Aquaman Movie

I saw it tonight via the Amazon Prime preview.

It was excellent. Go see it.

The Trailer is Here

Aquaman Casting Call

Aquaman casting calls and auditions says:

The DC Comics feature film “Aquaman” will begin shooting on May 22, 2017 and casting is underway for new lead and supporting roles. Shooting will take place in Queensland, Australia. All actors, extras, stand-ins, and photo-doubles must have legal eligibility to work in the entertainment industry in Australia. Film crew members can submit resumes to the production office email address below.

“Aquaman” will center on Aquaman as a reluctant ruler of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis who is caught between land dwellers that are always polluting the globe and his own people who are ready to invade the surface. Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Jason Momoa will play Aquaman. Also starring is Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Hollywood Film Awards winner Amber Heard as Mera, two-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko, two-time Golden Globe Award nominee Patrick Wilson as Orm/Ocean Master, New Zealand Film and TV Awards winner Temuera Morrison as Thomas Curry, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta.

Two-time Hollywood Film Awards winner James Wan will direct “Aquaman” from a screenplay written by Will Beall
based on a treatment by Wan and DC Entertainment President Geoff Johns. Albert Cho is 1st AD. Producers are Jon Berg, Geoff Johns, Peter Safran, Deborah Snyder, and Zack Snyder. Rob Cowan will serve as executive producer.

“Aquaman” is scheduled to hit theaters on October 5, 2018.

There is also a one-line summary of the movie: "Aquaman is the King of the Seven Seas. This reluctant ruler of Atlantis, caught between a surface world constantly ravaging the sea and Atlanteans looking to lash out in revolt, is committed to protecting the entire globe."

Aquaman Pro-Tip: If You Drop Your Trident, Just Use Wonder Woman's Sword...

I'm not a beer drinker...

... but if you are, there's a Jason Momoa beer. That's right, Aquaman gets his own beer.

James Wan says Aquaman is going to be awesome

In an interview with MTV, Wan said

“A big part of it was me telling them what potential I saw in this character,” Wan told MTV News while promoting The Conjuring 2 at CinemaCon on April 14. “As we all know, Aquaman is somewhat the butt of the joke in the superhero world. There’s something cool about that. I love the idea of being the underdog, coming in with a take on this underdog character and completely blow people’s expectations away. Like, ’Oh, you thought he was going to be a wimpy character? No no no.’ It’s going to be so cool.”

Check out this link for a video of Momoa at work, as well.

Momoa looks... odd?

Aquaman Action Figure from Batman vs Superman...

Aqualinks

More on the Entourage reaction to Jason Momoa as Aquaman. Momoa has a message for the director. And Momoa plays in waterfalls. You can also follow Momoa's Instagram if you haven't already...

Wan and Momoa... Aloha!

Southern Fried Science looks at The Ocean Cleanup project and the current problems with it. The short summary is: despite the goal of getting plastics out of the ocean, there is a lot of potential to cause massive environmental harm. Aquaman would definitely be investigating this one if it were happening in the DCU.

Whose Aquaman is Better?

Vulture.com asked the cast of the Entourage movie, who obviously support their actor for Aquaman.

Source

Linkdump

Review of Convergence: Aquaman #2.

Review of Convergence: Justice League #2.

More Momoa.

Wonder Woman and the Octonauts meet Aquaman.

By Cynthia "Thea" Sousa and Amanda

Momoa talks Aquaman

Comic Book Resources has a bit on Jason Momoa which talks a bit about what he thinks about playing the character.

...he did comment on how portraying Aquaman on the big screen makes him feel. "It's an absolute dream come true, and I'm really happy that it's out now. I'm not good at keeping secrets at all and I had to keep that secret for a very long time," Momoa said. "It's an honor. I don't have too many things [I've worked on] my children can see -- my son's obsessed with Batman and my daughter's obsessed with Wonder Woman. I never thought in a million years I'd be playing Aquaman." He said the next seven or eight years are going to be amazing but lamented the fact that he'll basically only be eating chicken breast for the next several years in order to keep up with Aquaman's royal physique.

I'm also amused that he said his favorite DC villains include Black Manta.

Momoa on his new role

Honestly? I'm a bit turned off by Momoa's attitude, but if that's what he feels like he has to do to get into the role, that's what he's got to do. It does seem to me that the perception of Aquaman is going to change once this version is on the screen. Let's hope it's for the better.

What do I think?

One thing people kept asking me at Emerald City Comicon, when they figured out I am an Aquaman fan, is what I think of Jason Momoa playing Aquaman. I answered as honestly as possible every time.

In short, I haven't seen Momoa in action. I do not watch Game of Thrones, but I'm well aware of the character because I've read the books. I don't mind the change in look... Aquaman has been re-created multiple times, even in my lifetime. The blond hair, while it has been used as a plot point, is not central to the character. The only reason that color was chosen was because it stands out well from water-based backgrounds (which is why orange was picked as well).

What I care about is a good story. I want to see a plot that rocks the house. I want to see a performance from the actor that's believable and works. I am willing to see what this different take on Aquaman is... but how much I like it will NOT depend on how close it is to the "original" stories, such as they are. It will depend on whether or not they capture the essential scope of the character: his ability to live and thrive underwater, giving him a realm far greater than any of us land dwellers can hope to see.

As a fan, my inclination is to be inclusive rather than exclusive. I don't believe in cutting off good creative works because of some misguided loyalty to another work. I am a Star Trek and a Star Wars fan. I love Doctor Who, Sherlock, The Flash, Gotham, Arrow, and a good dozen other tv franchises. I enjoy good, fun works. My universe can hold a lot of different versions of Aquaman. In fact, one of my favorite things about collecting sketches was seeing the utterly different takes each artist had on Aquaman. Each artist brought their own baggage and their own style to Aquaman, making each sketch a precious look into another universe. In the "official" DCU, I love Elseworld and Multiverse versions of Aquaman.

So, I have no real opinion on Momoa's Aquaman yet. I'll see it when it happens, and maybe I'll have a different view then. Maybe it won't be my cuppa. Maybe I'll love it to pieces. Hard to say, since it isn't really out there yet. The single image we've seen is promising... it promises something completely new and different with callback's to Peter David's run. I'm certainly eager to see what it is.