8 Important Things We Learned In The First Black Panther Trailer

7) The Truth About Wakanda

Klaue explains that the common image of Wakanda as a “third world country,” known for its “textiles, shepherds [and] cool outfits,” is actually all a front. Apparently, Wakanda is the real inspiration for El Dorado, the mythical city that’s usually thought to be in South America. Intriguingly, Klaw claims that he “is the only one who has seen it… and made it out alive.”

As Klaue’s voiceover plays, we see Wakanda unveiled to us in all its glory. Though the country was briefly glimpsed at the end of Civil War, we didn’t learn too much about it other than that it has a giant panther statue and is home to some sophisticated cryogenic freezing equipment. Here, we discover that the nation is a strange mix of a traditional African culture with some super-advanced technology.

The visuals in this scene are fantastic and promise that Wakanda will make for a fresh location to explore, as opposed to all those MCU movies set in New York. It’s a strange coincidence though that Marvel are also doing a film about a royal superhero from a mysterious hidden land right after DC have made Wonder Woman.