there’s an ocean of trivia surrounding
the Atlantean kings solo debut welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
things you didn’t know about the Aquaman
movie before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
the most interesting trivia and
behind-the-scenes tidbits we know about
DC’s under the sea adventure he’s always
had a key now more number 10 inspired by
the new 52 from his squeaky-clean
Superfriends portrayal to his gritty 90s
reboot there have been many
interpretations of Aquaman over the
years the writers of his solo film will
base their version of the hero on this
thrilling new 52 incarnation trailers
have suggested that story details like
Aquaman’s parentage and the vicious
trench villains will be ripped straight
from the pages of the comics but since
the writers are remix ament’s like
Mira’s backstory the movie won’t be an
exact retread of what fans have read
before whether they borrow a little or a
lot the writers will be taking cues from
a strong foundation number 9 Michael
beech played Black Manta
uncle man would have featured two
different actors who played the same
villain if it wasn’t for the Warner
Brothers network while Yaya Abdul Mateen
the second will play David Cain also
known as Black Manta
Michael beech will portray his father
Jesse Caine in the early 2000s beech was
going to voice Black Manta in Justice
League Unlimited but when Warner
Brothers started developing a
live-action Aquaman show they pulled the
rights to the villain as a result
Beach’s Black Manta role was renamed to
the legally safe devil ray and devil ray
ready for action I feel stronger than
ever
in an ironic twist of fate Beach’s devil
ray was featured in multiple episodes
while the Aquaman pilot never surfaced
on TV
number eight there were multiple scripts
the DC extended universe has made some
weird writing choices but this movie
script writing process might have been
stranger than the infamous peach T line
take a bucket of piss and call the
grannies PGT Warner Brothers chose two
writers to work on separate Aquaman
scripts will be loved gangster squad
then they hired David Leslie Johnson
McGoldrick who wrote for the walking
dead to try his hand to the final script
was a new draft by Beal with Johnson
McGoldrick providing rewrites while this
approach sounds unconventional hopefully
it led to a winning script those worst
pep talk number 7 the underwater filming
process while a large portion of the
movie takes place underwater the set was
pretty dry during filming James Wan
opted to put the actors into harnesses
for most scenes so they could move like
they were swimming without getting wet
when water was added in post-production
the editors spent time focusing on small
details like hair movement lead actor
Jason Momoa reported that the
combination of practical and CG effects
will make watching underwater scenes
quote feel like you’re in space although
there are some obvious differences
between Aquaman and gravity it’s clear
that plenty of effort went into taking
us to Atlantis United Kingdom’s number
six ORMs grudge with humanity the time
has come
for Atlantis to rise again now Aquaman’s
half-brother orme also known as ocean
master has been built up as the film’s
main villain in the new 52 comics he
leads his followers in a war against
humanity forms actor Patrick Wilson has
confirmed the villain wants to attack
humans to stop them from polluting the
sea given that his comic counterpart
once tried to sink American cities we
can expect Wilson’s arm to go too crazy
lengths for the oceans although his
methods might be extreme his motivations
are the most relatable we’ve seen from a
DC extended universe villain
Aurum wants to make the world a better
place even if humanity must pay the
price
number 5 Juan and Wilson’s fifth team-up
since we’re already talking about
Patrick Wilson let’s discuss his history
with director James Wan the pair teamed
up for the first time with the
commercially successful horror hit
insidious they proceeded to work
together on the sequel and two conjuring
films over time Wilson became so
confident in the directors abilities
that he signed up for Aquaman without
reading the script because Juan was
directing it if their track record
together doesn’t get you excited
consider this the director of the
action-packed Furious 7 is working with
night owl from Watchmen on a superhero
film their fifth collaboration might be
the charm for DC what happened to the
American dream
number four Nicole Kidman was always a
front-runner she could unite our worlds
one day Nicole Kidman is in the first
oscar-winning actress to appear in a DC
EU film however seeing as her last
superhero film was Batman Forever her
casting as Queen Atlanta was a little
surprising you’re describing repressed
memories Kidman explained that James Wan
had always intended for her to take the
role he even used her face for Atlantis
concept art before formally reaching out
luckily for Juan Kidman was a fan of her
fellow Australians work and his pitch
that she’d play a Royal Warrior
although Kidman doesn’t have a leading
role the fact that Atlanta is Aquaman’s
mother makes her crucial to the story
number three Aquaman went by Ahab where
thy said during filming Studios can use
working titles to conceal details about
their film projects in Aquaman’s case
Warner Brothers went with a hab
if you weren’t forced to read moby-dick
in high school he might miss this
reference in the novel
Captain Ahab becomes obsessed with
hunting the whale that took his leg when
he finally encounters the creature it
ends up killing him
[Music]
it’s doubtful that we’ll see anyone
obsessed with a whale in Aquaman a hab
could refer to King ORMs arc after
Aquaman returns to take the throne from
him either that or maybe an executive
just thought it sounded cool number two
bubbles aren’t needed for dialogue in
2017 s Justice League
a simple Atlantis scene left fans
baffled when mera wanted to speak to
Aquaman underwater she summoned a
ridiculous-looking air bubble around
them took a hell of a hit this raised
concerns that all the dialogue in
Atlantis would have to hold for bubbles
fortunately director James Wan was quick
to ashore fans on Twitter and in
interviews that conversations would look
a lot more natural in Aquaman James I
have no choice
to create the look of underwater
dialogue will see something like sound
waves coming from characters mouths the
choice to pop these magical bubbles will
help keep the pace moving and make it
easier to take conversations seriously
number one Wan race to Aquaman instead
of Flash is this a bad time to bring up
my blood sugar as we stated earlier
James Wan knows how to handle speedy
action yet when Wan was offered the
chance to direct flash he chose to dive
into Atlantis instead in an interview
one said he liked the idea of pioneering
a place that hadn’t been seen on film
before he also felt that bringing the
lesser-known Aquaman to life gave him
more room to play with the character
than if he adapted someone more popular
like the flash ultimately ones directing
decisions seemed to be motivated by
creative freedom and his enthusiasm
those elements are what Aquaman deserves
and what the DC EU needs right now never
it won’t bring destruction do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and be sure
to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
the Atlantean kings solo debut welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
things you didn’t know about the Aquaman
movie before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
the most interesting trivia and
behind-the-scenes tidbits we know about
DC’s under the sea adventure he’s always
had a key now more number 10 inspired by
the new 52 from his squeaky-clean
Superfriends portrayal to his gritty 90s
reboot there have been many
interpretations of Aquaman over the
years the writers of his solo film will
base their version of the hero on this
thrilling new 52 incarnation trailers
have suggested that story details like
Aquaman’s parentage and the vicious
trench villains will be ripped straight
from the pages of the comics but since
the writers are remix ament’s like
Mira’s backstory the movie won’t be an
exact retread of what fans have read
before whether they borrow a little or a
lot the writers will be taking cues from
a strong foundation number 9 Michael
beech played Black Manta
uncle man would have featured two
different actors who played the same
villain if it wasn’t for the Warner
Brothers network while Yaya Abdul Mateen
the second will play David Cain also
known as Black Manta
Michael beech will portray his father
Jesse Caine in the early 2000s beech was
going to voice Black Manta in Justice
League Unlimited but when Warner
Brothers started developing a
live-action Aquaman show they pulled the
rights to the villain as a result
Beach’s Black Manta role was renamed to
the legally safe devil ray and devil ray
ready for action I feel stronger than
ever
in an ironic twist of fate Beach’s devil
ray was featured in multiple episodes
while the Aquaman pilot never surfaced
on TV
number eight there were multiple scripts
the DC extended universe has made some
weird writing choices but this movie
script writing process might have been
stranger than the infamous peach T line
take a bucket of piss and call the
grannies PGT Warner Brothers chose two
writers to work on separate Aquaman
scripts will be loved gangster squad
then they hired David Leslie Johnson
McGoldrick who wrote for the walking
dead to try his hand to the final script
was a new draft by Beal with Johnson
McGoldrick providing rewrites while this
approach sounds unconventional hopefully
it led to a winning script those worst
pep talk number 7 the underwater filming
process while a large portion of the
movie takes place underwater the set was
pretty dry during filming James Wan
opted to put the actors into harnesses
for most scenes so they could move like
they were swimming without getting wet
when water was added in post-production
the editors spent time focusing on small
details like hair movement lead actor
Jason Momoa reported that the
combination of practical and CG effects
will make watching underwater scenes
quote feel like you’re in space although
there are some obvious differences
between Aquaman and gravity it’s clear
that plenty of effort went into taking
us to Atlantis United Kingdom’s number
six ORMs grudge with humanity the time
has come
for Atlantis to rise again now Aquaman’s
half-brother orme also known as ocean
master has been built up as the film’s
main villain in the new 52 comics he
leads his followers in a war against
humanity forms actor Patrick Wilson has
confirmed the villain wants to attack
humans to stop them from polluting the
sea given that his comic counterpart
once tried to sink American cities we
can expect Wilson’s arm to go too crazy
lengths for the oceans although his
methods might be extreme his motivations
are the most relatable we’ve seen from a
DC extended universe villain
Aurum wants to make the world a better
place even if humanity must pay the
price
number 5 Juan and Wilson’s fifth team-up
since we’re already talking about
Patrick Wilson let’s discuss his history
with director James Wan the pair teamed
up for the first time with the
commercially successful horror hit
insidious they proceeded to work
together on the sequel and two conjuring
films over time Wilson became so
confident in the directors abilities
that he signed up for Aquaman without
reading the script because Juan was
directing it if their track record
together doesn’t get you excited
consider this the director of the
action-packed Furious 7 is working with
night owl from Watchmen on a superhero
film their fifth collaboration might be
the charm for DC what happened to the
American dream
number four Nicole Kidman was always a
front-runner she could unite our worlds
one day Nicole Kidman is in the first
oscar-winning actress to appear in a DC
EU film however seeing as her last
superhero film was Batman Forever her
casting as Queen Atlanta was a little
surprising you’re describing repressed
memories Kidman explained that James Wan
had always intended for her to take the
role he even used her face for Atlantis
concept art before formally reaching out
luckily for Juan Kidman was a fan of her
fellow Australians work and his pitch
that she’d play a Royal Warrior
although Kidman doesn’t have a leading
role the fact that Atlanta is Aquaman’s
mother makes her crucial to the story
number three Aquaman went by Ahab where
thy said during filming Studios can use
working titles to conceal details about
their film projects in Aquaman’s case
Warner Brothers went with a hab
if you weren’t forced to read moby-dick
in high school he might miss this
reference in the novel
Captain Ahab becomes obsessed with
hunting the whale that took his leg when
he finally encounters the creature it
ends up killing him
[Music]
it’s doubtful that we’ll see anyone
obsessed with a whale in Aquaman a hab
could refer to King ORMs arc after
Aquaman returns to take the throne from
him either that or maybe an executive
just thought it sounded cool number two
bubbles aren’t needed for dialogue in
2017 s Justice League
a simple Atlantis scene left fans
baffled when mera wanted to speak to
Aquaman underwater she summoned a
ridiculous-looking air bubble around
them took a hell of a hit this raised
concerns that all the dialogue in
Atlantis would have to hold for bubbles
fortunately director James Wan was quick
to ashore fans on Twitter and in
interviews that conversations would look
a lot more natural in Aquaman James I
have no choice
to create the look of underwater
dialogue will see something like sound
waves coming from characters mouths the
choice to pop these magical bubbles will
help keep the pace moving and make it
easier to take conversations seriously
number one Wan race to Aquaman instead
of Flash is this a bad time to bring up
my blood sugar as we stated earlier
James Wan knows how to handle speedy
action yet when Wan was offered the
chance to direct flash he chose to dive
into Atlantis instead in an interview
one said he liked the idea of pioneering
a place that hadn’t been seen on film
before he also felt that bringing the
lesser-known Aquaman to life gave him
more room to play with the character
than if he adapted someone more popular
like the flash ultimately ones directing
decisions seemed to be motivated by
creative freedom and his enthusiasm
those elements are what Aquaman deserves
and what the DC EU needs right now never
it won’t bring destruction do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and be sure
to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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