Black Panther: Wakanda Forever launched a brand new villain to the Marvel Cinematic Universe — Namor (Tenoch Huerta). The Sub-Mariner is a Yucatec Mayan mutant-hybrid who guidelines the underwater realm of Talokan — which, like Wakanda, is wealthy in vibranium. He was supposed to seem in the long run credit scene of the primary Black Panther film, teasing his arrival within the sequel. However, that concept was scrapped for the very same purpose why the character might by no means get a standalone film.
‘Black Panther’ didn’t tease Namor’s arrival, however ‘Avengers: Endgame’ did (form of)
The MCU is thought for its Easter eggs, so it ought to come as no shock to followers that Namor’s arrival was seemingly teased in Avengers: Endgame. As Gamesradar factors out, it occurred throughout a gathering at Avengers headquarters after Thanos’ snap. Black Widow led the dialogue, together with the holograms of Captain Marvel, Rocket Raccoon, and Okoye.
When Natasha asks in regards to the “tremors” affecting Wakanda, Okoye tells her, “It was a gentle subduction beneath the African plate.”
“How are you dealing with it?” Natasha asks, to which Okoye replies, “It’s an earthquake beneath the ocean. We deal with it by not dealing with it.”
This temporary second was seemingly an Easter egg that teased Namor’s arrival in Wakanda Eternally. However, in accordance with writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley, that scene wasn’t actually a Namor reference.
“I want we have been that good,” Markus informed The Hollywood Reporter.
Why Namor might by no means get a standalone film after his debut in ‘Wakanda Eternally’
Director Joe Russo mentioned that the scene was “possibly” a touch that Namor was coming, however it was by no means a affirmation. The reason being, the rights to the character partially belong to Common Studios.
In truth, Namor was alleged to be in a Black Panther post-credits scene that might have featured the Wakanda throne with moist footprints main as much as it. However, Marvel couldn’t tease the character’s arrival at that time due to the character rights subject with Common.
It wasn’t till a 12 months after the discharge of Avengers: Endgame that Marvel was in a position to work out his look in Black Panther 2, once they secretly employed Huerta in 2020. Director Ryan Coogler introduced his casting, confirming Namor’s arrival within the MCU.
Nonetheless, Marvel and Common nonetheless share the character rights. So, the possibilities of Namor getting a standalone film are slim.
Marvel bought the rights to a bunch of characters years earlier than ‘Black Panther’
Lengthy earlier than the MCU turned probably the most highly effective juggernaut in Hollywood — again within the Nineties — Marvel had critical cash issues. Which triggered them to promote the rights to a bunch of characters to completely different studios.
In 1997, The Proper Stuff’s Philip Kaufman was growing a film about Namor: Sub-Mariner when X-Males went into improvement at Fox. Clearly, nothing ever got here from the mission, however quite a lot of these character rights are nonetheless scattered amongst varied studios. And although Namor is again in Marvel’s palms, there’s nonetheless a loophole on the subject of distribution rights.
This is the reason Hulk hasn’t had a solo film since Edward Norton’s The Incredible Hulk in 2008. That movie was a collaboration between Marvel and Common. However, Common has distribution rights to any solo Hulk movie shifting ahead. The identical goes for Namor — which suggests followers should anticipate a brand new deal between Marvel and Common if they need a solo flick from the character sooner or later.
Black Panther: Wakanda Eternally is now taking part in in theaters.
