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  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom teaser drops; trailer to be out soon 

    By Express News Service

    A teaser of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, starring actor Jason Momoa in the lead titular character, was released by the makers on social media on Sunday. With the trailer releasing on Thursday, the film is set to hit the theatres on September 20.

    The teaser shows the grand visuals of the film, with Jason battling the evil forces under the guise of Aquaman.

    The film is directed by James Wan, who also helmed the previous film. Along with Jason, the film’s cast includes Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Nicole Kidman. With a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, the story is by James Wan and David Leslie. The technical crew consists of Don Burgess as the cinematographer, Bill Brzeski on production design and Kirk Morri handling the edits. Rupert Gregson-Williams will be scoring the music.

    Don’t miss the full trailer this Thursday. #Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom – Only in theaters December 20. pic.twitter.com/Cwk1ElJ8lN
    — Warner Bros. Pictures (@wbpictures) September 11, 2023
    Reports suggest that the film is billed to be heavier on the production costs and kicked off as a project with $205 million as budget. The film was shot during the pandemic, further raising the budget along with the film’s special effects.

    A teaser of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, starring actor Jason Momoa in the lead titular character, was released by the makers on social media on Sunday. With the trailer releasing on Thursday, the film is set to hit the theatres on September 20.

    The teaser shows the grand visuals of the film, with Jason battling the evil forces under the guise of Aquaman.

    The film is directed by James Wan, who also helmed the previous film. Along with Jason, the film’s cast includes Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Nicole Kidman. With a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, the story is by James Wan and David Leslie. The technical crew consists of Don Burgess as the cinematographer, Bill Brzeski on production design and Kirk Morri handling the edits. Rupert Gregson-Williams will be scoring the music.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Don’t miss the full trailer this Thursday. #Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom – Only in theaters December 20. pic.twitter.com/Cwk1ElJ8lN
    — Warner Bros. Pictures (@wbpictures) September 11, 2023
    Reports suggest that the film is billed to be heavier on the production costs and kicked off as a project with $205 million as budget. The film was shot during the pandemic, further raising the budget along with the film’s special effects.

  • Aquaman sequel to release on Dec 20 this year

    By Express News Service

    Earlier we reported that Warner Bros has set December 25, 2023, as the release date for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Changing the release date once again, the film will now be out on December 20, five days ahead of the previously announced release date.

    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom have gone through many release date changes due to delays in production work. It was first rescheduled for March 17, 2023, but was later pushed to August 2023. 

    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will see Jason Momoa returning in his titular role and also marks the return of Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The filming of the sequel commenced earlier last June. James Wan will direct from a script provided by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick.

    Earlier we reported that Warner Bros has set December 25, 2023, as the release date for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Changing the release date once again, the film will now be out on December 20, five days ahead of the previously announced release date.

    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom have gone through many release date changes due to delays in production work. It was first rescheduled for March 17, 2023, but was later pushed to August 2023. 

    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will see Jason Momoa returning in his titular role and also marks the return of Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The filming of the sequel commenced earlier last June. James Wan will direct from a script provided by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

  • Tom Cruise made going to cinemas appealing post-pandemic: Aquaman-star Jason Momoa

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Actor Jason Momoa has thanked ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ star Tom Cruise for his part in making people go to theatres again following lukewarm years because of the pandemic.

    Momoa is keen to keep playing Aquaman as long as film fans are interested. Returning as the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) superhero in ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’, the 43-year-old star is happy to continue as the character as long as the audience wants him.

    “As long as we can. If people don’t like it and it feels like it’s past its due date, then we won’t make another one,” Momoa told The Hollywood Reporter when quizzed on how much longer he will play Aquaman, reports aceshowbiz.com.

    “But if they love it, then we will make more, you know. I don’t want to force anything down someone’s throat to watch it. But I love it.”

    The has had a hand in writing the story for the new film, which has now been delayed until December 2023, and said that he feels a deep connection to the part.

    The star said: “We wrote a great story. I was one of the writers on it and the minute we finished (‘Aquaman’) I went in with a 50-page outline for the second one and they used it and they liked it. It’s got my heart in it.

    “I feel very connected to the character and have played him across, what, four movies now?”

    Momoa is unconcerned by the latest delay to the movie’s release as he is confident that fans will be happy with what they see.

    He said: “We killed it. We made something amazing and it’ll come out when it’s meant to come out.”

    He also thanked Tom Cruise and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ for making cinemas appealing again.

    “The nice thing about what’s happened with COVID is that everyone is trying to rush to meet these deadlines but we know it should come out when it’s ready to come out (at a time) when everybody is getting back in the movie theatres. So, thank you Tom Cruise.”

    LOS ANGELES: Actor Jason Momoa has thanked ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ star Tom Cruise for his part in making people go to theatres again following lukewarm years because of the pandemic.

    Momoa is keen to keep playing Aquaman as long as film fans are interested. Returning as the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) superhero in ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’, the 43-year-old star is happy to continue as the character as long as the audience wants him.

    “As long as we can. If people don’t like it and it feels like it’s past its due date, then we won’t make another one,” Momoa told The Hollywood Reporter when quizzed on how much longer he will play Aquaman, reports aceshowbiz.com.

    “But if they love it, then we will make more, you know. I don’t want to force anything down someone’s throat to watch it. But I love it.”

    The has had a hand in writing the story for the new film, which has now been delayed until December 2023, and said that he feels a deep connection to the part.

    The star said: “We wrote a great story. I was one of the writers on it and the minute we finished (‘Aquaman’) I went in with a 50-page outline for the second one and they used it and they liked it. It’s got my heart in it.

    “I feel very connected to the character and have played him across, what, four movies now?”

    Momoa is unconcerned by the latest delay to the movie’s release as he is confident that fans will be happy with what they see.

    He said: “We killed it. We made something amazing and it’ll come out when it’s meant to come out.”

    He also thanked Tom Cruise and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ for making cinemas appealing again.

    “The nice thing about what’s happened with COVID is that everyone is trying to rush to meet these deadlines but we know it should come out when it’s ready to come out (at a time) when everybody is getting back in the movie theatres. So, thank you Tom Cruise.”

  • Warner Bros pushes dates of Aquaman 2 and Shazam 2

    By Express News Service

    Warner Bros is reportedly pushing the release dates of their upcoming DC films Shazam: Fury of the Gods and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Sources report that the Aquaman sequel needs more time in pre-production, so it is moving its release date from March 27, 2023, to December 25, 2023.

    Shazam: Fury of the Gods has been pushing its release date from April 2022 to June and then finally to December 16, 2022.

    Now, David F Sandberg’s sequel to Shazam is finally filling up Aquaman’s previous release date, which falls on March 17, 2023. The reason to move away from a December release is to avoid clashing with James Cameron’s long-awaited sequel, Avatar: Way of the Water, which is releasing on December 16,  2022.

    Ever since David Zaslav took over as the CEO of Warner Bros, he has been making a slew of changes, including the controversial move to axe a number of projects. Batgirl was cancelled while it was almost complete, and awaiting a release date from the studio. 

    Meanwhile, The Flash, starring Ezra Miller, which has been in development hell for more than two years, is finally scheduled for June 2023release.

    Warner Bros is reportedly pushing the release dates of their upcoming DC films Shazam: Fury of the Gods and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Sources report that the Aquaman sequel needs more time in pre-production, so it is moving its release date from March 27, 2023, to December 25, 2023.

    Shazam: Fury of the Gods has been pushing its release date from April 2022 to June and then finally to December 16, 2022.

    Now, David F Sandberg’s sequel to Shazam is finally filling up Aquaman’s previous release date, which falls on March 17, 2023. The reason to move away from a December release is to avoid clashing with James Cameron’s long-awaited sequel, Avatar: Way of the Water, which is releasing on December 16,  2022.

    Ever since David Zaslav took over as the CEO of Warner Bros, he has been making a slew of changes, including the controversial move to axe a number of projects. Batgirl was cancelled while it was almost complete, and awaiting a release date from the studio. 

    Meanwhile, The Flash, starring Ezra Miller, which has been in development hell for more than two years, is finally scheduled for June 2023release.

  • ‘Aquaman’, ‘Shazam!’ sequels pushed to later release dates

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Warner Bros. seems to be dealing with a delay bug as two of their films ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ and ‘Shazam!: Fury of the Gods’ will release later than planned.

    The studio announced a slew of release date changes on Wednesday (Pacific Standard Time), pushing the ‘Aquaman’ follow-up from March 17, 2023, to December 25, 2023. The ‘Shazam!’ sequel will open on the date previously occupied by Jason Momoa’s hulking King of Atlantis, reports Variety.

    The story about Zachary Levi’s Billy Batson was originally set to land in theatres on December 21, 2022.

    According to Variety, on its new date, ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ will debut a few days after Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ spinoff ‘Rogue Squadron’ (December 23, 2023). Meanwhile, ‘Shazam!: Fury of the Gods,’ which was initially set to face off against James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ now has free rein over its new opening weekend

    Plus, a March release date worked well for Robert Pattinson’s Caped Crusader adventure ‘The Batman’ which collected $770 million globally, another DC Comics film.

    Variety further states that as part of the calendar shuffle, an “untitled WB event film” has landed on February 10, 2023, ‘Evil Dead Rise’ has been scheduled for April 4, 2023, and ‘The Conjuring’ spinoff sequel ‘The Nun 2’ will be released on September 8, 2023.

    ‘Salem’s Lot’, which was slated for April 21, 2023, is being moved to a to-be-announced date in the same year.

    LOS ANGELES: Warner Bros. seems to be dealing with a delay bug as two of their films ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ and ‘Shazam!: Fury of the Gods’ will release later than planned.

    The studio announced a slew of release date changes on Wednesday (Pacific Standard Time), pushing the ‘Aquaman’ follow-up from March 17, 2023, to December 25, 2023. The ‘Shazam!’ sequel will open on the date previously occupied by Jason Momoa’s hulking King of Atlantis, reports Variety.

    The story about Zachary Levi’s Billy Batson was originally set to land in theatres on December 21, 2022.

    According to Variety, on its new date, ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ will debut a few days after Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ spinoff ‘Rogue Squadron’ (December 23, 2023). Meanwhile, ‘Shazam!: Fury of the Gods,’ which was initially set to face off against James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ now has free rein over its new opening weekend

    Plus, a March release date worked well for Robert Pattinson’s Caped Crusader adventure ‘The Batman’ which collected $770 million globally, another DC Comics film.

    Variety further states that as part of the calendar shuffle, an “untitled WB event film” has landed on February 10, 2023, ‘Evil Dead Rise’ has been scheduled for April 4, 2023, and ‘The Conjuring’ spinoff sequel ‘The Nun 2’ will be released on September 8, 2023.

    ‘Salem’s Lot’, which was slated for April 21, 2023, is being moved to a to-be-announced date in the same year.

  • Actor Ben Affleck to reprise his Batman role for ‘Aquaman’ sequel

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Ben Affleck is set to reprise his role of superhero Batman in Warner Bros’ upcoming “Aquaman” sequel.

    Franchise star Jason Momoa shared the news on Instagram on Friday.

    “Reunited bruce and arthur,” Momoa wrote alongside a photograph of him and Affleck. 

    “Love u and miss u Ben WB studio tours just explored the backlot alright. busted on set all great things coming AQUAMAN 2 all my aloha j,” he added.

    Titled “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”, the sequel will be directed by James Wan from a script by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick.

    The film also stars the actors Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Dolph Lundgren, Nicole Kidman, Randall Park.

    Plot details are under wraps.

    Affleck last appeared as Bruce Wayne/Batman in 2017’s superhero mashup “Justice League”.

    He has also appeared as the Caped Crusader in “Suicide Squad” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”. Both the films released in 2016.

    Momoa played Aquaman in “Batman v Superman” and “Justice League”.

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Ben Affleck is set to reprise his role of superhero Batman in Warner Bros’ upcoming “Aquaman” sequel.

    Franchise star Jason Momoa shared the news on Instagram on Friday.

    “Reunited bruce and arthur,” Momoa wrote alongside a photograph of him and Affleck. 

    “Love u and miss u Ben WB studio tours just explored the backlot alright. busted on set all great things coming AQUAMAN 2 all my aloha j,” he added.

    Titled “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”, the sequel will be directed by James Wan from a script by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick.

    The film also stars the actors Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Dolph Lundgren, Nicole Kidman, Randall Park.

    Plot details are under wraps.

    Affleck last appeared as Bruce Wayne/Batman in 2017’s superhero mashup “Justice League”.

    He has also appeared as the Caped Crusader in “Suicide Squad” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”. Both the films released in 2016.

    Momoa played Aquaman in “Batman v Superman” and “Justice League”.

  • ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ adds Indya Moore, Jani Zhao and Vincent Regan to cast

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Actors Jani Zhao, Indya Moore and Vincent Regan have joined the cast of the upcoming “Aquaman” sequel, fronted by Jason Momoa.

    Randall Park will reprise his role of Dr Stephen Shin, a marine biologist obsessed with finding the lost city of Atlantis, in “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” from the Warner Bros/ DC film.

    “Aquaman”, which was released in 2018, featured Momoa as Arthur Curry aka Aquaman, a half-Atlantean, half-human who sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and stop his half-brother, King Orm, from uniting the seven underwater kingdoms to destroy the surface world.

    Besides Momoa, Patrick Wilson is also coming back as Orm, along with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, Amber Heard as Mera and Dolph Lundgren as King Nereus.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, plot details are being kept underwater but the new additions may reveal some scope to the story.

    Zhao, a Portuguese actress of Chinese descent, will play Stingray, a mystery character specially created for the sequel.

    “Pose” star Moore features in the role of the longtime DC character Karshon.

    The character was originally a Green Lantern villain who was originally a shark that, after being hit with radiation, gained intelligence and telepathic powers.

    British thespian Regan stars as Atlan, the ancient ruler of Atlantis who caused the city to sink into the sea.

    The character appeared briefly in the 2018 “Aquaman” movie and was then portrayed by Graham McTavish.

    Regan is known for films like “300” and “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance”.

    James Wan, who directed “Aquaman”, is returning to direct the much-anticipated follow-up. He is also producing the film with Peter Safran.

    David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick is also coming back to pen the script.

    “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” is slated to be released on December 16, 2022.

  • Jason Momoa-starrer ‘Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom’ goes on floors

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: Jason Momoa-starrer ‘Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom’ has gone on floors.

    Filmmaker James Wan, who is helming the sequel to the 2018 hit film ‘Aquaman’, shared the news on his Instagram account.

    The director shared a photo of the clapper board from the sets and signalled the start of the film. He wrote along with the picture, “Day One. #aquaman2.”

    This update comes just two weeks after Wan revealed the official title of the upcoming DC sequel. In an Instagram post, the filmmaker posted the photo of the title card from a production meeting he attended and captioned it saying, “The tide is rising.”

    The upcoming project stars Jason as Aquaman, with Amber Heard expected to return as Mera and Patrick Wilson back as Orm, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

    The Warner Bros studio took the first step toward the ‘Aquaman’ sequel in February 2019, by bringing back David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick to write the script. The film will be produced by Wan and Peter Safran.

    ‘Aquaman’ over-performed for Warner Bros., coming in above pre-release projections after launching with USD 68.7 million in its opening weekend in North America. The title gained momentum in subsequent weeks and hit USD 330 million in North America and USD 805 million internationally, led by nearly USD 300 million in China.

    Johnson-McGoldrick teamed with Will Beall on the ‘Aquaman’ script, from a story by Beall, Geoff Johns, and Wan. Johnson-McGoldrick began working on the screenplay three years ago after reading ‘Aquaman’ comic books while on the set of Wan’s ‘The Conjuring 2’.

    In addition to ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’, Warners Bros. has other movies slated for a big release, including ‘The Suicide Squad’, ‘The Batman’, ‘The Flash’, and Warners’ and New Line’s ‘Black Adam’ and ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’.

    ‘Blue Beetle’, ‘Batgirl’, ‘Supergirl’, ‘Green Lantern Corps’, ‘Static Shock’ and ‘Wonder Woman 3’ are also in the works.

    ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ is slated to release on December 16, 2022. 

  • James Wan reveals title for ‘Aquaman 2’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: The much-awaited sequel to Warner Bros’ 2018 superhero hit “Aquaman” has been titled “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”.

    Filmmaker James Wan, who directed the Jamon Momoa-led first part, shared the news in a post on Instagram on Thursday.

    Wan posted an image from a production meeting, which featured the title as “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”, in what looks to be a potential logo for the film.

    “The tide is rising,” he captioned the photo.

    “Aquaman” featured Momoa as Arthur Curry aka Aquaman, a half-Atlantean, half-human who sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and stop his half-brother, King Orm, from uniting the seven underwater kingdoms to destroy the surface world.

    The film, which released in December 2018, grossed more than USD 1 billion at the global box office.

    The sequel will also mark the return of Amber Heard as Mera and Patrick Wilson back as Orm.

    Wan is producing alongside Peter Safran, with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick returning to pen the script.