November 26, 2018 (Leicester Square)
December 21, 2018 (United States)
Aquaman is a 2018 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by DC Entertainment and Peter Safran Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the sixth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film was directed by James Wan, from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall. It stars Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry / Aquaman, who sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and stop his half-brother, King Orm, from uniting the seven underwater kingdoms to destroy the surface world. Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison, and Nicole Kidman appear in supporting roles.
Development began in 2004 but did not gain traction until Man of Steel was released in 2013. In August 2014, Beall and Kurt Johnstad were hired to write competing scripts. Wan signed on as director in April 2015, and in July 2016, the film moved forward with Beall's screenplay. The main cast was confirmed through 2016 and early 2017. Principal photography began in Australia in May 2017, taking place at Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, with additional production teams in Canada, Italy and Morocco. Filming concluded the following October. Several vendors provided visual effects, ranging from high-detail hair simulations to the creation of CGI animals and locations.
Aquaman premiered in London on November 26, 2018, and was released in the United States on December 21. It grossed $1.148 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing DCEU film, the highest-grossing film based on a DC Comics character, the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2018 and the 24th-highest-grossing film of all time. The film received praises for its visual effects, production design, tone, action sequences, Momoa's performance and Wan's direction, but its plot and runtime were criticized. An animated miniseries set after the film, Aquaman: King of Atlantis, aired from October 14 to October 28, 2021, while a live-action sequel film, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, is set to be released on March 17, 2023.
Storyline
Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.
Also See
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
Sound Effects Used
- Benny the Cab Revving
- H-B BELL, CLOCK TOWER - BIG BEN CHIMING FOUR TIMES (Single chime)
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Seagull Four Sin PE021601
- Hollywoodedge, Dolphin Chirps Vocal PE024601
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Light Ce FS024701
- Hollywoodedge, Gusts Heavy Cold Wind PE031601
- Hollywoodedge, Lightning 08 CloseG SIG012601
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Explosion With Fi PE280301
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - HOTH BLASTER RICOCHET (-12 pitch version)
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - VARIOUS ARRAY OF RICOCHETS
- SKYWALKER ELECTRICAL POP SOUND
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SINGLE SPARK CHIRP 01 (Heard twice near the beginning when lights go out in Thomas Curry's house and when two Atlantean soldiers fail to kill Queen Atlanna with their weapons.)
- SKYWALKER, METAL - RESOUNDING CLANG (Heard thrice in high and low pitches.)
- SKYWALKER POWERLINE SNAPPING SOUND
- SKYWALKER TV SMASHING SOUND
- SKYWALKER, WATER - UNDERWATER EXPLOSION, METAL SQUEAKING AND BUBBLES GURGLING, UNDERWATER
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - INDY'S WHIP CRACKS (The whoosh part is heard as Jesse Kane kills a submarine captain with his special knife.)
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, SILKY CHICKEN - RAPID CALLS, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (Series 6000)
- Sound Ideas, WIND - HOWLING AND WHISTLING, WEATHER
- Taco Bell Bong
