Tenoch Huerta Hopes Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Isn't the End for Namor

In the comics, Namor was a member of the Illuminati, a group that appeared, however briefly, in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness". He also had a history with the Fantastic Four, including a romantic interest in Sue Storm, aka the Invisible Woman, wife of Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic, played by John Krasinksi in "Multiverse of Madness".

With Namor taking on an antagonistic role in "Wakanda Forever," you'd almost expect Marvel to kill him off after a movie, like he's done with so many other villains. However, this character is not strictly speaking a villain, but rather an anti-hero whose motivations sometimes include resenting the surface world for its pollution of the oceans.

With a "Fantastic Four" movie now officially in development at Marvel Studios, maybe we'll see Namor reappear in this corner of the MCU. The rights to the character appear to have landed at Marvel around 2016, but based on what Feige has said in previous interviews, it looks like Namor might be in the same (again, "complicated") rights boat as the Hulk. in that the studio may use him as a supporting character, though not necessarily as a headliner in their own solo films.

One thing is certain: Namor is definitely in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever", which hits theaters on November 11, 2022.