
Wan signed on as director in April 2015, and in July 2016, the film moved forward with Beall's screenplay. In August 2014, Beall and Kurt Johnstad were hired to write competing scripts.

Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Nicole Kidman appear in supporting roles.ĭevelopment began in 2004 but did not gain traction until Man of Steel was released in 2013. It stars Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry / Aquaman, 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 was directed by James Wan from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall. Pictures, it is the sixth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Co-produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Aquaman is a 2018 American superhero film based on the DC character of the same name.
