Why 'Aquaman' Director James Wan Isn't Sold on Making a Sequel
By Kwadar Ray
While Aquaman lead Jason Momoa already has big plans for a sequel, there's no guarantee the movie's director will be on board.
Director James Wan’s status for an Aquaman 2 has been up in the air, especially since he admitted he is not signed on any for future movies surrounding The King of the Seven Seas.
Wan recently admitted he’s not too sure what the future has in store for him during an interview with Comicbook.com.
"I mean, liking the people I work with goes a long way," Wan said when the topic of a sequel was brought up. "That was the reason why I came back when I did Insidious 2. But it's a weird one for me, because I actually don't know what I want to do next for the first time in my career. I felt like Aquaman ticked a lot of boxes for me. I want to do another action movie after Furious 7, I wanted to do a world creation film, and I wanted to do a superhero movie, and Aquaman literally ticked all of those boxes for me.”
“And so right now, I'm in that sort of place of like, do I kind of go back and do a smaller movie maybe as my next one, something a bit more intimate... I'm not sure at this point," Wan admitted.
With the early success of the movie and positive reviews, Warner Bros. will likely be ringing Wan's phone for a sequel. However, the director prefers not sticking with one genre for too long.
"If I spend too long doing horror films, I get really horror-ed out," Wan explained. "If I spend too long doing superhero movie, like I've spent three years of my life doing this one, I am a little bit superhero-ed out a little bit as well. So I'm always trying to find new things to sort of challenge me, and that's what it comes down to. If I can creatively click with whatever I do next, that's what I look for."
Aquaman had an impressive $33 million box office performance this Friday.