Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has lots of nerdy irons within the proverbial cinematic hearth. He just lately starred as Doctor Manhattan in HBO’s fantastic Watchmen TV sequence, had the lead function within the revival of the horror film Candyman, shall be enjoying a brand new incarnation of Morpheus in The Matrix Resurrections, and returning to the function of the villain Black Manta in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. But alas, the one iron he’s needed to pull out of the hearth is Furiosa, George Miller’s upcoming prequel to the smash-hit Mad Max: Fury Road.

Deadline broke the information, saying Abdul-Mateen II “had to part ways with the project due to a scheduling conflict. It is unknown the exact project Abdul-Mateen is exiting over, but sources say it is a secret passion project he had been developing for some time, and production recently moved up on it, which ultimately led him to leaving Furiosa.”

The solely post-Furiosa challenge the actor has listed on IMDB is Emergency Contact, “a high-concept, high-octane action film set in the underground music scene of Austin, Texas” which doesn’t precisely scream ardour challenge. Given the actor’s excessive profile (and expertise!), it’ll fascinating to see what it finally ends up being.

Meanwhile, actor Tom Burke has been employed to play no matter Furiosa function Abdul-Mateen II had been solid in, reverse Last Night in Soho and The Queen’s Gambit’s Anna Taylor-Joy because the younger Furiosa. Burke was in… uh… (frantically appears on Wikipedia) the C.B. Strike sequence as Comoran Strike, which… (sees the present was based mostly on J.Okay. Rowling crime novels) you recognize what? Never thoughts.

Furiosa, which additionally stars Chris Hemsworth, was just lately delayed till 2024 so actually, there’s loads of time for all the celebs to give up and be recast a number of instances. We’ll see!

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