Oh what a night! According to Deadline stars, filmmakers and special guests hit the El Capitan Theatre on Wednesday night in Hollywood for the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Disney begins overseas rollout of the highly anticipated sequel on November 9 and releases domestically November 11.
Stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Alex Livinalli and Mabel Cadena were all in attendance at the premiere.
Also on the carpet, Marvel boss and producer Kevin Feige with fellow producer Nate Moore, executive producers Louis D’Esposito and Victoria Alonso.
Director Ryan Coogler spoke to Deadline about the late Chadwick Boseman, who starred in the first film, and said, “He was a giant of a man, the screen couldn’t contain him.
To watch his movies is only to know a piece of him. We felt so fortunate to know the whole guy and we try and honor him on this one.”
“We tried to honor him with this one”: Ryan Coogler on welcoming a new Black Panther after Chadwick’s passing #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/780rlq7civ
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) October 27, 2022
Further putting in appearances were Michael B Jordan, Regé-Jean Page, Tyler Perry and Rihanna, whose “Lift Me Up,” the lead single from the original soundtrack, comes out this Friday.
see below:
Lupita in Balmain
Halle Bailey in Toni Mticevski
Marsai Martin in Azzi & Osta
Rihanna in Rick Owens
Danai Gurira in Robert Wun
Michaela Coal in Ferragamo
Tyler Perry in Tom Ford
Michael B Jordan in Louis Vuitton
Angela Bassett in Moschino
The cast:
