Producer Charles Roven on James Wan Directing AQUAMAN and Script Update
The most exciting thing to happen with the standalone Aquaman movie in development is the hiring of James Wan to direct it. I’m not really excited about this movie, but I hope that it ends up being great! Maybe I’ll be a little more excited after I see Jason Momoa in action as Aquaman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Of course, there’s also always the chance that I’ll just roll my eyes at it.
I’m such a big fan of Wan’s films, though, and it’s hard to imagine that he’ll disappoint. In an interview with Collider, producer Charles Roven gave an update on the film's script and also talked about bringing in Wan to helm the film:
"That’s a perfect example—him and [David] Ayer, and Patty [Jenkins], they’re perfect examples of what I’m talking about, to bring people in. Fertile creative minds who can say, ‘Okay, we get the road map, now let’s talk about doing this or doing that.’ It’s fun to have that flexibility and yet commonality."
He went on to talk about where the development process is going with Wan currently directing The Conjuring 2:
"We’re very early days. We’re just starting with the screenplay. He’s making The Conjuring 2 now, so he’s had his hand in the creation of let’s just call it a working document from which to write. But he’s directing that film [and] he’s got his hand ever so slightly in the development, but he’s really gonna throw himself into it after he finishes shooting Conjuring 2. And we’re planning on it being his film after Conjuring 2. He is a serious Aquaman fan."
Aquaman is a long way off. it won’t even come out until July 27th, 2018, so there’s plenty of time to get this production in top-notch shape before it hits theaters.