OFFICIAL: James Wan Will Direct Both AQUAMAN And ROBOTECH

The man who directed the highest grossing film of the year is set to direct Warner Bros.' Aquaman! James Wan has officially closed deals to direct both the Jason Momoa-starrer and Sony's Robotech.

By RohanPatel - Jun 03, 2015 02:06 PM EST

Filed Under: Aquaman

Source: THR

Ever since Furious 7 managed to gross over $1.5 billion dollars (and counting) at the worldwide box office, James Wan has been an extremely wanted man in Hollywood. Multiple studios were rumored to be pursuing him for a variety of projects, the most prominent of which was Warner Bros.' DC adaptation Aquaman.

Well, after weeks of speculation, it's official.

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Wan has officially closed his deal with WB to develop and direct Aquaman, which will star Jason Momoa (Game Of Thrones) as the titular hero. He'll also oversee the development of the script, which is currently being written by Kurt Johnstad (300). In addition to closing the Aquaman deal, Wan also simultaneously closed his deal with Sony to direct Robotech, an adaptation of the popular 1980s anime of the same name.

Don't expect Wan to get started on either of these projects for a while as he is currently committed to directing New Line Cinema's The Conjuring 2: The Endfield Experiment and is expected to be unavailable until at least mid-2016. Aquaman isn't expected to swim into theaters until July 27, 2018, so there will be ample time for Wan to pick up that project sometime late next year or early 2017.

What do you guys think of the news? Sound off with your thoughts below!

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Minty - 6/3/2015, 2:15 PM

My bad @KingPatel - in my haste I forgot to check if you or any of the other editors had got to the story first!

*shakes fist*

Haha nice job anyway ;)

MisterBatfleck - 6/3/2015, 2:15 PM

"The movie will focus on Aquaman as a reluctant ruler of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis who is caught between land dwellers that are always polluting the globe and his own people who are ready to invade the surface."

MisterBatfleck - 6/3/2015, 2:16 PM

Reasonnnn - 6/3/2015, 2:17 PM

Master Filmmaker James Wan*

All jokes aside, congrats to the man. He's a cool guy. I don't think I'll ever watch Conjuring in my life, but I watched SAW!

JamesMann - 6/3/2015, 2:18 PM

IT IS TIME FOR THE SEA KING TO RISE!

xxxxxxx - 6/3/2015, 2:23 PM

Wait. 'THE CONJURING 2: THE ENDFIELD EXPERIMENT' is coming out next year?

https://memythoughtsandwhoknows.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/fainting-bilbo1.gif

James Wan is an exceptional director and puts incredible work into his films (as evidenced by him creating several of the best modern Horror films). He can utilize a script to it's full extent and also does great action. Fantastic news!

Minty - 6/3/2015, 2:23 PM

Yeah I can't deny I [frick]ing love this news. I unashamedly loved Furious 7. Bring it on, Wan!

@TheAmbassador - Funny enough I think I was, but then I deleted that article when I thought Ror had posted it last week. I wasn't aware that it was an official announcement until a few minutes later, and so I made a new article. By which time KP had beaten me to the punch. He definitely didn't steal it dw :)

I'm disappointed sure, but only with myself (shouldn't have deleted the first one haha!). Cheers for the kind words though :)

Wannabe - 6/3/2015, 2:23 PM

This is cool and all, but what's gonna happen to Shazam?

SauronsBANE - 6/3/2015, 2:27 PM

Don't worry @Minty, you're still certified "Fresh" in my book ;)

blackandyellow - 6/3/2015, 2:29 PM

I guess it's official now. There goes that Namor movie that nobody has been clamoring for.

Wannabe - 6/3/2015, 2:29 PM

Shazam? I was kinda looking forward to that one.

Wannabe - 6/3/2015, 2:29 PM

Oh and Marvel don't have the Namor rights so...

xxxxxxx - 6/3/2015, 2:30 PM

@RobinHood Damn! I'm on school Wi-Fi so the links aren't going through.
I HAD AN IRONIC COMMENT WITH A 'BACK TO THE FUTURE' GIF AND EVERYTHING

YeezusWept - 6/3/2015, 2:34 PM

gamecreatorjj - 6/3/2015, 2:36 PM

WB is bringing out all the f'in talent they can find. Glad to see less Yes-Man directors

NightBoyWonder - 6/3/2015, 2:36 PM

To all the haters

ALegendaryPanda - 6/3/2015, 2:38 PM

When you know the DCCU is in good hands:

xxxxxxx - 6/3/2015, 2:38 PM

@RobinHood I'm too deep into the rage. Three pigeons are already dead and I severely stubbed my toe.

BlackStar25 - 6/3/2015, 2:38 PM

Bring it! :D

jerryblake - 6/3/2015, 2:41 PM

i'm sure he will do fine with AquaMan. Still ... he's really good at horrors so why not give him JLA Dark if DelToro says he's not sure about directing the movie himself

ALegendaryPanda - 6/3/2015, 2:42 PM

Himura - 6/3/2015, 2:42 PM

Uhhh Furious 7 sucked. We all know it was only successful because of Paul Walker's death.

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