So that First movie of Black Panther He had the expected impact, the creation of the fictitious land of Wakanda by the production designer Hannah Beachler and his team meant one of the greatest and most exciting feats of the history of cinema. That is why, after its premiere in 2018, it was not only a cultural phenomenon – it was Marvel's first film with an Afro -descendant director (Ryan Coogler) and a mostly Afro -descendant cast – but it was a triumph of the production design, and Beachler got an Oscar for his work in the afrofuturist country governed by King T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman).
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The expected sequel that is already in theaters, enters fans even more in Wakanda when Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) and Shuri (Letitia Wright) cry the death of T'Challa, a point of the plot born of the need after the death of Boseman in 2020. The film also introduces a completely new world, which Beachler and her team conceptualized and built water.
Yes, you have read well. Although the study of visual effects Weta gave the last touches to the Talokan underground civilizationmuch of it was built within gigantic water tanks up to 6 meters deep and 6 meters in diameter. «It was a bit shocking,» says Beachler about his initial reaction to the project. You may have seen the recent Tiktok video of actress Lupita Nyong'o in which she shows the underwater training routine she made to prepare for the film. Beachler and the rest of the team also worked with free divers to enter the water and access the sets. The director Coogler was probably the one who worked the most: «He learned to swim for the movie,» Beachler reveals.