Introduction
As per reports, Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta will be recurring the role of Namor the Sub-Mariner in the upcoming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Namor is the King of Atlantis. The previous part of the Black Panther franchise has raised the position of Wakanda in the list of the most important places in Marvel Cinematic Universe, an imaginary nation of Africa that has the most advanced technologies of the world in its hands and now is prepared to expose itself in front of the whole world. The second installment of the franchise, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be assuring the new preface of this country as a nation of power in front of the world.
It’s been a while that the rumors are piling up about the storyline of Black Panther 2. The rumors say that this upcoming sequel will be following the comics and will be showing the clash between the two nations, Wakanda and another prehistoric, clandestine civilization, the Atlantis kingdom. Governed by the Sub-Mariner Namor as its king, this nation is a warmongering civilization with a lot of dwellers who actually the world above the sea. The movie Iron Man 2 first indicated the existence of this civilization in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and after that, the last installment of Avengers Franchise also gave some hints that were considered as another positive sign towards its existence. Since then, the fanbois are expecting that a clash will happen between the two nations of Wakanda and Atlantis as it is shown in the Comics and the Sub-Mariner will make his debut in the MCU.
What Do the Reports Say?
The new reports from the website The Illuminerdi have claimed that the hopes of the fans won’t go in vain. The website claims that the star from Narcos: Mexico, Tenoch Huerta, who has become a part of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever crew back in November of 2020, will be recurring the role of the Ruler of Atlantis, Namor the Sub-Mariner. On top of that, the website reports further that another two important characters from Atlantis will be introduced in the movie. Namora, who is the cousin of Namor and Attuma, the warlord and as well as the biggest enemy of his, whose actions often cause conflict between the Atlantis and the world above the sea.
The rights of the film for Namor the Sub-Mariner have caused a lot of problems for Marvel Studios as the right was sold out to the studio Universal a long time ago (in the 90s). Now that Universal Studios has the distribution rights of the character in its possession, Marvel hasn’t got any chance to push forward with this character. But not having the rights to make a solo venture doesn’t mean that Marvel cannot represent the character as the antagonist of their movies which also stars various other characters as its heroes. For example, Universal also has the rights of Hulk under its possession. But that didn’t resist Marvel from involving hulk in their movies. So, we can always expect the rumor to be true and publicly confirmed by Marvel.
