EXCLUSIVE: Sources inform us that Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II sustained a minor hand harm on Thursday whereas filming the Netflix sequence Man on Fire in Mexico Metropolis which compelled manufacturing to pause.
Filming is predicted to renew on Monday for the eight-episode drama sequence which is an adaptation of A.J. Quinnell’s first two books Man on Hearth and The Excellent Kill, within the writer’s five-novel thriller sequence.
Abdul-Mateen II is scheduled to return to work earlier than manufacturing wraps for the vacations on Dec. 20, we hear. The filming schedule has been re-adjusted within the close to time period to work across the star’s absence. Abdul-Mateen II can also be an EP on Man on Hearth.
In Man on Hearth, Abdul-Mateen II performs John Creasy, a as soon as high-functioning and expert Particular Forces mercenary recognized for surviving even probably the most desolate of conditions. He’s now plagued with intense PTSD. Decided to beat his private demons, he units out on a path to redemption. However earlier than he can modify to this new life, he finds himself again within the hearth, preventing more durable than ever.
Kyle Killen (Concern Avenue) is the author, EP and showrunner of Man on Hearth. EPs embody Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan and Natalie Lehmann for New Regency Productions, which has the rights to the IP and financed the unique 2004 Denzel Washington film. Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and Tracey Cook dinner for Chernin Leisure; and Killen and Scott Pennington for Chapter Eleven are EPs with Ed McDonnell, Michael Polaire and Stacy Perskie, who’s an EP for RedRum. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts director Steven Caple Jr. is directing the primary two episodes of Man on Hearth and in addition serves as EP.
Netflix declined to remark.
Following Abdul-Mateen II’s Restricted Sequence Supporting Actor Emmy win for HBO’s Watchmen, the actor went on to star in such motion pictures because the 6x Oscar nominated Netflix title The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Bobby Seale, Candyman, Matrix Resurrections, Ambulance. The actor additionally starred in DC’s Aquaman franchise as Black Manta, in addition to The Biggest Showman and Jordan Peele’s Us.
