Yahya Abdul-Mateen ll plays the leading role in the series adaptation of Man On Fire for Netflix

Emmy-winning actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen ll will star in and executive produce Netflix series Man on Fire. The eight-episode drama series is an adaptation based on Man on Fire and The Perfect Kill by A.J. Quinnell, the first two books in Quinnell's five-book series that were previously adapted into a film in 2004 starring Denzel Washington and in a 1987 Italian film of the same name.

Director Steven Caple Jr. directs episodes 1 and 2 of the latest incarnation and is also an executive producer.



The new series stars Abdul-Mateen II (pictured) as John Creasy, a once high-functioning and skilled Special Forces mercenary known for surviving even the most desolate situations. Creasy is now plagued with intense PTSD. He is determined to overcome his personal demons and sets out on the path to redemption. But before he can get used to his new life, he's on fire again and fighting harder than ever.

Kyle Killen is the writer, executive producer and showrunner. Executive producers are Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan and Natalie Lehmann for New Regency Productions, which controls the rights to the IP and financed the 2004 film; Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and Tracey Cook for Chernin Entertainment; and Killen and Scott Pennington for Chapter Eleven.

Caple, Ed McDonnell, Michael Polaire and Abdul-Mateen II will also executive produce alongside Stacy Perskie who will executive produce for RedRum.

Abdul-Mateen II recently played the role of Black Manta in the DC film Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom alongside Jason Momoa. Other notable credits include Ambulance (2022), The Matrix Resurrections (2021), Candyman (2021) and Aquaman (2018).

On television, Abdul-Mateen II played Cal Abar/Dr. Manhattan in Damon Lindelof's HBO limited series Watchmen (2019), a role that earned the actor his first Emmy nomination and first win. He also had a series regular role in Netflix's The Get Down, created by Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis. He can soon be seen as the titular superhero in Marvel's Wonder Man, a 10-episode series for Disney+.