Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder took to Twitter last night to give fans their first look at Jason Momoa as Aquaman. Momoa’s character will appear in Snyder’s upcoming film (which opens in March of 2016) as well as the future Justice League films. Snyder’s “Unite the Seven” tagline could either be a reference to the seven seas, or to the seven members of the Justice League. It’s reported that the director will use the upcoming Batman v. Superman to introduce the entire superhero squad, fleshing DC Comics’ movies out to rival the scope of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Addressing fan’s apprehensions about Aquaman, Snyder told a radio station some time back, “You guys were disparaging, a little bit, Aquaman…I don’t want to give anything away about the movie or anything like that but Aquaman has some cool abilities. People are like, “Oh what? Does he talk to animals? Cause that seems like what he does. Or fish?” The cool thing with Aquaman is his Trident. So you have to realize that could cut the flesh of Superman if they came in contact. That’s a thing that’s in the canon. He’s super strong cause of course he can exist at these super deep depths so when he comes up here he’s crazy strong. Anyway, not to say he’s in my movie or anything like that but he has the potential to be bad ass, that’s all I’m saying.”
Now, seeing the mean new look of Momoa, we are inclined to agree with the director.
Jason Momoa, who first gained worldwide fame in “Game of Thrones,” is also the star of the Sundance channel series “The Red Road.”
There is only one true King. #unitetheseven pic.twitter.com/RDFG8jbuI6
— ZackSnyder (@ZackSnyder) February 20, 2015
