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Jason Momoa will be swimming his way back onto the silver screens soon.

Suzan-Lori Parks’ acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog debuted Off Broadway in 2001, so it’s a safe bet that a significant portion of the audience at last fall’s limited engagement Broadway revival knew how things would end for the brothers Booth and Lincoln. Those character names alone leave little room for uncertainty.

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The stars are stepping out for the Thom Browne Fashion Show!

It’s impressive to see the sheer volume and quality of genre projects with which actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (“Trial of The Chicago 7”) has been involved in such a short period. Some of them include Nia DaCosta’s “Candyman” soft-reboot, Michael Bay’s heist thriller “Ambulance,” playing a new incarnation of Morpheus in Lana Wachowski’s “The Matrix Resurrections,” a major villain in the two “Aquaman” movies from director James Wan, and earning an Emmy award for his performance on the HBO series “Watchmen.” Well, the rising star has nabbed another significant role in a comic book project.

Twenty years after it first arrived to shake up a complacent Broadway and make a Pulitzer Prize winner of its author Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog has lost none of its vitality and power and cunning. Director Kenny Leon proves that in a vibrant new production opening tonight at the Golden Theatre.

Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has been quite the in-demand actor of late, starring in Oscar-prestige bait and genre projects.

Jason Momoa is gearing up to get behind the wheel for the next installment of  franchise. ET's Will Marfuggi spoke to Momoa at the  premiere in Los Angeles Monday night, where he dished on his role in the franchise's tenth installment and who he's most excited to work with.«He's amazing.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Trial of the Chicago 7) is attached to star in the upcoming Amazon Studios film I Helped Destroy People, and will produce it alongside Michael B. Jordan, Deadline can confirm.

The Matrix Resurrections, has said to expect “something completely different” from the original character.Laurence Fishburne played the elusive leader in the original trilogy from the Wachowski siblings, but was replaced by the Candyman star for the fourth instalment.Fishburne said that he didn’t “have an answer” as to why he wasn’t invited back for the new film, but added in an interview with New York Magazine “I wish them well.

Angelique Jackson Emmy-winning actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has officially added producer to his resume, with the launch of his production company House Eleven10.Abdul-Mateen and House Eleven10 have also inked a creative partnership with Netflix, with the actor starring in and producing films for the streamer under the new production banner.

Emmy-winning actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Matrix Resurrections, The Trial of the Chicago 7) today announced the launch of his production company, House Eleven10, as well as a new creative partnership with Netflix, which will have him starring in and producing films for the streamer under his new banner.

a Deadline report.Burke replaces Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who has to depart the prequel due to scheduling conflicts.“Furiosa” stars Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy as a young Furiosa, the role popularized by Charlize Theron in “Fury Road.”The film will open in theaters on May 24, 2024. The film is co-financed by Warner Bros.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Burke has joined Warner Bros and George Miller’s Furiosa, the spinoff to Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road. Burke replaces Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who had to part ways with the project due to a scheduling conflict. It is unknown the exact project Abdul-Mateen is exiting over, but sources say it is a secret passion project he had been developing for some time, and production recently moved up on it, which ultimately led him to leaving Furiosa.

One of the early elements reported on Lana Wachowski’s “The Matrix Resurrections” was that the film would see an actor play a “Morpheus-type role” in the fourth installment and when Warner Bros. cast Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (“Watchmen,” ‘Aquaman,” “Candyman”) in the role, it felt like he ultimately was replacing Lawrence Fishburne.

LOS ANGELES -- “Candyman” hooked the top spot at the North American box office.The Universal Pictures film starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II impressively pulled in more than $22.3 million through a quiet weekend despite concerns over the delta variant.

Angelique Jackson When the first trailer debuted for “Candyman” — director Nia DaCosta and producer Jordan Peele’s “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 horror classic — there was a great deal of buzz about the use of a slowed-down remix of Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name” alongside the original movie’s haunting score.But upon further reflection — the needle drop was an early hint at the way DaCosta and Peele’s take would examine deeper social themes.

is a name audiences are going to want to say again and again after it debuts in theaters.

Aquaman 2: Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom, has revealed more about what fans can expect to see in the upcoming film.Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who plays Black Manta in the DC film, praised the film’s new script and has said viewers will learn more about his character in the upcoming sequel.“I think the script is better than it was in the first one,” he began.

Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is set to star and executive produce Blitz Bazawule’s The Scent of Burnt Flowers, a six-episode limited series based on Bazawule’s upcoming novel, from Charles D. King’s Macro Television Studios and Bazawule’s production banner Inward Gaze.

Giving fans the feels of a true blue thriller bang in the middle of the week, Universal Pictures has just dropped the trailer of ‘Candyman’ and it’s far from anything that the name suggests. The 2021 American horror film is a reboot of the 1992 film of the same name and also the fourth film in the Candyman franchise.The thriller stars Colman Domingo who explains the legend of the Candyman to Anthony McCoy played by actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.

Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has been making a huge splash over at Warner Bros.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorYahya Abdul-Mateen II, Dwayne Johnson and Beau Flynn will team for action-thriller “Emergency Contact,” set against the Austin, Texas underground music scene, Variety has confirmed.Abdul-Mateen is attached to star in and executive produce the original project set up at Warner Bros., which is based on a pitch from busy writing team Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani.It’s described as a high-concept, high-octane action film set in Austin, but no further plot details are

Zendaya is being honored at the 14th annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II may be starring in the fourth “Matrix” movie, but don’t ask him to explain what the franchise is about. “No one understands the Matrix except for Keanu Reeves and Lana Wachowski,” Abdul-Mateen tells me.

Eiza Gonzalez works with some paramedics while training for her upcoming movie Ambulance on Thursday (January 14) in Los Angeles.

Eiza Gonzalez will be starring opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in the upcoming action-thriller Ambulance, which is being directed by Michael Bay.

Leading the list of honorees for the Critics Choice Association’s third annual Celebration Of Black Cinema are  Delroy Lindo receiving the Career Achievement Award, John Legend and Mike Jackson as Producers of the Year, Tessa Thompson winning the Actors Award, recent Emmy winner  Yahya  Abdul -Mateen II for the Breakthrough Award,  Andra Day as a Special Honoree,  and the cast of Amazon Studio’s One Night In Miami  taking the Ensemble Award.  The virtual ceremony will take place on Tuesday

THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (L to R) KELVIN HARRISON JR. as Fred Hampton, YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II as Bobby Seale, MARK RYLANCE as William Kuntsler in THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7. Cr. NIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX © 2020

nominated for 2020 Emmys. A total of 33 individual Black performers are up for every on-screen acting category, with Giancarlo Esposito, Maya Rudolph and Sterling K.

depict the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, is up for 26 awards, including Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for King’s acclaimed performance, making it the most-nominated program of the year.

Candyman actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has revealed he was asked to change his name when he began his career in Hollywood.The US star, who is also due to appear in The Matrix 4 and Netflix‘s The Trial of the Chicago 7, spoke in a new interview about representing Muslim people and staying authentic.Abdul-Mateen II recalled to GQ Middle East that he was asked early on in his career to change his name to Yahya Mateen, or just Yahya on its own, though was adamant he would never consider the option.“My

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineAfter 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.

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Here’s an outstanding new trailer for the upcoming Candyman film from Nia DaCosta. The film is being described as a “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 horror film of the same name that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighbourhood where the legend began.The new film stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Colman Domingo, and Tony Todd and Vanessa Estelle Williams will both reprise their roles from the 1992 original.