Aquaman SEQUEL: Jason Momoa reveals 'awesome' plan but no room for Justice League?

Hopes are high for Aquaman.

After all the doom and gloom of the first WB DC outings, Wonder Woman proved that audiences want some humour and humanity with their heavy issues.

Jason Momoa’s rather unconventional Aquaman will be the first movie out since the complete overhaul of the DCEU management following Zack Snyder’s exit. 

The fim hits UK cinemas on December 14 but the leading man and director are already talking about their plans for the sequel and it seems there is still no room for the Jusice League under the waves.

James Wan has been clear from the start how he wants his saga to stand apart from the main Justice League.

He said: “[The] more I thought about it, the biggest thing that struck me at the time was the fact that we’ve seen incarnations of the Flash on TV and stuff like that, but we’ve never really seen an Aquaman movie at all. That part got me very excited. I feel like the landscape is quite littered with a lot of superhero movies, and the opportunities to do something that feels different and looks different, that one has really seen before – it felt like the freshest path into the superhero world.

“I didn’t want it to take place in our world for very much.”

His sequel plans also seems to stay firmly under the sea.

Wan added: “I keep saying that it would be weird to see Batman in Atlantis, or even Superman for that matter. Wonder Woman might be the only one that feels like they can belong, that they’re siblings of some kind. But no, and that’s the best way. This way, I can tell my own story and not be affected by what they’re doing over there and they’re not affected by what I’m doing over here. But we all live in the same space.

“There’s definitely stories, even within the world we’ve created, that you can actually see other storylines [for the sequel] as well. There’s the Aquaman story, but then there’s the stories of the seven different kingdoms as well. I think those would be very fun to explore.”

As for Momoa, he already has the opening for the sequel planned.

Momoa said; “Even when we were shooting Aquaman, I have the opening of Aquaman 2 ready. I went in and pitched it to (producer) Peter Safran, and I pitched it to Toby Emmerich.

“They loved it. It’s awesome… But yeah, I have plans for Aquaman 2.”

Even the actor’s cocky self-assurance lines up with the fun aspect of his character already glimpsed in the Justice League movie.

Aquaman is expected to deal with major family dramas and tackle the pollution of the oceans, but the main thing fans are looking for is fun. If Wan and Momoa deliver, they will be able to pitch whatever they want for the sequel.

AQUAMAN IS OUT ON DECEMBER 14