Fury RoadPrequelFuriosaLoses Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Yahya Abdul - Mateen IIhas a lot of nerdy irons in the proverbial cinematic fire . He latterly asterisk as Doctor Manhattan in HBO ’s wonderfulWatchmenTV series , had the lead purpose in the revivification of the horror movieCandyman , will be playing a new avatar of Morpheus inThe Matrix Resurrections , and returning to the role of the villain Black Manta inAquaman and the Lost Kingdom . But alas , the one iron he ’s had to overstretch out of the flak is Furiosa , George Miller ’s upcoming prequel to the bang - hitMad Max : Fury Road .

Deadlinebroke the tidings , saying Abdul - Mateen II “ had to part ways with the project due to a scheduling conflict . It is unknown the precise project Abdul - Mateen is exiting over , but source say it is a orphic Passion of Christ labor he had been develop for some sentence , and output late moved up on it , which ultimately led him to give Furiosa . ”

The only post - Furiosa project the doer has listed onIMDBis Emergency Contact , “ a high - construct , gamey - octane action picture show set in the underground music scene of Austin , Texas ” which does n’t exactly scream rage labor . yield the actor ’s high visibility ( and talent ! ) , it ’ll interesting to see what it ends up being .

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Meanwhile , histrion Tom Burke has been hired to play whatever Furiosa role Abdul - Mateen II had been spue in , diametric Last Night in Soho and The Queen ’s Gambit ’s Anna Taylor - Joy as the young Furiosa . Burke was in … uh … ( frantically look on Wikipedia ) the C.B. Strike serial as Comoran Strike , which … ( sees the show was based on J.K. Rowling criminal offense novel ) you know what ? Never mind .

Furiosa , which also asterisk Chris Hemsworth , was recentlydelayed until 2024so frankly , there ’s plenty of time for all the stars to quit and be recast multiple times . We ’ll see !

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