AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM Will Have Small Fan Screening Instead of a Red-Carpet Premiere
And just like that, the DCEU has come to an end. Without the fanfare of your typical superhero movie, or really any big budget film for that matter, Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom opted for a small fan screening in southern California with a pre-reception. The news comes from The Hollywood Reporter senior film writer Borys Kit, who said on X:
And thus the DCEU ends, not with a bang but a whimper. No red carpet premiere, no afterparty, just a small (but neat) pre-reception, a "fan screening," and only Jason Momoa and James Wan at the Grove to close out a veritable era...
The reception does look pretty neat, but it’s too bad the film and its star, Jason Momoa, didn’t get more of a sendoff. Check out the photos from the event below, and get ready to watch Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom in theaters this weekend.
In the film, “Having failed to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death, will stop at nothing to take Aquaman down once and for all,” the official Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom synopsis reads. “This time Black Manta is more formidable than ever before, wielding the power of the mythic Black Trident, which unleashes an ancient and malevolent force. To defeat him, Aquaman will turn to his imprisoned brother Orm, the former King of Atlantis, to forge an unlikely alliance. Together, they must set aside their differences in order to protect their kingdom and save Aquaman’s family, and the world, from irreversible destruction.”
Momoa is joined by Patrick Wilson as Orm, Amber Heard as Mera, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Dolph Lundgren as King Nereus and Randall Park as Dr. Stephen Shin.
Warner Bros. will release the film in theaters on December 20th.