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‘Aquaman’ Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II In Talks To Star In MGM/Jordan Peele’s ‘Candyman’ Sequel

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, last seen as Black Manta in the WB/DC Comics blockbuster film Aquaman, is in talks to take on the lead role in the Candyman sequel from MGM and producers Jordan Peele via his Monkeypaw Productions banner, and Win Rosenfeld. Nia DaCosta is at the helm, directing from a script co-written by Peele and Rosenfeld. The reboot of the 1992 horror classic is being billed as a "spiritual sequel" to the original and returns to the neighborhood where the legend…