Several of them talked about how happy they were to be back at Comic-Con and celebrate the sequel with their film family.

Gurira

"Watching these amazing artists perform is one of the most important things I've done recently," Gurira said about the opening musical performance. "I grew up in southern Africa, where my parents are from in Zimbabwe.

I always looked up to America and how it made superheroes on the big screen, so to see that merging happening, to see all your cameras up and you're taking in that culture and celebrating it, that means everything to me. I was able to be a part of that."

The cast of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 shared an emotional moment together on stage after witnessing a loop of new footage from their next film, in which Zoe Saldana's character Gamora makes a dramatic comeback.

"We've never seen that footage before, so we're all having a moment," said actor Chris Pratt. "It's really sad." Karen Gillan said, "I'm trying not to cry after seeing that trailer."Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 comes out in theatres on May 5, 2023. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever comes out in theatres on November 11.