Deadline is reporting that Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman) have been cast in the upcoming fifth season of Netflix’s Emmy-winning anthology sci-fi series Black Mirror.
Created and written by Charlie Brooker, each episode of Black Mirror employs a different cast of actors to explore themes linked to the collision of mankind with the unforgiving technology they have created.
Season four featured episodes including space thriller “USS Callister” starring Breaking Bad‘s Jesse Plemons, romcom “Hang The DJ”, Maxine Peake-fronted black and white nightmare “Metalhead”, Iceland-set “Crocodile”, Jodie Foster-directed “Arkangel” and Colm McCarthy’s “Black Museum”.
Mackie will next be seen in the second season of Netflix’s Altered Carbon as the lead Takeshi Kovacs followed by the remake of Point Blank. He most recently was seen on the big screen in Miss Bala and The Hate U Give. Upcoming projects include Against All Enemies with Kristen Stewart and The Banker with Samuel L. Jackson.
Abdul-Mateen II, last seen as Black Manta in the WB/DC Comics blockbuster film Aquaman, will next be seen in Jordan Peele’s Us, and is in talks to take on the lead role in MGM/Jordan Peele’s Candyman sequel and will be seen in HBO’s Watchmen.
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