3 ways Aquaman can change DCEU’s perception
Aquaman, HOLLYWOOD, CA – NOVEMBER 13: Actors Amber Heard and Jason Momoa attend the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Justice League’ at Dolby Theatre on November 13, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
Can Aquaman change the DC Extended Universe’s outlook?
After the disappointed box offices performance, Warner Bros. has decided to shake things up and hire a new head of the DC’s Extended Universe. For some, this may seem like a panic move, one that could the future of the DCEU up in the air.
However, there’s a number of working parts already set in place that can guide the DCEU in the right direction. With movies like Shazam, Nightwing, The Batman, and a Wonder Woman sequel, the DC’s movie universe is far from getting a total reboot. Though, it starts with Aquaman and here are three reasons why James Wan’s film can change the perspective of the DCEU.
3. Never-before-seen underwater adventure
One of the problems with Joss Whedon’s pseudo rewrite of Justice League was the similarities the movie had to The Avengers. One of the best things about the DCEU was that it tried so hard not be like Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe and that wasn’t always a bad thing.
DC has some excellent characters and settings that the DCEU will undoubtedly benefit from the source material. One of those characters who has a super unique setting and background is Aquaman.
We’ve seen superheroes time travel, travel in space, battle in the winter, and on an island. But, we have never seen a superhero film take us underwater for an adventure. With Aquaman, the bulk of his story takes place underwater as the King of Atlantis which means we’ll get a totally different superhero flick. Director James Wan, will bring comic book movie fans a world vastly different which follows the life of an entire civilization in the deep blue seas. There’s no denying that Wan’s tasks will be a daunting one in fact, when speaking to THR Wan expressed the difficulties of shooting a movie with the complexity of an underwater.
It ‘s a very technically challenging shoot to be on. Working with water, and even the dry-for-wet sequences are very complex — our equivalent of two people sitting around chatting in the underwater world is super complicated. You have to think about CG with the hair, and how their clothing moves, how are they floating, what kind of rig we put them on and all that stuff.”
If done correctly the pay off could be huge and could change the game and hope that other heroes such as Marvel’s Namor could work successfully on the big screen. More specifically it will be another notch in DC’s ability that’ll highlight their ability to create interesting superhero standalone films.