Warner Bros. has released a new, extendedAquamantrailer online, offering a closer look at directorJames Wan’s (Furious 7) spin on the titular comics character.Jason Momoafills the title role following his debut inJustice League, and the story ofAquamanfinds the character caught between two worlds as his half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) wants to wage war on the land-dwelling humans. Wan directs from a script byDavid Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick(The Conjuring 2) andWill Beall(Gangster Squad), story byGeoff Johns& James Wan and Will Beall,
This looks…kind of bad. The CGI still doesn’t look finished (and at this rate, with release only a couple months away, it’s probably not going to look 100%), and more than that, the tone is just trying way too hard. You’ve got a solid bit of sweat magic in there, and then you’ve got to put a hat on a hat by giving Aquaman a pee joke. As for the action scenes, they just look kind of rote and uninteresting, and the story overall–Aquaman must rise to the challenge of becoming a king–seems pedestrian, especially in a year where we’ve hadBlack Panther, a film that questions what it means to rule rather than having its hero wrestle with responsibility of ruling in the first place. I know the DCEU is trying to course correct after flopping hard withJustice League, but it doesn’t look likeAquamanwill be the solution to Warner Bros' problems.
Check out the newAquamantrailer below. The film also starsAmber Heardas Mera,Willem Dafoeas Vulko,Temuera Morrisonas Tom Curry,Dolph Lundgrenas Nereus,Yahya Abdul-Mateen IIas Black Manta,Patrick Wilsonas Orm/Ocean Master, andNicole Kidmanas Atlanna.Aquamanopens in theaters on December 21st.
Here’s the official synopsis forAquaman:
From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be…a king.
