diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_playblast.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_playblast.py
index 358fca6c2a..0dc91d67a9 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_playblast.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_playblast.py
@@ -96,19 +96,25 @@ class ExtractPlayblast(openpype.api.Extractor):
             # Remove panel key since it's internal value to capture_gui
             preset.pop("panel", None)
 
-            
             self.log.info('using viewport preset: {}'.format(preset))
 
             path = capture.capture(**preset)
-            playblast = self._fix_playblast_output_path(path)
 
-        self.log.info("file list  {}".format(playblast))
+        self.log.debug("playblast path  {}".format(path))
 
-        collected_frames = os.listdir(stagingdir)
-        collections, remainder = clique.assemble(collected_frames)
-        input_path = os.path.join(
-            stagingdir, collections[0].format('{head}{padding}{tail}'))
-        self.log.info("input {}".format(input_path))
+        collected_files = os.listdir(stagingdir)
+        collections, remainder = clique.assemble(collected_files)
+
+        self.log.debug("filename {}".format(filename))
+        frame_collection = None
+        for collection in collections:
+            filebase = collection.format('{head}').rstrip(".")
+            self.log.debug("collection head {}".format(filebase))
+            if filebase in filename:
+                frame_collection = collection
+                self.log.info(
+                    "we found collection of interest {}".format(
+                        str(frame_collection)))
 
         if "representations" not in instance.data:
             instance.data["representations"] = []
@@ -119,12 +125,11 @@ class ExtractPlayblast(openpype.api.Extractor):
 
         # Add camera node name to representation data
         camera_node_name = pm.ls(camera)[0].getTransform().name()
-        
 
         representation = {
             'name': 'png',
             'ext': 'png',
-            'files': collected_frames,
+            'files': list(frame_collection),
             "stagingDir": stagingdir,
             "frameStart": start,
             "frameEnd": end,
@@ -135,44 +140,6 @@ class ExtractPlayblast(openpype.api.Extractor):
         }
         instance.data["representations"].append(representation)
 
-    def _fix_playblast_output_path(self, filepath):
-        """Workaround a bug in maya.cmds.playblast to return correct filepath.
-
-        When the `viewer` argument is set to False and maya.cmds.playblast
-        does not automatically open the playblasted file the returned
-        filepath does not have the file's extension added correctly.
-
-        To workaround this we just glob.glob() for any file extensions and
-         assume the latest modified file is the correct file and return it.
-        """
-        # Catch cancelled playblast
-        if filepath is None:
-            self.log.warning("Playblast did not result in output path. "
-                             "Playblast is probably interrupted.")
-            return None
-
-        # Fix: playblast not returning correct filename (with extension)
-        # Lets assume the most recently modified file is the correct one.
-        if not os.path.exists(filepath):
-            directory = os.path.dirname(filepath)
-            filename = os.path.basename(filepath)
-            # check if the filepath is has frame based filename
-            # example : capture.####.png
-            parts = filename.split(".")
-            if len(parts) == 3:
-                query = os.path.join(directory, "{}.*.{}".format(parts[0],
-                                                                 parts[-1]))
-                files = glob.glob(query)
-            else:
-                files = glob.glob("{}.*".format(filepath))
-
-            if not files:
-                raise RuntimeError("Couldn't find playblast from: "
-                                   "{0}".format(filepath))
-            filepath = max(files, key=os.path.getmtime)
-
-        return filepath
-
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def maintained_time():
diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review.py
index f341ba197f..048d16fabb 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_review.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ExtractReview(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     profiles = None
 
     def process(self, instance):
-        self.log.debug(instance.data["representations"])
+        self.log.debug(str(instance.data["representations"]))
         # Skip review when requested.
         if not instance.data.get("review", True):
             return