8 Important Things We Learned In The First Black Panther Trailer

8) Enemies Reunited

The trailer opens with the return of two familiar faces to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Government agent Everett Ross, introduced in Captain America: Civil War, is seen interrogating Ulysses Klaue, the South African criminal last seen getting his arm chopped off by Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron. The pair are discussing the truth about Wakanda, with the country’s king himself watching through a (apparently ineffective) one-way mirror.

In the comics, both Ross and Klaue are pretty major parts of the Black Panther mythos. Ross is usually the US ambassador to Wakanda and could be used in the movie as a kind of sidekick to T’Challa, or at least an audience identification character as we’re introduced to the mysterious nation. Klaue, meanwhile, is typically the murderer of King T’Chaka, which is actually Zemo in the MCU. As such, we’ve yet to see how big a role he’ll have in the movie.

The pairing of these two characters will no doubt please Lord of the Rings fans as well – actors Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis previously played enemies in The Hobbit movies, with Freeman as the heroic hobbit Bilbo Baggins and Serkis as Gollum.