It does not appear that Tenoch Huerta’s character, Namor, will star in a stand-alone Marvel film anytime soon. In a recent interview with The Wrap, Marvel’s Nate Moore explained that Namor has run into many of the problems that the Hulk has. Currently, Universal Pictures owns the rights to both characters. As a result, Marvel is able to use them in films, but they are not allowed to have their own films or appear alone in marketing materials under most circumstances.
“It honestly affects us more, and not to talk too much out of school, but in how we market the film than it does how we use him in the film,” More explained, per The Wrap.
“There weren’t really things we couldn’t do from a character perspective for him, which is good because clearly, we took a ton of inspiration from the source material, but we also made some big changes to really anchor him in that world in a truth that publishing never really landed on, I would argue, in a big way.”
Tenoch Huerta’s Namor may not receive his own film anytime soon, but he may pop back up in a future film.
“He can return,” Moore said without offering any additional context.
While Namor’s future is sorted out, Marvel will turn its attention to its next major release. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will debut in theaters on February 17, 2023.
