Marvel unveiled its newest look at the studio’s first big blockbuster of 2018, Black Panther, earlier this evening. The trailer can be seen above.
Like so many trailers before it, including one of the biggest for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, the new Black Panther trailer played during the halftime show of a big football game, this time at the National Championship Game in Atlanta. The trailer, billed as a “Special Look,” debuted following a halftime performance from Kendrick Lamar, who late last year hinted that he was working on the Black Panther soundtrack. The 8-minute or so set featured a medley of hits including “DNA,” “Element,” “Humble” and “All The Stars” — the latter being the first single from the Black Panther soundtrack. Lamar ended the set by saying “This is TDE... Black Panther” and then walking off stage.
At San Diego Comic-Con in 2017, an exclusive trailer for Black Panther was shown to the 10,000 people gathered in Hall H. The trailer was set to the tune of Lamar’s “DNA.” Director Ryan Coogler told the Los Angeles Times that Lamar created a perfect anthem, which summed up his feelings on the story of T’Challa, Wakanda and Black Panther at large.
Black Panther will be released on Feb. 16.
