AQUAMAN (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jason Momoa (Justice League), Amber Heard (The Danish Girl), Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project), Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring), Dolph Lundgren (The Expendables), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Greatest Showman), Nicole Kidman (Lion), Ludi Lin (Power Rangers), Temuera Morrison (Once Were Warriors), Randall Park (Ant-Man and the Wasp), Michael Beach (True Romance), Djimon Hounsou (Guardians of the Galaxy), Natalia Safran (Flypaper), Sophia Forrest (The Water Diviner), Graham McTavish (Creed), Leigh Whannell (Insidious)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

James Wan (The Conjuring), director; Will Beall (Gangster Squad) and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (Orphan), writers; Rob Cowan (Righteous Kill) and Peter Safran (The Belko Experiment), producers; Rupert Gregson-Williams (Wonder Woman), composer; Don Burgess (Forrest Gump), cinematographer; Kirk M. Morri (Fast & Furious 7), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Arthur Curry (Momoa), the half-human and half-Atlantean son of a lighthouse keeper (Morrison) and Queen Atlanna of Atlantis (Kidman), finds himself on a reluctant path to become the new King of the Seven Seas when he learns of a plot by his half-brother Orm (Wilson) to unite the seven underwater kingdoms and declare war on the surface world…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The DC Universe expands to the seven seas in this long-awaited solo movie of the comic brand’s most beloved underwater hero, with Jason Momoa reprising his role in what looks like a fun and thrilling adventure.

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