King of the seas! Aquaman, a.ok.a. Arthur Curry, is lastly headed again to the large display — and he’s doing it in an entire new wardrobe.
In September 2021, Jason Momoa revealed that his superhero go well with bought a serious improve for Aquaman 2, formally titled Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom. “Second spherical. New go well with. Extra motion,” the Recreation of Thrones alum wrote through Instagram alongside a photograph of himself within the outfit, which is stable blue with darkish silver accents. (His go well with within the first film was yellow-orange and inexperienced, because it was within the early Aquaman comics.)
Arthur’s garb isn’t the one factor altering within the second film, which is ready to hit theaters in December 2022. Director James Wan, who additionally helmed the primary movie, has mentioned that the tone of the sequel is a bit darker than that of the 2018 authentic.
“The second is just a little bit extra severe, just a little extra related to the world we’re dwelling in at present,” the Conjuring director mentioned throughout an August 2020 panel dialogue. “That’s the place it needs to go.”
In a separate interview, Wan pointed to a traditional horror film as one in all his main inspirations for The Misplaced Kingdom. “Aquaman 2 could be very closely impressed by Planet of the Vampires,” he instructed Complete Movie in August 2021, referencing Mario Bava’s 1965 film. “You’ll be able to take the boy out of horror, however you may by no means take the horror out the boy.”
It’d look like an odd selection for Aquaman, however Wan is most identified for his work on horror franchises together with The Conjuring, Noticed and Insidious. And whereas Arthur Curry’s Atlantis isn’t precisely spooky, it’s positively bizarre — folks trip sharks there, in spite of everything.
Momoa, for his half, has insisted that the brand new movie has extra humor than the primary one, which was an unusually humorous standout within the typically darkish world of films impressed by DC Comics. “This time round, I really feel like we’re pulling out the entire stops, buddy,” the Dune actor instructed Fandango in September 2021. “Even on the web page, it’s completely great. There’s a lot happening. I believe the stakes are rather a lot larger. There’s quite a lot of comedy. So, I imply, I giggled studying [the script].”
Whether or not The Misplaced Kingdom leans extra towards comedy or horror, it’s clear there’ll be tons of motion — and maybe extra shark-riding. Hold scrolling for all the pieces we all know up to now about Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom:
