Mustafa Shakir Archives

But when Sebastian (Mustafa Shakir), an agent, is killed during a secret mission, his wife Alexa (Nomzamo Mbatha) takes his place to bring the man responsible to justice Allo spoke to Bleeding Cool about working with Jesse Atlas, who's making his directorial feature debut, and collaborating with the ensemble cast. Nomzamo Mbatha and Andy Allo in[...]

But when Sebastian (Mustafa Shakir), an agent, is killed during a secret mission, his wife Alexa (Nomzamo Mbatha) takes his place to bring the man responsible to justice Atlas spoke with Bleeding Cool about the inspiration behind the film, casting, and working with Willis before his retirement. Nomzamo Mbatha and Andy Allo in "Assassin" (2023) Image[...]

Image courtesy of Netflix Jet Black Mustafa Shakir is pretty spot-on casting for Spike's partner Jet Black, the disgraced former cop living his new life as a bounty hunter and "captain" of the Bebop As the heart, soul, and conscience of the crew, Jet's the venerable straight man and glue of the crew just like the anime[...]

Only an hour or so after unleashing John Cho's Spike Spiegel, Mustafa Shakir's Jet Black, and Daniella Pineda's Faye Valentine onto our senses with the official trailer for Netflix's take on the popular anime Cowboy Bebop With the series set to premiere in less than a month, the streaming service also released a new set[...]

With less than a month to go until John Cho's Spike Spiegel, Mustafa Shakir's Jet Black, and Daniella Pineda's Faye Valentine hit our streaming screens in Netflix's take on the popular anime Cowboy Bebop, viewers are finally getting what they've been waiting for No more teasers, opening credits, or "lost sessions" this time On Tuesday, Netflix[...]

With John Cho (Spike Spiegel), Mustafa Shakir (Jet Black), Daniella Pineda (Faye Valentine) set to hit streaming screens on November 19th in Netflix's live-action take on the popular anime Cowboy Bebop, viewers were treated to an extended preview of the highly-anticipated series called "The Lost Session" (with the promise of an official trailer in one[...]

The three major characters of Spike, Jet (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye (Daniella Pineda) are all smokers in the anime but we don't see the latter two do it as per the anime intro. Courtesy of Netflix Exploring Potential Cultural Changes in 2021's Cowboy Bebop With the de-emphasis on smoking culturally across media, it's not a major dealbreaker if[...]

With time ticking closer to John Cho (Spike Spiegel), Mustafa Shakir (Jet Black), and Daniella Pineda (Faye Valentine) bringing Cowboy Bebop to full-on, live-action life, Netflix series showrunner André Nemec is offering up some more details on the series First up, we have a writing team line-up that includes Nemec, pilot writer Christopher Yost (Thor:[...]

Not only did we have John Cho (Spike Spiegel), Mustafa Shakir (Jet Black), and Daniella Pineda (Faye Valentine) on hand to announce that original anime music composer Yoko Kanno would be creating original work for the live-action series, which would be hitting screens this fall Well, on Monday morning things got a whole lot more real[...]

The live-action adaptation also stars Elena Satine, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, and Alex Hassell Pilot scribe Christopher Yost will also serve as executive producer, alongside Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Marty Adelstein, and Becky Clements in the United States Yasuo Miyakawa, Masayuki Ozaki, Tetsu Fujimura, and Matthew Weinberg will serve as executive producers in[...]

The series followed Spike (a former criminal with a smooth 'do and charming personality who specializes in Jeet Kune Do), Jet (a former police officer), Faye (an amnesiac with a sordid past who was revived after a long slumber), Ed (a sly child prodigy computer hacker), and Ein (an intelligent Welsh Corgi classified as a[...]

As Mariah leaves we see that John "Bushmaster" McIver (Mustafa Shakir) is watching her Hernan "Shades" Alvarez (Theo Rossi) is sleeping in the interrogation room while Misty Knight (Simone Missick) and Priscilla Ridley (Karen Pittman) figure out how to use his information against Mariah. Bushmaster finds his way to where they're making the drugs but it's[...]

Mustafa Shakir may not be a household name, but his appearance in Marvel's Luke Cage season 2 a John "Bushmaster" McIver may change that He was asked during the red carper world premiere of the new season how he prepared for both the physicality of his role as well as for the character's Jamaican accent[...]

She catches him up on what she learned about John "Bushmaster" McIver (Mustafa Shakir) and how he's after Mariah, which is confusing since he bought guns from her Luke shows her the lawsuit and Misty feels bad because Cockroach is out because of her former partner, Scarfe She tells Luke he could always call Danny[...]

Griffith (Jeremiah Craft) tracking down Luke Cage (Mike Colter) just as John "Bushmaster" McIver (Mustafa Shakir) sucker punches him on the street The two men fight and seem evenly matched for strength, but Bushmaster is the better trained fighter and ends up knocking out Luke pretty easily The whole thing is on video Luke gets[...]

We check in with John "Bushmaster" McIver (Mustafa Shakir) who is still determined to bring down Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard) and is bugged by Luke's existence in Harlem Turns out that he also has a spy at Harlem's Paradise Mariah is having breakfast with her daughter Tilda (Gabrielle Dennis) and talking about the past when[...]

They're off to interrogate Arturo Rey (Otto Sanchez). John "Bushmaster" McIver (Mustafa Shakir) is pulling the bullets out of his chest from the last episode They went in about a quarter of an inch and stopped Pulling them out hurts, so he's not bulletproof exactly He then hits the streets and sees the video of Luke[...]

We get glimpses of Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard) and Shades (Theo Rossi) but the new trailer seems to set up the coming of John McIver (Mustafa Shakir) aka Bushmaster as someone who can actually hurt Luke. Synopsis for season 2: After clearing his name, Luke Cage has become a celebrity on the streets of Harlem with a[...]

Cast in the role of McIver is Mustafa Shakir (The Night Of). McIver first appeared as a villain for Danny Rand in the pages of Iron Fist #15 (1977) by Chris Claremont and John Byrne The character grew up in the Caribbean and came to New York where he got involved in street crime, quickly moving[...]

If Daredevil releases before November 17th, that will make four Marvel Television series premiering seasons on the streaming service in less than 12 months (Punisher premiered in November 2017). Joining Colter and Missick on Marvel's Luke Cage for the second season are Alfre Woodard (Mariah Dillard), Theo Rossi (Hernan "Shades" Alvarez), Mustafa Shakir (John McIver), Gabrielle Dennis[...]