AQUAMAN Director James Wan Says The Movie Will Have Multiple Villains

After Aquaman's embarrassing introduction to the DC Extended Universe in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, I'm guessing Jason Momoa is ready to show the world that his character can be the badass he's always bragged about. He'll get his chance in a couple of years with Aquaman, directed by The Conjuring 2 and Furious 7 helmer James Wan. We previously heard a rumor about who the villain might be in the solo movie, but that rumor only consisted of one villain. In a new interview with CinemaBlend, Wan says he has multiple villains ready to face off against the King of Atlantis:

"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."

I've never read an Aquaman comic, so I'll leave the speculation about which villains might appear to you all in the comments. Later in the interview, Wan revealed why he wanted to make this movie in the first place:

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.

Let's hope he's able to utilize that technology much better than Zack Snyder was able to in BvS, and that he delivers an Aquaman movie that lives up to Momoa's constant hype. Aquaman will star Momoa and Amber Heard, and the movie is scheduled to arrive in theaters on July 27, 2018.