Principal photography wrapped in January 2022, as director James Wan confirmed in an Instagram post:Ī post shared by James Wan photo posted by onīut just a few months later, both Emmerich and Hamada had departed the company, and by October 2022, Safran (who'd already produced both Aquaman movies) and Gunn had been announced as the new guys at the helm of DC Studios. The movie's since been pulled forward a few days but not by much – as it stands, the movie will be aiming to make a splash in theaters on December 20, 2023, making it one of the final new movies of the year.īut that's not the end of the story, because Aquaman's return to the screen has faced more obstacles than an expedition to the deepest depths of the Trench.Īquaman and the Lost Kingdom was originally given the green light by then Warner Bros movie boss Toby Emmerich and his DC Films sidekick Walter Hamada.
Then, in August 2022, Warner Bros shuffled its schedule, pushing the Aquaman 2 release date back to December 25, 2023. That led to the movie being pushed back to March 17, 2023. It also remains the highest grossing DC movie at the box office to date, so it's no surprise that Warner Bros initially targeted another December debut for the sequel in the hope that lightning might strike twice.Īquaman 2's release date was originally set for Decem– almost exactly four years after the first movie’s release – but since then the movie has suffered a number of delays.Īs was the case with many blockbusters, VFX work on Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was held up by effects houses becoming overloaded during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The first Aquaman dived into theaters in December 2018, and came out on top in a month that also boasted the releases of Mary Poppins Returns, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Bumblebee. Jason Momoa returns as Arthur Curry, the king of Atlantis, in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
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