Teaser trailer for Black Panther: Marvel's original black superhero sharpens his claws

The first teaser of Ryan Coogler’s film, which stars Chadwick Boseman, hinted at a film where action is king but ideas of colonialism and monarchy also feature

The first teaser trailer of the Creed director Ryan Coogler’s Marvel adaptation Black Panther revealed a movie that will tackle colonialism and ideas of monarchy, as well as the usual car-flipping action.

Airing during an NBA finals game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors, the teaser debuted the first shots of Chadwick Boseman, who played James Brown in the biopic Get On Up, as T’Challa – aka the Black Panther, the would-be ruler of the fictional African country of Wakanda.

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