When people think of the DC films of the past several years, they mostly think of the failures. The controversies. What they don’t usually think of are the successes, of which there were many, and none more so than Aquaman.James Wan’s 2018 film starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Temuera Morrison (what a cast!) grossed over $1.1 billion at the box office, making it the highest-grossing DC film ever. Including all the Batman movies!
That said, you’d think there would be more excitement that, next week, its sequel is finally arriving. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdomhas been a long wait, but it brings back virtually everyone from the original film, including Wan, who time and time again has proved himself to be one of our most masterful blockbuster filmmakers.
Before Lost Kingdom hits theaters on December 22 you can, a) rewatch Aquaman, which we highly recommend (it’s streaming on Max), or b) give us a few clicks here where we’ll catch you up with the pertinent information needed.
