Aquamanhas already set itself apart fromJustice Leaguewith a single photo.Jason Momoais set to reprise his role as DC’s most famous Atlantean in anAquamansolo movie next year, which is directed by James Wan (The Conjuring,Furious 7). Now, the first official photo of Momoa as Arthur Curry, akaAquaman, from the movie has arrived online.
In the photo,Aquamanlooks radically different from thecheesy versionof the character that many are familiar with from the early comics and theSuper Friendsanimated show. This isn’t your daddy’sAquaman. This is an angry, totally ripped and kind of awesomeAquaman. Here’s what director James Wan had to say about his take and approach to theAquamanmovie, which is set to arrive in theaters on June 18, 2025.
“It’s going to look very different, it will feel very different, aesthetically, tonally, story-wise, it’s my own take. It’s a much more a traditional action-adventure quest movie…Aquaman has been the joke of the comic book world, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought how cool that would be. Let’s take the charactereverybody makes fun ofand do something really interesting with him.”
When James Wan met with Warner Bros. initially abouttackling a DC movie, he was offered a choice:The FlashorAquaman. WhileThe Flashmovie, which will tackle theFlashpointstoryline from the comics, still doesn’t have a director, Wan decided he was up to the challenge of makingAquamancool. As for Jason Moma? He says that theAquamanmovie is going to be “totally different” fromJustice League. Considering the mixed reception to DC’s superhero teamup movie, that’s probably one of the best things he could say.
“Justice League was only a weekend in Arthur Curry’s life. This is a totally different beast. In Aquaman, you see when his parents met and what happened to them. Then the little boy being raised and finding his powers and going through that and never being accepted on either side. And then becoming this man who puts up all these walls. You just slowly see this man harden up and be completely reluctant wanting to be king and not knowing what to do with these powers he has. I think James Wan just killed it.”
While both Fox and Marvel Studios are releasing three new superhero movies in 2018,Warner Bros. is only releasing Aquaman. That should give them time to figure out what they want to do with the DCEU moving forward and should also let the dust settle fromJustice League.Aquamanalso stars Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Dolph Lundgren, Patrick Wilson, Temuera Morrison and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as the villainous Black Manta. Be sure to check out the new photo of Jason Momoa inAquaman, courtesy ofEntertainment Weekly, for yourself below.
