{"id":39855,"date":"2017-01-31T19:21:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T00:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=39855"},"modified":"2017-01-31T19:21:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T00:21:36","slug":"aquaman-might-have-its-black-manta-in-abdul-mateen-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/31\/aquaman-might-have-its-black-manta-in-abdul-mateen-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"AQUAMAN Might Have Its Black Manta In Abdul-Mateen II"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As we have said before<\/a>, Aquaman has two arch-enemies: Ocean Master and Black Manta. Aquaman<\/strong>, the film, has already found its Ocean Master in Patrick Wilson, and it looks like it has found its Black Manta as well.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog is reporting <\/a>that Warner Brothers has offered the role to The Get Down’<\/strong>s Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The two parties are in talks to work out the financial arrangements.<\/p>\n

Black Manta first appeared in 1967 as a world-be ocean conqueror with a grudge against Aquaman. He’s a unique character in the fact that he is an African-American villain who is not a common street thug but rather a powerful world-beater. He also has killed Aquaman’s infant son in the comic, an act that most comic writers would have had their characters steer clear of.<\/p>\n

Abdul-Mateen II is a relative newcomer to acting, The Get Down <\/strong>is his first major role, but he had a lot of high-profile projects coming up, including Baywatch <\/strong>and The Greatest Showman<\/strong>. He was also up for the role of Lando Calrissian in the Han Solo origin film, a part that went to Donald Glover.<\/p>\n

Aquaman <\/strong>opens October 5, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Get-Down star will get to plague Jason Momoa’s AQUAMAN–if the price is right.<\/div>\n

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