Yahya Abdul-Mateen II IS Black Manta

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II best known for his role as Cadillac on the Netflix series “The Get Down,” has been tapped to play the villain Black Manta in “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa. Patrick Wilson and Amber Heard also star in the Warner Bros. movie. James Wan is directing the superhero film with Peter Safran producing. Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder, and Rob Cowan are executive producing. Warner Bros. declined to comment on the casting. The studio said last year that the title character would be caught between a surface world constantly ravaging the sea and the undersea Atlanteans, who are ready to lash out in revolt. Aquaman is based on the DC Comics character who’s the king of Atlantis, a half-human and half-Atlantean named Arthur Curry. He was first introduced in the early 1940s. Black Manta first appeared in 1967 comics as an antagonist to the underwater superhero. Abdul-Mateen was also a finalist to play young Lando Calrissian in the Han Solo “Star Wars” spinoff and can be seen next in “Baywatch” opposite Dwayne Johnson. He is repped by Gersh.

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II IS Black Manta