The primary Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom trailer was revealed throughout final week’s Warner Bros. CinemaCon 2023 panel, and though it has not but been launched to the general public, Deadline stories that Amber Heard’s Mera may be seen throughout a short battle sequence.
Heard’s function within the movie has been on shaky floor since dropping a extremely televised $50 million home abuse court docket case towards ex-husband Johnny Depp.
Fan outrage has been so sturdy towards the actress that one petition to axe the starlet has reached over 4.5 million signatures. Nevertheless, viewers outcries haven’t been answered, and she’s going to stay within the movie in at the least a “pared down” capability, as defined by former studio head Walter Hamada.
Whereas the official plot of The Misplaced Kingdom stays below wraps, the DCU undertaking’s working title has supposedly been Necrus. In Aquaman lore, Necrus is one other underwater metropolis like Atlantis, dominated by the militaristic King Mongo. Not like Atlantis, its placement is unstable, that means the situation of the town continuously modifications, by no means to be present in the identical place twice. Apparently, this is because of alien satellite tv for pc know-how. Certain!
James Wan directs from a script by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Mort Weisinger, and Paul Norris. Jason Momoa stars as Arthur Curry with Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne, Patrick Wilson as Orm, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II because the dastardly Black Manta.
Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom is scheduled to swim into theaters December 20, 2023.
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