Jason Momoa Talks "Aquaman"

Attending the recent Comic Con Experience in Brazil actor Jason Momoa answered a couple of questions (via DCU Movie Page by way of CBM) about his role as Aquaman in the slate for the  DC Cinematic Universe.

Here we learn that Momoa's contract is for just four movies--while he didn't confirm it--this would likely include Zack Snyder's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" the stand-alone "Aquaman" movie, The Justice League Part One and "Justice League Part Two" which suggests that you're highly unlikely to see him cameo as Arthur Curry in any other DC Entertainment films.

Momoa says he wants Snyder to direct the "Aquaman" movie, Snyder's availability may prevent him from taking the gig.

Momoa promises the character "will be a bad-ass, otherwise, they wouldn't cast me for the role," and confirmed he was hired for the role a long time before the announcement - but had to keep his mouth shut.

Momoa says if he hadn't landed the Aquaman role he wanted to play Lobo

In August we found out that 300 scribe Kurt Johnstad and "Gangster Squad" writer Will Beall have been hired to pen separate scripts for the solo "Aquaman" movie. The studio wants to then combine them getting the best version from the two works.

Momoa has been linked to Warner Bros' upcoming DC Entertainment plans for a long time but he's been suggested for numerous other roles like Doomsday or Metallo alien hero Martian Manhunter who also happens to like Oreo Cookies. The imposing actor has been asked about the talk several times but has always denied that he's up for a role.

Created in the 1940s, Aquaman a founding member of the Justice League who can control the sea and is the king of Atlantis. Alan Ritchson played the character in several episodes of Smallville while Justin Hartley played the seven seas hero in a 2006 TV pilot that never aired.

The DOJ release was delayed a full 10 months for a number of reasons. As a result, the original release date of July 17th 2015 was no longer. The studio then targeted a May 6th 2016 release. They quickly inserted the fantasy Pan into that original slot. The sequel was to go head to head with "Captain America 3" ...Nobody thought that the comic book pics would ultimately share the date--Sure enough DOJ blinked--and will now open on March 25th 2016.

The solo Aquaman comes to theaters July 27th, 2018