Aquaman: Cast and Director Celebrate End of Principal Photography [UPDATE]

James Wan’sAquamanmovie , starring Jason Momoa as the eponymous superhero , will formally wind product today . The upcoming photographic film - the next installment in Warner Bros. ' DC motion picture universe following the discharge of Zack Snyder’sJustice Leaguenext calendar month - marks the fictional character ’s first hot - action solo flick on the big screenland , something that has become increasingly more anticipated as time goes on . After all , there were n’t too many people that were all too excited about the prospect of anAquamanmovie from the get - go .

Snyder and the respite of the DC Films team were hoping to change casual motion-picture fan ' ( and some longtime comic Good Book lover ' ) minds about the underwater superhero with his inclusion body inJustice League , where Arthur Curry , aka Aquaman , will make his official debut following a fast cameo in Snyder’sBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justicelast class . Then , following the dismission ofJustice League , Momoa will reprise his role as Aquaman , alongside Amber Heard as Mera and Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko , in Wan’sAquamanmovie in December 2018 .

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Aquamanhas been take in Australia under the working title of respect of Ahab since May , and the plan wasto resolve principal picture taking sometime around October , thus giving the post - production team enough time to fill out the film and allowing Momoa to connect the rest of his atomic number 27 - stars on theJustice Leaguepress tour . And it looks like they will be wrap on - time , for Momoa has deal toInstagramto announce the last day of filming on the movie . Take a aspect :

I ’m such a buff male child . I was so stoked and honored to meet @cwstoneking last dark . An amazing musician father adult male stud Aussie caption love ya bud . And I got to wager is guitar ahahahahahhhhhhahhh . Such a fan girl . Any who check him out buy it all . Stay tuned We fucking wrapper . Aquaman today . 114 days . BOOM . Should be a trip Aloha jA post deal by Jason Momoa ( @prideofgypsies ) onOct 20 , 2017 at 2:16pm PDT

Update : manager James Wan has also nip , including a picture of him on set in front of a monolithic creature airplane propeller , most likely a whale .

The news comes one calendar week after Patrick Wilson - who plays Arthur ’s villainous half - sidekick , Orm Marius , aka Ocean Master -completed his part of the filmand three weeksafter Dafoe wrapped his scenesas Atlantis ' primary scientific adviser to the Martin Luther King Jr. - or would - be king ( after all , Arthur wo n’t become the King of Atlantis until the end of his solo moving picture ) . So , going off the late news program as well asthe a la mode set up photos , it seems that the remaining prospect on the production agenda look to be ones between Arthur and his dear married woman , Mera .

As antecedently mentioned , Aquamanwill be the studio ’s next DC Comics - touch movie to dispatch theaters following the release ofJustice League , and it is currently scheduled to go up against Travis Knights ' upcomingTransformersspinoff movie , Bumblebee . While both movies cater to roughly the same audiences , look at how Paramount Pictures ' franchise has been underperform domestically , Aquamanshouldn’t have a problem take the weekend - but that ’s something we ’ll just have to wait and see what happen .