(Left) ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ director James Wan at CinemaCon 2022. Photos by Eric Charbonneau. (Right) Jason Momoa on the set of ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.’ Photo courtesy of Jason Momoa’s Instagram account.
Following the massive, $1 billion-plus success of the primary ‘Aquaman’ film, a sequel was just about a given. ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ initially shot in 2021, however since then has been by all method of adjustments, each when it comes to launch date and photographs.
Yet regardless of a number of tales about points behind the scenes, director James Wan has now opened up in regards to the course of, clearing up rumors and debunking some, whereas admitting it has been a problem getting the film so far?
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What’s the story of ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’?
Jason Momoa on the set of ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.’ Photo courtesy of Jason Momoa’s Instagram account.
In the earlier film, Aquaman, AKA Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) embraced his future as a pacesetter of Atlantis and thwarted the devious schemes of half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson).
For ‘Lost Kingdom’, the feuding siblings kind an uneasy partnership to tackle one other of the primary movie’s huge bads, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Black Manta, a vengeance-seeking and now massively highly effective supervillain in possession of the Black Trident, which supplies him the power to command an historic evil.
James Wan on whether or not Batman is in ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’
(L to R) Ben Affleck and Jason Momoa on the set of ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.’ Photo courtesy of Jason Momoa’s Instagram account.
Originally deliberate to floor in theaters final December, the ‘Aquaman’ sequel has seen a number of completely different launch dates and can be caught up in the long run of the DC Extended Universe (and the shift to James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new plans).
The change in arrival dates additionally meant Wan and co. needed to work to determine cameos and extra in order to suit into the storyline following ‘The Flash’.
An enormous a part of that’s which model of Batman would seem within the movie (if in any respect), with scenes shot that includes both Michael Keaton’s take (as returned to screens in ‘The Flash’) or Ben Affleck.
Here’s what Wan needed to say to Entertainment Weekly on that:
“The tricky thing early on was not knowing whether ‘Aquaman’ would come out first or come out after ‘The Flash’. So, we just had to be prepared. At the end of the day, the best thing I would say about this movie is that it is not connected in any way to any of those films.”
He gained’t be drawn on whether or not Batman truly exhibits up, preferring to go no touch upon that entrance.
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James Wan talks ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom re-shoots’
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta in Warner Bros. Pictures’ motion journey ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures launch. Photo Courtesy Warner Bros Pictures/ ™ & © DC Comics.
The chatter about further pictures has additionally been an enormous a part of the rumor sphere, however Wan is fast to elucidate…
“We have big actors in this movie, and everyone’s schedule is really hard. So, we had to break up our shooting schedule into sections. We’ll shoot a bit here now, because this actor’s available, and then we’ll do another shoot now, because this guy’s available. People are like, ‘Oh, they’re doing a whole bunch of different shoots!’ No. If we actually combined them all together, it’s actually not that many number of days at all.”
Wan on Amber Heard’s claims that her position as Mera was “pared down”
Amber Heard in 2010’s ‘The Ward.’
Amber Heard, who performs Atlantean warrior Mera within the first film and returns for the second, made feedback in 2022 that she felt her position within the new film felt “pared down”.
But for Wan, it was merely a case of David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick’s script specializing in a distinct dynamic this time:
“I always pitched this to everyone from the get-go. The first Aquaman was Arthur and Mera’s journey. The second movie was always going to be Arthur and Orm. So, the first was a romance action-adventure movie, the second one is a bromance action-adventure movie. We’ll leave it at that.”
You’ll get your likelihood to see extra of the film when the primary trailer arrives on-line tomorrow. For now, take a look at the teaser beneath:
‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ can be in theaters –– hopefully –– on December twentieth.
Jason Momoa as Aquaman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ motion journey ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures launch. Photo Courtesy Warner Bros Pictures/ ™ & © DC Comics.
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‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Atomic Monster, The Safran Company, and DC Films. The film is scheduled to launch in theaters on December twentieth, 2023.
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