The A-list cast of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever were in town on Tuesday night as The Cinema Society & Origin hosted a VIP screening of the highly anticipated new Marvel movie. Then, the film’s director Ryan Coogler and stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke and Tenoch Huerta drove through town and everything the way to take it all for the after party at the 101-story-high Peak Restaurant at Edge Hudson Yards.

The screening at the AMC Theater on 34th Street, which hosted figures from the worlds of entertainment, fashion, modeling, broadcasting and more, introduced audiences to where the franchise left off. The film begins emotionally following the death of King T’Challa (actor Chadwick Boseman tragically died of colon cancer in 2020) and follows the mighty fight of Wakandans to protect their kingdom and its resources. elusive naturals. Actress Letitia Wright, who plays Princess Shuri, shines in the film as her character takes center stage, while fan favorites Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong’o, Duke Winston and Danai Gurira reprise their roles. This time around, Tenoch Huerta Mejía is also cast as Namor, the relentless king of a secretive undersea nation, and judging by his spellbinding performance, it won’t be his last. Black Panther fans hear about him.

Among those present alongside Coogler and the cast were Whoopi Goldberg, Gayle King, Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes, Alan Cumming, Jon Batiste, Padma Lakshmi, Nicole Ari Parker, Amber Ruffin, Maxwell, Marcus Samuelsson, Sherri Shepherd, Lorraine Toussaint, Noma Dumezweni, Jennifer Esposito and Jesper Vesterstroem, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Prabal Gurung, Jeremy O. Harris, Jill Hennessy, Sunny Hostin, Liya Kebede, Tory Kittles, Shawn Levy, Amir Arison, Michael Aronov, Justin Bartha, Mehcad Brooks, Joseph Michael Cross, Mike Doyle, Johnathan Fernandez, Joyelle Johnson, Zainab Jah, HRH Queen Diambi of Congo, Erica Reid, Leon Robinson, Cynthia Rowley, Eric Rutherford, Valerie Simpson, Pritika Swarup, Sophie Sumner, V (formerly Eve Ensler) , Elaine Welteroth & Jonathan Singletary, Malik Yoba, Wale, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Leopoldo Gout, The-Dream, June Ambrose, Pat Cleveland, Johannes Huebl, Alex Lundqvist, Dale Moss and Cinema Society founder Andrew Saffir.

After the film was over, it was time to enjoy the city view from the Peak Restaurant, where attendees also sipped on WHO cocktails named Panther Potion and Wakanda Forever. Cheers!