Jason Momoa in a nonetheless from the trailer. (courtesy: YouTube)

New Delhi:

The five-year wait is lastly over. Jason Momoa is all set to return as Arthur Curry aka Aquaman, the half-human and half-Atlantean hero. The makers launched the primary trailer of the much-awaited sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom on Thursday. It follows the story of  Arthur Curry who’s “now a husband, and a father”. As he says within the trailer, “I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Not to neglect, he’s additionally the king of Atlantis. This time Aquaman groups up together with his imprisoned brother, the previous King of Atlantis, Orm Marius (performed by Patrick Wilson), to combat the ruthless Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). The two are joined by their mom, former Queen Atlanna (Nicole Kidman) to save lots of the dominion from Black Manta who has returned to avenge his father’s dying. Black Manta is extra formidable than earlier than as a result of he wields the ability of the Black Trident, an historic and evil pressure. He additionally threatens to “kill Aquaman and everything he holds dear.” In the trailer, actress Amber Heard’s Mera additionally makes an look however only for a number of seconds in the direction of the tip. This is Amber’s first undertaking for the reason that 2022 defamation trial towards her ex-husband Johnny Depp. 

We additionally get a glimpse of Arthur Curry’s little one and his father Tom Curry, who’s a human and works as a lighthouse keeper. 

Along with Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson and Abdul-Mateen, actors together with Nicole Kidman, Temuera Morrison, Amber Heard, Dolph Lundgren, Randall Park, and Willem Dafoe will reprise their roles in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Indya Moore, Vincent Regan and Pilou Asbæk have additionally joined the solid of this DC superhero movie. 

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is helmed by James Wan. The movie will probably be launched on December 20. 

After the discharge of the trailer and the excitement round Amber Heard’s transient look, James Wan opened up about Mera and why the character was minimised within the upcoming movie. He instructed Entertainment Weekly, “I always pitched this to everyone from the get-go. The first Aquaman was Arthur and Mera’s journey. The second movie was always going to be Arthur and Orm. The first was a romance action-adventure movie, the second one is a bromance action-adventure movie. We’ll leave it at that.”

Earlier, through the defamation trial, Amber Heard had mentioned, “I was given a script and then given new versions of the script that had taken away scenes that had action in it, that depicted my character and another character, without giving any spoilers away, two characters fighting with one another, and they basically took a bunch out of my role,” the report added.