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Although Aquaman has yet to open in the States, Warner Bros. and DC’s latest has already reeled in an impressive catch in overseas markets. With much ado regarding the iconic hero’s first solo film, questions about his young protege, Aqualad, are already surfacing. Though James Wan never saw the sidekick fitting into the already busy film, he did not turn down the possibility of him making an appearance down the line. Speaking to ComicBook.com, the filmmaker said: “Well, you know, I used the Batman analogy: Let me get Batman right first before we introduce Robin.” Also read: DC’s ‘Aquaman’ Snubbed In Oscars VFX Race Wan continued: “I mean, listen, again, the character is very popular in the canon of Aquaman, in the comic book canon, right? And so who knows.” So while it sounds like fans won’t be seeing Aqualad on the big screen this time, it is still nice to know that the possibility of an appearance somewhere down the … [Read more...] about Director James Wan Explains Why ‘Aquaman’ Must Come Before Aqualad

Aquaman director James Wan confirmed that he is no longer producing a Resident Evil reboot. Also read: ‘Aquaman’ Director Explains How ‘Justice League’ Helped Him Tell Arthur’s Origin Over a year ago, it was reported that James Wan was attached to produce a reboot of the Resident Evil films. However, Wan has now revealed that he and his Atomic Monster Productions company is no longer involved the Resident Evil reboot: “I’m not doing that anymore. That has been dropped.” The Aquaman director also expressed some annoyance over the fact that projects he’s attached to are sometimes announced prematurely: They announce that I’m attached to a lot of stuff and a lot of them are not necessarily real. It’s kind of annoying when things come and go, or things never came in the first place. I hate it when my projects get announced. It makes it seem like I’m attached to a lot of things when in fact I’m not … [Read more...] about ‘Aquaman’ Director James Wan No Longer Producing ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot

Aquaman or The Flash.  A movie starring Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen, aka The Flash, has been in production for quite some time. A revolving door of directors have entered and exited the film but it turns out that one of those directors was almost Aquaman director James Wan. The filmmaker recently remembered the story during an interview with The New York Times, in which he was given the chance to choose between the two DC heroes. Also read: ‘Aquaman’ Eyes $200M International Gross A Week Before It Hits North America During the interview, Wan was asked how he won the job to direct Aquaman. The director explained that having been a part of the Warner Bros. team for a number of films, he was able to express his interest in the DC properties and earned a meeting with them. During this meeting, he was presented with two projects that did not yet have a director attached, Aquaman and The Flash. This is what Wan had to say regarding why … [Read more...] about James Wan On Why He Chose To Direct ‘Aquaman’ Over The Flash Movie