Danai Gurira’s Name Was Left Out Of The ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Poster, And Folks Aren’t Happy

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On Thursday, a full week after Captain Marvel debuted in theaters, Marvel Studios released the first official trailer for its next massive film, Avengers: Endgame. They also released a new poster for the 22nd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that features practically every member of the team who survived Thanos’s snap in Avengers: Infinity War. Even the Wakandan warrior Okoye is featured. Yet as fans were quick to point out, Danai Gurira, the actress who plays Okoye, wasn’t named at all.

Folks were already somewhat miffed by the spoilery nature of the trailer, but as Entertainment Weekly points out, Gurira not getting any named billing on the poster was a step too far.

Even Rocket Raccoon, the all-CGI character voiced by Bradley Cooper and motion-captured by Sean Gunn, earned the former a place on the top billing. Gurira, meanwhile, is physically in the poster but not named among the rest of the cast. So yeah… folks are mad.

— Black Girl Nerds (@BlackGirlNerds) March 14, 2019

BLACK PANTHER star Danai Gurira is the only actor pictured whose name isn’t billed at the top. Her image is larger than some actors who do get that billing. The only one from the franchise’s best and most profitable movie, and yet @MarvelStudios, this isn’t difficult. Fix this. https://t.co/22miymysgj

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 14, 2019

she is the only black woman on that poster, the highest profile post-snappening wakandan, a firm fan favorite, and freaking actual DANAI GURIRA to boot. put some respect on her name, damn.

— Bim Adewunmi (@bimadew) March 14, 2019

Y'all named the voice behind the raccoon but couldn't squeeze in Danai's name https://t.co/IKCXRAu3QC

— Ms Universally Specific (@Gota_de_L1uvia) March 14, 2019

I'd like to know why danai's name isn't on here with everyone else's. RESPECT HER. https://t.co/yFYElKUOL2

— angela (@chimneyhan) March 14, 2019

This is awesome, but damn Danai Gurira didn't make the credits, huh

— Corey Chichizola (@CoreyChichizola) March 14, 2019

…let's just call this fan art Fixed it for #Danai pic.twitter.com/dBcWJYk5p0

— NIKKOLAS (@4NIKKOLAS) March 14, 2019

As sketchy as this oversight is, however, EW is quick to note that there may be more at play. For starters, “The placement of credits is often a legal matter determined by contracts and marketing.” Even so, with as big of an impact as Gurira and her character Okoye have had on the MCU and its fandom, her name’s absence remains troubling.

UPDATE: The official Marvel Studios Twitter account posted an updated version of the poster with Gurira’s name on it, adding that “she should have been up there all this time.”

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) March 14, 2019

Despite the quick turnaround, however, fans weren’t entirely accepting of Marvel’s course correction.

— Sushi Mane (@GervinTwittiot) March 14, 2019