Yahya Abdul-Mateen II To Star In Amazon Whistleblower Drama ‘I Helped Destroy People’; Will Produce With Michael B. Jordan
Deadline is reporting that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is attached to star in the upcoming Amazon Studios film I Helped Destroy People, and will produce it alongside Michael B. Jordan.
In the film based on Janet Reitman’s 2021 New York Times article of the same name, Abdul-Mateen II will play Terry Albury, the F.B.I. agent who was tasked with infiltrating Muslim communities post-9/11 as the only Black agent at his bureau. Albury grew so disillusioned by the war on terror that he publicly disclosed classified documents to blow the whistle on the operation, which ultimately landed him in prison.
Ben Watkins, who created the Amazon series Hand of God, is on board to write the script. Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo will produce for Outlier Society, under their company’s deal with Amazon Studios, with Abdul-Mateen II for House Eleven10.
Abdul-Mateen II is an Emmy winner who will next be seen in Michael Bay’s Ambulance, slated for release in April. He will also soon reprise his role as Black Manta in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and is attached to star in Scent of Burnt Flowers—an FX limited series based on Blitz Bazawule’s novel, which House Eleven10 will produce.