As comic book films large and small cotinue to grace the silver screen, a big part of their success ends up hinging on the villain just as much as the hero. Creating a credible, antagonizing threat can be a difficult thing, especially in a time when it's known by audiences heading into a theatre that the hero will survive the battle. Aquaman, in particular, is a character that has many formimdable foes, though they aren't as well known as the rogues gallary of characters like Batman or The Flash. During a press conference for The Conjuring 2, Aquaman director James Wan was asked by Cinemablend about his development of Aquaman's antagonists onscreen for his self-titled film. While he wouldn't go into detail, Wan seemed to suggest there might be more than one villain. "I gotta say, one thing I love about the Aquaman world is all the really different, really interesting characters. They are interesting characters, including the villains – I’m not going to tell you which villains I’m going to play with! [laughs] But they’re super cool. They’re very larger than life, but they’re unique."
Wan went on to elaborate that it was the distinctiveness of Aquaman's world that drew him towards making the movie in the first place, noting that there hasn't been a superhero film like it. "That’s what I’ll speak to – the uniqueness of the Aquaman world. There are so many superhero movies now; I don’t want to make a superhero movie now for the sake of doing it, but there’s something unique to the world of Aquaman. There’s a reason why they’ve never made a movie about this until now, because technology has never allowed us to tackle something this complicated. And so because of that it feels like something different, and that uniqueness is what I’m excited about."
Which Aquaman baddie are you excited to see onscreen? Aquaman is set for release on July 27, 2018.
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Matt is a graduate of the Ryerson University School of Journalism, and has been a fan of superheroes since he picked up his first comic book issue as a child. While he works as a professional musician, Matt has a massive passion for comic books, films and heroes, along with participating in discussion and debate with the CBM community.