DC Developing an Aqualad Series with Charlize Theron for HBO Max Titled YOU BROUGHT ME THE OCEAN

HBO Max is developing a new live-action DC series titled You Brought Me the Ocean, which is based on the YA graphic novel by Alex Sanchez and Jul Maroh about the origins of DC’s Aqualad. Charlize Theron is also attached to produce the series.

The show will explore the life of Jackson “Jake” Hyde, “a gay teenager living in New Mexico. All his life, he has had a strange attraction to the water and yearns to escape his desert surroundings for the ocean. As he explores his abilities, including breathing under and controlling water, he also finds himself falling in love with his classmate, high school swim captain Kenny Liu.”

As of right now, no writer or director are attached to the project. The series will also be produced by A.J. Dix, Beth Kono, and Andrew Haas.

This Jake Hyde version of Aqualad, though, first debuted in 2010 and was created by Brandon Vietti, Greg Weisman and Phil Bourassa for the animated television series Young Justice. The character also goes by the name Kaldur’ahm, and he is the son of the supervillain Black Manta. Hyde would later go on to become the second Aquaman in the DC canon.

There’s also a different iteration of the character named Garth, who appeared on the HBO Max live-action show Titans.

Are there any Aqualad fans out there excited to hear that the character is getting his own live-action DC series?

Source: Variety