Prior to last December, there were some big question marks surrounding the potential bin office triumph of James Wan's Aquaman, but the blockbuster wound taking place blowing every expectations out of the water. Despite a insane amount of competition, the film blew audiences away worldwide, and is now the biggest DC Comics becoming accustomed of every time. As a result, few were surprised with it was revealed that an Aquaman 2 is in the works, and now the project has apparently hired David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick to pen the screenplay.
The Wrap is reporting this latest go ahead from the making of Aquaman 2, noting that the screenwriter was one of three who worked on the script for the first Aquaman - including Will Beall and Geoff Johns. As you probably could have guessed, there aren't currently any details open around what the sequel will be about, and it is not still determined if James Wan is going to compensation to the helm. Wan is, however, serving as a producer on the project along with Aquaman/Shazam! producer Peter Safran.
Those who are aware with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick's play will perfectly understand why Warner Bros. made this concern - on greater than the vital and bin office triumph of the first Aquaman. Not without help does the screenwriter have a wealthy archives with Warner Bros. that goes greater than the superhero realm, he next has a archives with James Wan. The two filmmakers first paired taking place for 2016's The Conjuring 2, and he has next written the script for the upcoming The Conjuring 3 - which Wan is set to produce.
Warner Bros. has not still announced with they plot on releasing Aquaman 2, but it will likely be a few years from now as they have a kind slate for DC projects lined taking place amid now and the end of summer 2021. The without help DCEU title that's visceral released in 2019 is David F. Sandberg's Shazam! in April, but we next have Todd Phillips' Joker arriving in October; Cathy Yan's nature of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) coming in February 2020; Patty Jenkins' admiration woman 1984 scheduled for June 2020; Matt Reeves' The Batman penciled in for June 2021; and James Gunn's The Suicide Squad on the docket for August 2021.
There are, of course, large quantity of directions for Aquaman 2 to go in with its tally just based on what happened at the end of the first movie and in the mid-credits sequence. For starters, Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) is now the ruler of Atlantis, and will have to agreement with every of the pressures that arrive with that role. Also, Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) has found a additional ally in the Atlantis-obsessed scientist Dr. Stephen Shin (Randall Park), and their good judgment comprehensive could create some immense issues for the underwater monarch.
There's a fine unintentional we will be hearing a lot more practically Aquaman 2 in the coming months - and one could even probably area a safe bet right now that we will hear at least some kind of significant rumblings practically the project at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. We'll continue to be on the see out for every of the latest updates, fittingly stay tuned here on CinemaBlend.