‘Aquaman’ movie: Everything we know about it so far
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With Aquaman hitting theaters December 21, 2018, here’s everything we know about the movie so far.
A long look
Just a few months before Aquaman splashes into theaters, the studio released an extended preview of the film (see above) online featuring more than 5 minutes of footage.The preview includes what appears to be several full scenes featuring Momoa and Heard as Arthur and Mera, respectively, along with new footage of the villains — including Abdul-Mateen as Black Manta — and other supporting characters.
The first trailer
Warner Bros. Pictures debuted the first trailer for Aquaman (see below) during the studio’s Comic-Con panel in July.Black Manta, Orm, and more
Just over six months before Aquaman hits theaters, Entertainment Weekly revealed a set of photos from the set of the film featuring Momoa’s Aquaman, as well as several other characters being glimpsed for the first time.Among the photos was the first look at Abdul-Mateen as David Hyde, the chief character who will become the aquatic villain Black Manta, gazing at the film’s version of Manta’s helmet.
Another photo featured Momoa’s Aquaman facing off with Wilson’s Orm, Aquaman’s half-brother and the film’s primary antagonist. This was the first look at Wilson as Orm.
More Aquaman photos are available on EW’s website.
A different look
Warner Bros. released the first photo of Momoa in Aquaman via EW on December 7, It shows a ripped, imposing, and, of course, shirtless Arthur Curry striding with purpose against a backdrop of steam. He looks different than he did in his most recent DCEU film, especially when it comes to his tattoos.
Wan prepared fans for the fact that Aquaman brings changes, just like the photo.
“It’s going to look very different,” the director told EW, “it will feel very different — aesthetically, tonally, story-wise — it’s my own take.”
The film will cover ground (and sea) its predecessors didn’t have time to in either Batman v Superman or Justice League. With the aquatic superhero as the film’s focus, it will be able to take a deep dive into his backstory. Momoa highlighted as much when he spoke to EW, teasing that we’ll see his character not only as a hardened man with a chance to become king but also as a boy “finding his powers.”
Wan described the film as “a much more a traditional action-adventure quest movie,” and Momoa clearly approves of the direction the director took.
“I think James Wan just killed it,” Momoa said.
“Fret not, no ‘air bubbles for dialogue’ in my underwater world,” Wan wrote on Twitter.💪🏋️♀️ Fret not, no “air bubbles for dialogue” in my underwater world. https://t.co/rRbWp2Ejfd— James Wan (@creepypuppet) November 21, 2017
How the filmmaker will present undersea conversation in Aquaman remains a mystery, but apparently, we now have confirmation on how it won’t be handled.
The photo posted by Snyder features Heard in the version of Mera’s costume seen in Justice League, complete with shoulder armor and crown.
A few months later, Wan posted another photo of Heard as Mera from her first day on the set of Aquaman. The photo, which was posted to Twitter, featured a different costume this time around. with considerably less armor and no crown.
Lady MERA swept in from the sea. First day with the exquisite Amber Heard. (Shot by the talented @jasinboland ) pic.twitter.com/FWQANu0S12— James Wan (@creepypuppet) May 18, 2017
Villains of the sea
Reports indicate that Aquaman will feature multiple villains challenging the film’s titular hero for control of the seas.
The first among them to be cast was Watchmen and The Conjuring a guy actor Patrick Wilson, who joined the film in December 2016 in the role of Orm, the half-brother of Arthur Curry.
Orm is better known to comics fans as the villain Ocean Master, a
brilliant, powerful member of Atlantean royalty who frequently attempts
to take control of Atlantis by any means necessary.
Lucifer season 4 on Netflix: Release date, episodes, cast and everything you need to know
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Long live the Devil.
When Fox dared to cancel Lucifer after three seasons, fans turned their devastation into a huge campaign to #SaveLucifer – and guess who had the luck of the devil? It only went and worked.
On June 15, lead star Tom Ellis confirmed that Netflix had saved the show by ordering a fourth season.
"WE DID IT !!!!!!!!!!! Thank you to everyone for your continued support
and love for #Lucifer I am so happy for all our fans I'm going to
burst," he wrote.
But now that the Devil has risen again, what can we expect from season four on Lucifer's new home?
Lucifer season 4 cast: Who's coming back?
We've
not had any concrete confirmation on who's back yet, but Tom Ellis and
Lauren German have to be back as Lucifer Morningstar and Detective Chloe
Decker, especially as the season three finale saw Chloe finally seeing
Lucifer's true devil face after he killed Lt Marcus Pierce (Tom
Welling).
Aside from
those two, we'll likely see the returns of Kevin Alejandro as Detective
Dan Espinoza, DB Woodside as Amenadiel, Lesley-Ann Brandt as Mazikeen,
Aimee Garcia as Ella Lopez and Rachael Harris as Dr Linda Martin, among
others.
Prison Break's Inbar Levi is also joining the cast as Eve, the original sinner, who's pining after her first love Lucifer. After
an eternity with Adam, she's grown restless in her marriage and longs
for the charming rogue who tempted her so many years ago...
Lucifer season 4 release date: When will it arrive?
Co-showrunners Joe Henderson and Ildy Modrovich told TVLine that production is expected to start on season four in August 2018, with it expected to wrap up in December.
And true to their word, production started on season four on August 13 with the cast sharing a video from the set and taking a cheeky jab at Fox for cancelling the show in the first place.
That means we can't expect
season four to land anytime this year and we're looking at early 2019
at the earliest for season four to hit Netflix, but at least it'll be
the same everywhere so no Lucifer fan will have to wait for the new episodes.
Previously, Lucifer
has aired on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, but while nothing has been
confirmed yet, we think it's unlikely that it won't move to Netflix in
the UK as well.
Lucifer season 4 episodes: How many will there be?
The
season four renewal came with a bit of bad news as it was confirmed
that it would only be 10 episodes long, way down on season three's
24-episode run and shorter than the first (13 episodes) and second (18
episodes) seasons too.
Fortunately, though, those episodes might be slightly longer than we've come to expect from Lucifer.
Lucifer season 4 spoilers: What can we expect?
Since the show had been cancelled, the showrunners were pretty open after the season three finale about what season four would have centred around.
"That was the big thrust
of season four – exploring Chloe dealing with those ramifications, and
how it affected her relationship with Lucifer. Both professionally and
personally. Can you work with the Devil? Can you love the devil?" Henderson teased.
Modrovich added: "We also
had an exciting character from Lucifer's past who was going to come in
and mix everything up. A very personal, intimate figure who we won't
reveal the identity of yet… until we find out if we get the chance to
tell the tale on a new network."
So now at least we'll get to find out who that figure will be, but maybe not straightaway as the showrunners have said their original idea for season four will now be split in half. "We were going to have two parts to it anyway, so we'll just tell a really strong, gnarly first part," Modrovich enthused.
Henderson
adds that doing so "lets us concentrate the story and focus it, and
that's what's really exciting about this", adding: "We have a really strong first half that is now going to make for an amazing story."
The bonus episodes gave a hint as to how Chloe dealt with the season-three finale bombshell
too in a conversation with Ella after she'd been visited by the ghost
of an old acquaintance. "I have seen a lot crazier things. Like, a lot," Chloe replied – and generally seemed pretty chill with it.
And whatever happens in the story of season four, we can also expect more adult content now that the show isn't on a broadcast network, such as when they couldn't show Ellis's "wonderful, wonderful booty" during a scene in season one when Lucifer came out naked.
