The Aquaman actor is in talk to star in the new Candyman feature.
Variety reports that while no official deal has been signed, it is safe to assumed that Abdul-Mateen is the star of Jordan Peele’s sequel to the horror film.
The project was announced last November. Peele will produce and co-write the “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 original. Nia DaCosta (Little Woods) is set to direct. The sequel will return to the neighborhood where the legend began: the now-gentrified section of Chicago where the Cabrini-Green housing projects once stood.
Abdul-Mateen other credits include Netflix’s The Get Down. He is also set to star next in Peele’s thriller Us HBO’s Watchmen series.
Candyman is expected to hit theaters in the summer of 2020.
