DC’s Aquaman 2 has been garnering attention ever since it was announced. Aquaman 2 most definitely has to be DC’s and Warner Bros’ most anticipated movies of the entire lot. Until now, the movie was just known as “Aquaman 2”, with few fans guessing the full but now director of the movie James Wan has finally revealed what Aquaman 2 will be known as now, to the world.
In a personal post today, director James Wan revealed the title of the movie from a photo, which looked like something from a meeting discussing the events of the upcoming movie. The movie is now officially titled “Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom”. The movie will bring back Jason Momoa as the half human half Atlantean superhero, Aquaman to the screens once again. It can be said, it is almost confirmed, that Amber Heard will be returning to the sequel as Mera, along with Patrick Wilson as Orm and Yahya Abdul Mateen II as Black Manta.
The movie is being directed by James Wan and has now entered the pre production stage. James Wan is also producing the movie alongside Peter Safran. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick returns to pen the script for the upcoming movie. The first Aquaman movie was released in December 2018 and was instantly a big hit. The movie grossed approximately $1.14 billion, making it the only DC movie to reach such a target besides Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy.
Fans have big expectations from the upcoming movie especially since it is being helmed by none other than James Wan. Recently, in an interview he has mentioned about the movie’s releasing technique. He has guaranteed fans that this film is made for a theatrical release and will most definitely release first in theatres for the fans to have the best of the cinematic experiences.
James Wan has created magic on screen before with several of the horror movies like The Conjuring, The Nun, Annabelle Comes Homes, The Conjuring 2 and also the super car action thriller Furious 7 among others. He also has an upcoming project scheduled, which is a horror film titled “Malignant”. As for Aquaman 2, the movie already has a release date which is December 16, 2022.
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