Celebrities and melanin were building last night for the ‘Black Panther 2’ premiere.
Stars for the highly anticipated sequel, and special showed out at the El Capitan Theatre on Wednesday night in Hollywood for the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The movie releases domestically on 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. The group posed together for an epic group photo.
Also on the carpet, Marvel boss and producer Kevin Feige with fellow producer Nate Moore and executive producers Louis D’Esposito and Victoria Alonso.
Rihanna Attends “Black Panther 2′ Premiere
Rihanna also graced the purple carpet with her presence. Showing up alongside boyfriend A$AP Rocky, the billionaire wore a metallic gown with cascading wavy hair.
Recently confirmed to be headlining the Super Bowl, the singer also teased a track for the “Wakanda Forever” soundtrack this week.
She matched with rocky in taupe outfits for the occasion.
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
Coogle wore a necklace and pendant with Chadwick’s face on it, for the special moment.
Michael B. Jordan also attended in a yellow wide-legged pants suit. Are you feeling his look, roomies?