00:00Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is in talks to join the Marvel Universe.
00:04The actor is already known to comic book fans as DC's Black Manta in the Aquaman movies starring Jason Momoa and for his memorable role in HBO's Watchmen.
00:13Now he's in talks to star in Wonder Man, Marvel's latest Disney Plus series.
00:17Destin Daniel Cretton, the filmmaker behind Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,
00:22and Andrew Guest, a writer and producer on comedies such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Community, are spearheading the series.
00:28Guest is head writer of the series, while Cretton will executive produce and possibly direct an episode or more.
00:35Wonder Man is one of Marvel's oldest characters, first introduced in 1964 in the pages of Avengers No. 9.
00:42As for Abdul-Mateen, he last appeared opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in the Michael Bay action movie Ambulance.
00:47Before that, he appeared in The Matrix Resurrections and Candyman.
00:51He is due back as Black Manta in Warner Bros. DC movie Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which is set to open December 25, 2023.
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01:02For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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