If there is one film this season that seems to be increasingly relevant by the day it is Netflix's The Trial of the Chicago 7, and that became abundantly clear after a conversation with writer-director Aaron Sorkin and some of his superb ensemble cast at Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event.
The astounding…
Last year, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II seized the chance to engage with politically conscious storytelling, capturing the world's attention with a pair of weighty, dramatic performances. On the heels of his Emmy win for HBO's Watchmen, the actor returns to the awards circuit with The Trial of the Chicago 7, in which he…
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is in negotiations to join Jake Gyllenhaal in the Michael Bay action-thriller Ambulance. Universal recently finalized the deal to distribute the film with Endeavor Content handling the packaging of the project.
Chris Fedak penned the original script, which is based on the original Danish Film Ambu…
Protesters line the streets shouting about injustice, instigators cross state lines accused of inciting violence, National Guard and police take charge and clash with peaceful protesters, a Republican president touting law and order sends his attorney general to put what he calls radical elements of the left on trial…
At 2020's remote edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II won his first Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, for his potent turn in HBO's Watchmen.
“Oh, man. Thank you so much to the Academy. I'm so excited right now. I want to say thank you first off to my mama and my…
Following a remarkable morning for Watchmen—with 26 Emmy nominations for the HBO limited series—creator Damon Lindelof and star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are opening up about creative pursuits to come.
A first-time Emmy nominee, recognized for his turn as stay-at-home dad Cal Abar and the omnipotent Doctor Manhattan…
After his experience with Watchmen, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has been thinking a lot about disruption. In the show’s timely exploration of systemic racism in America, the actor plays two roles—stay-at-home dad Cal, and the Black god known as Doctor Manhattan. The HBO series' reception was so powerful that it changed the…
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II who played Black Manta in Aquaman is joining Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s reboot of The Matrix directed by Lana Wachowski. He will have one of the lead roles in the pic which is expected to begin production at the onset of 2020. It’s speculated that Mateen’s role will be that of a young…
Captain America: Civil War star Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II(Aquaman) have been cast in the upcoming fifth season of Netflix's Emmy-winning anthology sci-fi series Black Mirror, Deadline has learned.
Created and written by Charlie Brooker, each episode of Black Mirror employs a different cast of actors to…
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, last seen as Black Manta in the WB/DC Comics blockbuster film Aquaman, is in talks to take on the lead role in the Candyman sequel from MGM and producers Jordan Peele via his Monkeypaw Productions banner, and Win Rosenfeld. Nia DaCosta is at the helm, directing from a script co-written by Peele…
