HBO DC's Aquaman
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Nigga wasn't this you during the Black Panther movie
Broddie
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Du's posts about DC read like wresting promos
"DC'S TIME IS NOW"
Lmfao @ Du Hogan
"LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING MEAN GENE! THIS DCEU IS COMING BACK LIKE COOKED CRACK JACK!!!"
That Aquaman trailer ain't drop yet?
they prolly waiting to reveal it at comic con... make a big presentation of it
have like a room of 100+ people so yo can get reaction videos n shit
i never once hated on the movie, i actually liked the movie, and said multiple times in the thread that i wold like and eventually go see black panther....
i just called the fans out for doing the most
yall spint it to what yall wanted it to be,
i ain't dressing up for aquaman, i ain't cosplaying, i ain't saying it's the most important movie of the year, i'm just anticipating it....
yall stay tryna flip shit
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OhMars
MEH!
If that's a real poster, that shit looks super corny. Like a bad 90's movie. Why so many orcas
It's real lol
Lou Cypher
The Tokin' White Guy
CUZ ORCAS ARE SOME REAL KILLAZ!! KILLA WHALES ON THE SWARM!!!!
Lou Cypher
The Tokin' White Guy
Moments after sitting in a chair strumming a guitar while shirtless, Jason Momoa hops up onto an immersive set in character as the stubborn, sarcastic Arthur Curry. He hears a mightily important message, directing him to hunt for a trident which can unite the ocean's seven kingdoms, and he smashes it to pieces.
It's a humorous touch from director James Wan, known best for his horror efforts with titles such as The Conjuring, but a step in an evolutionary direction for Warner Bros. and DC Films. During ComicBook.com's visit to the Australian set of Aquaman, Momoa's Arthur Curry and Amber Heard's Mera gained their narrative burdens for the film, seeming to have touches of a heist movie with splashes of terrifying horror.
"I didn't set out to make a horror movie," Wan said. "That's not what this is about. It just so happens that you're dealing in a world that is beautiful, magical, but at the same time, you know, scary as well. People are terrified of the ocean because they don't know what's down there. There's all these creatures that live down in the ocean that are dangerous to humans."
At the same time, humans are dangerous to those animals, which is why Patrick Wilson's Orm the Ocean Master is seeking vengeance against those who have polluted his kingdom.
Aquaman is not a prequel of any kind, but it is an origin story for a character who has appeared on screen twice. After debuting in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and playing a much larger role in Justice League, the aquatic hero is being explored with his own outing this time around. More importantly, it is completely isolated from the previous endeavors.
"I feel like the good thing about having something that isn't really established is I get the opportunity to kind of set the world, set the tone, and set the flavor for who this guy is, and the world that he lives in," Wan said. "That's what we love about superheroes, right? We love that they represent the best part of who we want to be, right? What we strive for, and what we aspire to be. And I think what I liked most about this character, and actually what Jason Momoa brings to it, is the idea that this is a guy who's kind of trapped between two worlds. He doesn't feel like he belonged in the surface world, but he doesn't feel like he belongs in the world of Atlantis as well, the underwater world."
Loaded with impressive visuals, Aquaman will give the world its first look on Saturday during a Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con. With Warner Bros. aiming to win the weekend with Shazam! and Wonder Woman 84 possibly coming with it, the film which will take place underwater for about two-thirds of its run time will be a major player in redefining the canon's future and its own titular hero.
"You can’t sit down and have a beer with Superman, you know what I mean?" Momoa said. This character is in no way a joke or someone to be taken lightly. "I wanted Aquaman definitely to be that guy. He’s blue collar. I mean the whole thing about him, I wanted him blue collar, he’s raised with his dad, worked on bikes, worked on old cars with his father and at a certain age he’s given this gift. He doesn’t know how to deal with it. His dad doesn’t want him in the water, ‘cause he doesn’t want him taken away. The only thing he does know is that his mother was killed. He wants nothing to do with these people. F---ing hates ‘em."
And he's not coming to the party alone. Amber Heard's Mera will make a splash as a strong, witty, and independent hero countering Momoa's sometimes brutish character.
"She’s a leader. She has integrity," Heard said. "Her and Arthur are very different, in fact, that’s part of what causes a lot of, you know, they don’t necessarily fit at the beginning. They’re constantly going back and forth and they earn this relationship with one another throughout the film as they learn to respect each other, given their vastly different approaches to life. Mera, for instance, unlike Arthur, has a very solid constitution, a strong sense of self, who she is, what her role is, what her position is. And the sense of duty and honor that she uses to approach all of the situations of her life is one that I respect and really like, and I admire that."
Whereas many blockbusters have become globetrotting action flicks, Aquaman might be reinventing the concept. Concept art in a packed war room showed off mesmerizing locations, ranging from real world spots like the Boston Aquarium to the underwater kingdom of the Trench, which will offer a dark and possibly terrifying tone in itself to the film. In a market where films offering originality (such as Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014 or a year later) become the most beloved of the year, Aquaman is aiming to make a similar splash.
While elements of Aquaman seems to be comparable to Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or Indiana Jones (an already successful recipe of roots) in underwater setting, Wan is also crafting something which appears to be wholly original. Perhaps that is why it was so important to the director that he was able to introduce Atlantis to the movie-going world rather than allowing it to have been established in a previous film.
t's a film relying heavily on special effects for underwater armies featuring obedient armored sharks. Still, Aquaman is also built on practical sets and props, including prop guns bearing resemblance to weapons from Halo, along with swords and other weapons given colors and textures to match the film's underwater scheme.
Perhaps most importantly, Aquaman is fully embracing its comic book roots.
"I think that the New 52 version of Aquaman was definitely our touchstone and our starting point," Aquaman producer Peter Safran said. "And even though the film is not a direct adaptation of that, that was certainly, in terms of his origin, who he is; that Tom Curry is his father and Atlanna is his mother, who Orm is, etcetera. That all comes from the New 52. And, there are certainly creature elements from it, from the Trench. So, that was our biggest influence.
http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/07/16/aquaman-set-visit-unique-movie-story-details-approach/
It's a humorous touch from director James Wan, known best for his horror efforts with titles such as The Conjuring, but a step in an evolutionary direction for Warner Bros. and DC Films. During ComicBook.com's visit to the Australian set of Aquaman, Momoa's Arthur Curry and Amber Heard's Mera gained their narrative burdens for the film, seeming to have touches of a heist movie with splashes of terrifying horror.
"I didn't set out to make a horror movie," Wan said. "That's not what this is about. It just so happens that you're dealing in a world that is beautiful, magical, but at the same time, you know, scary as well. People are terrified of the ocean because they don't know what's down there. There's all these creatures that live down in the ocean that are dangerous to humans."
At the same time, humans are dangerous to those animals, which is why Patrick Wilson's Orm the Ocean Master is seeking vengeance against those who have polluted his kingdom.
Aquaman is not a prequel of any kind, but it is an origin story for a character who has appeared on screen twice. After debuting in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and playing a much larger role in Justice League, the aquatic hero is being explored with his own outing this time around. More importantly, it is completely isolated from the previous endeavors.
"I feel like the good thing about having something that isn't really established is I get the opportunity to kind of set the world, set the tone, and set the flavor for who this guy is, and the world that he lives in," Wan said. "That's what we love about superheroes, right? We love that they represent the best part of who we want to be, right? What we strive for, and what we aspire to be. And I think what I liked most about this character, and actually what Jason Momoa brings to it, is the idea that this is a guy who's kind of trapped between two worlds. He doesn't feel like he belonged in the surface world, but he doesn't feel like he belongs in the world of Atlantis as well, the underwater world."
Loaded with impressive visuals, Aquaman will give the world its first look on Saturday during a Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con. With Warner Bros. aiming to win the weekend with Shazam! and Wonder Woman 84 possibly coming with it, the film which will take place underwater for about two-thirds of its run time will be a major player in redefining the canon's future and its own titular hero.
"You can’t sit down and have a beer with Superman, you know what I mean?" Momoa said. This character is in no way a joke or someone to be taken lightly. "I wanted Aquaman definitely to be that guy. He’s blue collar. I mean the whole thing about him, I wanted him blue collar, he’s raised with his dad, worked on bikes, worked on old cars with his father and at a certain age he’s given this gift. He doesn’t know how to deal with it. His dad doesn’t want him in the water, ‘cause he doesn’t want him taken away. The only thing he does know is that his mother was killed. He wants nothing to do with these people. F---ing hates ‘em."
And he's not coming to the party alone. Amber Heard's Mera will make a splash as a strong, witty, and independent hero countering Momoa's sometimes brutish character.
"She’s a leader. She has integrity," Heard said. "Her and Arthur are very different, in fact, that’s part of what causes a lot of, you know, they don’t necessarily fit at the beginning. They’re constantly going back and forth and they earn this relationship with one another throughout the film as they learn to respect each other, given their vastly different approaches to life. Mera, for instance, unlike Arthur, has a very solid constitution, a strong sense of self, who she is, what her role is, what her position is. And the sense of duty and honor that she uses to approach all of the situations of her life is one that I respect and really like, and I admire that."
Whereas many blockbusters have become globetrotting action flicks, Aquaman might be reinventing the concept. Concept art in a packed war room showed off mesmerizing locations, ranging from real world spots like the Boston Aquarium to the underwater kingdom of the Trench, which will offer a dark and possibly terrifying tone in itself to the film. In a market where films offering originality (such as Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014 or a year later) become the most beloved of the year, Aquaman is aiming to make a similar splash.
While elements of Aquaman seems to be comparable to Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or Indiana Jones (an already successful recipe of roots) in underwater setting, Wan is also crafting something which appears to be wholly original. Perhaps that is why it was so important to the director that he was able to introduce Atlantis to the movie-going world rather than allowing it to have been established in a previous film.
t's a film relying heavily on special effects for underwater armies featuring obedient armored sharks. Still, Aquaman is also built on practical sets and props, including prop guns bearing resemblance to weapons from Halo, along with swords and other weapons given colors and textures to match the film's underwater scheme.
Perhaps most importantly, Aquaman is fully embracing its comic book roots.
"I think that the New 52 version of Aquaman was definitely our touchstone and our starting point," Aquaman producer Peter Safran said. "And even though the film is not a direct adaptation of that, that was certainly, in terms of his origin, who he is; that Tom Curry is his father and Atlanna is his mother, who Orm is, etcetera. That all comes from the New 52. And, there are certainly creature elements from it, from the Trench. So, that was our biggest influence.
http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/07/16/aquaman-set-visit-unique-movie-story-details-approach/
Lou Cypher
The Tokin' White Guy
Black Manta’s Role in ‘Aquaman’ is a "Strong Secondary Villain" With Big Future Plans
While Aquaman will have his hands full with the villainous Orm in his standalone movie, Black Manta will be present as a "B Story" with major potential for future films.
ComicBook.com visited Aquaman's Australian set in July of 2017, getting a look at Black Manta's fully spot-on comic-accurate costume but also hearing about how he factors into the next DC Comics movie. Played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, the character will likely emerge as a fan-favorite, as his feud with Jason Momoa's Arthur Curry is only just setting sail.
"We meet Black Manta at a time where, it's just him and his dad, and he's riding on high, you know," Abdul-Mateen II said. "He's just come off of his wind, and there's a changing of the guards, so to speak. And then, this guy, Aquaman, comes in, and crashes the party." The relationship, like much of the Aquaman movie, will follow its DC Comics roots.
If Abdul-Mateen II were to use one word to describe his character, "Relentless" is the only one to cover it. "He's so relentless," Abdul-Mateen II said. "And so, in a fight, he's never down, and he's never out. And you think that he's done, but he comes back. And it's like, 'Hey, I finished you! I proved my point! I'm stronger than you. Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Why are you still here?' You know?"
While Abdul-Mateen II can't give all of the details of Black Manta's first appearance, he promises it is "pretty dope" as his character crashes into the Italian set built in the same location which was once Thor: Ragnarok's Asgard. It will likely be one of the eighteen action sequences packed into James Wan's "swashbuckling" adventure.
"He doesn't want to take over the world, he doesn't have this grand scheme of, like, monopolizing something for his own personal benefit," Abdul-Mateen II said. "He's very much on the line. And so, he has this very strong moral code that he will not compromise, and that he will not negotiate on."
One day prior to ComicBook.com's visit to the set, Abdul-Mateen II was in full Black Manta gear, playing foil to Momoa's Aquaman. While producer Peter Safran is as excited as anyone to see Black Manta in action on the big screen, boasting a photo of the full costume on his cell phone, he admits the character is not the film's main villain.
"Listen, we love Manta," Safran said. "From the early days of developing the screenplay, he’s just such a great antagonist and he’s such a fan favorite. And, the response every time people hear that he’s in the movie or that it’s confirmed that he’s in the movie, they’re thrilled about it. So, we always wanted to give him his storyline and if Orm is the primary antagonist, then Manta is certainly is a very strong secondary antagonist and there is a connection between Orm and Manta that will be revealed that that helps make him a more integral part of the story. We certainly have every intention that Manta plays a very large role in the DC universe. He has to. He’s just too great. And we give him his origin story in this movie. We do show how Manta that we see in the comic books, became that character."
What will help Black Manta win fan-favor is his comic-accurate story and design.
"I think like most fans I love the really sort of strange design of Black Manta, and I see this guy, and I think what we all love about him is he's kind of scary, he's really bad-ass to look at it," Aquaman director James Wan said. "But there's just something kind of slightly off, right? The big giant head, these big two red glowing eyes. And so I didn't want to shy away from that. I'm going to take what's best about the design, and kind of bring my sensibility to it. And ultimately he's a human character, and he has to go up against someone like Arthur/Aquaman, who is a superhero. And so I have to tweak the outfit slightly to give him the power that he needs to take on to fight Aquaman. But in terms of what he looks like, he's very much in the same spirit."
http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/07/16/aquaman-black-manta-sequel-plans-dc-comics-costume/
While Aquaman will have his hands full with the villainous Orm in his standalone movie, Black Manta will be present as a "B Story" with major potential for future films.
ComicBook.com visited Aquaman's Australian set in July of 2017, getting a look at Black Manta's fully spot-on comic-accurate costume but also hearing about how he factors into the next DC Comics movie. Played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, the character will likely emerge as a fan-favorite, as his feud with Jason Momoa's Arthur Curry is only just setting sail.
"We meet Black Manta at a time where, it's just him and his dad, and he's riding on high, you know," Abdul-Mateen II said. "He's just come off of his wind, and there's a changing of the guards, so to speak. And then, this guy, Aquaman, comes in, and crashes the party." The relationship, like much of the Aquaman movie, will follow its DC Comics roots.
If Abdul-Mateen II were to use one word to describe his character, "Relentless" is the only one to cover it. "He's so relentless," Abdul-Mateen II said. "And so, in a fight, he's never down, and he's never out. And you think that he's done, but he comes back. And it's like, 'Hey, I finished you! I proved my point! I'm stronger than you. Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Why are you still here?' You know?"
While Abdul-Mateen II can't give all of the details of Black Manta's first appearance, he promises it is "pretty dope" as his character crashes into the Italian set built in the same location which was once Thor: Ragnarok's Asgard. It will likely be one of the eighteen action sequences packed into James Wan's "swashbuckling" adventure.
"He doesn't want to take over the world, he doesn't have this grand scheme of, like, monopolizing something for his own personal benefit," Abdul-Mateen II said. "He's very much on the line. And so, he has this very strong moral code that he will not compromise, and that he will not negotiate on."
One day prior to ComicBook.com's visit to the set, Abdul-Mateen II was in full Black Manta gear, playing foil to Momoa's Aquaman. While producer Peter Safran is as excited as anyone to see Black Manta in action on the big screen, boasting a photo of the full costume on his cell phone, he admits the character is not the film's main villain.
"Listen, we love Manta," Safran said. "From the early days of developing the screenplay, he’s just such a great antagonist and he’s such a fan favorite. And, the response every time people hear that he’s in the movie or that it’s confirmed that he’s in the movie, they’re thrilled about it. So, we always wanted to give him his storyline and if Orm is the primary antagonist, then Manta is certainly is a very strong secondary antagonist and there is a connection between Orm and Manta that will be revealed that that helps make him a more integral part of the story. We certainly have every intention that Manta plays a very large role in the DC universe. He has to. He’s just too great. And we give him his origin story in this movie. We do show how Manta that we see in the comic books, became that character."
What will help Black Manta win fan-favor is his comic-accurate story and design.
"I think like most fans I love the really sort of strange design of Black Manta, and I see this guy, and I think what we all love about him is he's kind of scary, he's really bad-ass to look at it," Aquaman director James Wan said. "But there's just something kind of slightly off, right? The big giant head, these big two red glowing eyes. And so I didn't want to shy away from that. I'm going to take what's best about the design, and kind of bring my sensibility to it. And ultimately he's a human character, and he has to go up against someone like Arthur/Aquaman, who is a superhero. And so I have to tweak the outfit slightly to give him the power that he needs to take on to fight Aquaman. But in terms of what he looks like, he's very much in the same spirit."
http://comicbook.com/dc/2018/07/16/aquaman-black-manta-sequel-plans-dc-comics-costume/
Lou Cypher
The Tokin' White Guy
Wonder if they are moving forward with that whole Legion of Doom teaser at the end of justice league. Cant wait to see Manta on screen.
Comic Con is this week, should hopefully know more about DC's plans moving forward.
Comic Con is this week, should hopefully know more about DC's plans moving forward.
OhMars
MEH!
silverfoxx
Bitch mob
SeaSnake
OG
Still not better than Black Panther
Get this Ecco the dolphin looking shit outta here