'Aquaman' Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Joins Netflix Drama 'All Day and a Night' (Exclusive)

Regina Taylor and Kelly Jenrette will also star in the Netflix drama.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who will play Black Manta in the upcoming Aquaman movie, will join Ashton Sanders and Jeffery Wright in the Netflix drama All Day and a Night.

Golden Globe winner Regina Taylor and Kelly Jenrette, who recently picked up an Emmy nom for her role in the second season of The Handmaid's Tale, are also joining the feature, with Isaiah John, Shakira Ja-nai Paye and Andrea Lynn Ellsworth rounding out the cast.

Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole wrote and will make his directorial debut with the movie that is told in three parallel narratives, following a young criminal after his arrival in prison as he looks back on the days preceding his arrest and the circumstances of his childhood to find clues to his way forward in life and his survival.

Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson, who produced the upcoming film Crazy Rich Asians, are producing via their Color Force banner. Also producing is Jared Ian Goldman, who produces The Punisher for Netflix. Jonathan Monepare will executive produce.

Abdul-Mateen, who is repped by Gersh, Anonymous and Bloom Hergott, is set for Jordan Peele's Get Out follow-up, Us, and HBO's Watchmen pilot.