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James Wan Says Jason Momoa’s AQUAMAN Is DC’s Wolverine

James Wan Says Jason Momoa’s AQUAMAN Is DC’s Wolverine

The nice thing about the DC Cinematic Universe (or “Extended Universe,” if you wish to use the company’s parlance) is there are so many films planned for it that even if you were left cold by Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad, there’s gotta be at least one upcoming DC movie more your speed. Anyway, the one superhero whom no one cared to see on the big screen, Aquaman, will soon be getting his own entry in the mega-franchise. (Presumably because some Warner Bros. exec remembered watching Super Friends as a kid.) And today’s Movie Morsels has director James Wan talking all about his take on the character. Plus, we have news on Guillermo del Toro‘s latest,  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and more!

Aquaman

aquaman

According to filmmaker James Wan, a large part of what will make Aquaman work in movies is the actor who’s playing him, Jason Momoa…

“I actually think it’s a brilliant move on Zack [Snyder] and co. to cast someone like Jason,” says the Aquaman director. “Immediately, the whole joke aspect of Aquaman goes out the window. You have such a muscular, superhero-y character and one that is almost, to me, in some ways… I look at him, he’s kind of the Wolverine in some respect. He’s the outsider who gets pulled into this world and he kind of doesn’t want to belong and he was doing his own thing. And he prided freedom above everything else. That kind of plays nicely into who his character is. He’s like a reluctant superhero, right? He’s the reluctant king, basically, or would-be king.”

[IGN]

Mary Poppins Returns

SPECTRE

The latest actor in talks to join the cast of Disney’s Mary Poppins film sequel is SPECTRE star Ben Whishaw (a.k.a. Q), who would play a grown-up Michael Banks. Rob Marshall is directing Mary Poppins Returns, which will star Emily Blunt as the “practically perfect in every way” nanny, as well as Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda. Meryl Streep has reportedly also been in talks to co-star.

[The Hollywood Reporter]

The Shape of Water

Guillermo del Toro’s latest film, The Shape of Water, has just started production, according to the director’s longtime collaborator Doug Jones. The actor shared the news on Facebook…


And Del Toro himself broke the news via Twitter…

A new Fox Searchlight press release describes the film as “an other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of cold war era America circa 1963,” while an article in The Guardian says it’s about an “amphibious man [who] forms a bond with a mortal woman.”

[Facebook]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

After revealing at last month’s Comic-Con that his Guardians of the Galaxy sequel’s soundtrack would feature Jay and the Americans’ “Come a Little Bit Closer,” director James Gunn has also confirmed in a Q&A on his Facebook page that the second “Awesome Mix” will also contain the song heard in the film’s Comic-Con teaser trailer — Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain”.

In other Guardians news, Benicio Del Toro has been seen sporting his distinct Collector hairdo in LA, where the Daily Telegraph seems to believe he’s shooting Vol. 2. But since production on the film has already wrapped and Gunn has stated that Del Toro will not appear in the sequel, Slashfilm is theorizing the actor could be shooting scenes for the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy-themed Disneyland ride, a.k.a. Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!

 

[Slashfilm]

Hidden Figures

Finally today, we have the official one-sheet for Hidden Figures, the new biopic that at long last gives the brilliant African-American women who worked on the U.S. space program—specifically astronaut John Glenn’s historic orbital flight—their due. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe star in the January 13, 2017 release.

Hidden Figures

[20th Century Fox]

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