It’s learned that James Wan’s upcoming Aquaman movie will feature none of the other Justice League characters, which means no cameos from Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash or Cyborg.
Director James Wan explained to EW.com the reasoning:
“I wanted to keep the story to the world of Aquaman and not have to worry about what other characters are doing in their films and how that would affect us,” Wan said. “I just thought the simplest way was to keep it clean — keep it simple and let it be an Aquaman story.”
It’s noted that when James Wan first was in talks to direct the movie that he wanted to be independent of the other DCEU films and be able to make his unique, with the film said to be more fantasy than superhero.
“I told them I understand and respect that it’s part of a bigger universe but at the end of the day I have to tell the story I want to tell, and I want to develop the character as well,” Wan previously said in an interview. “It was something the studio was respectful about … .in my movie he starts off one way and becomes very different by the end. It’s a classic hero’s journey. I equate our story to The Sword and the Stone, it’s a very Arthurian story about a journey to becoming king.”
