Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the last massive superhero film of 2023 is releasing next month and a new trailer just dropped. The film will see the return of Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Amber Heard as Mera, Patrick Wilson as Orm, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, and Randall Park as Stephen Shin. Jani Zhao will play the new character Stingray, Vincent Regan will play Atlan, and Indya Moore will play Karshon. Pilou Asbaek has also joined the cast in a mystery role. While this may be the end for Jason Momoa as Aquaman, rumors suggest he may join the new DC Universe in a different character.
New Trailer of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
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Original Aquaman director James Wan returned for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Previously, he called out the work of Ray Harryhausen and described the film as drawing inspiration from monster films of bygone Hollywood eras.
“There was an element of horror in the first film. [Harryhausen monsters] became the design foundation,” Wan told Empire. “The Lost Kingdom has a very retro, ’60s horror look. We have this huge action set-piece where Arthur and Orm fight [Black Manta’s] henchmen, using the ‘Octobot’ – this mechanical squid thing. That was really fun to shoot.”
He’s said the film has a “buddy comedy” tone. “From the start, I pitched that the first film would be a Romancing The Stone-type thing – an action-adventure romantic comedy – while the second would be an outright buddy comedy,” he said. “I wanted to do Tango & Cash! …Jason plays Arthur’s larger-than-life; Patrick plays the straight man. It’s not unlike what Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones did in Men In Black – like Tommy, Patrick plays it dry, but very funny.”
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom arrives in theatres on December 22.
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