Before Jason Momoa took on the mantle of Aquaman, the last actor to play the role of the Atlantean hero on the big-screen was Vincent Chase in the 2006 film directed by James Cameron. Okay, that may have only happened in the fictional world of HBO's Entourage, but Cameron still has a soft spot for Aquaman, and the director recently spoke with Yahoo to give his two cents on the recent…...
- 2/12/2019
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
James Wan is best known for his low-budget horror hits like “Saw” and “The Conjuring,” but most recently, he took on a $200-million project, “Aquaman,” in which he had to create a whole new underwater world.
“If I was going to play in this arena for the first time, I wanted to make sure that I give it my all and so I would agonize with my visual effects team over every single shot — how it looks, how things moved, to like the tiniest sort of detail that an audience might not even pay attention to,” Wan said in a Q&A with TheWrap. In fact, he added a cute little tidbit to one scene that you might have missed (more on that below).
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In the interview with TheWrap, Wan...
“If I was going to play in this arena for the first time, I wanted to make sure that I give it my all and so I would agonize with my visual effects team over every single shot — how it looks, how things moved, to like the tiniest sort of detail that an audience might not even pay attention to,” Wan said in a Q&A with TheWrap. In fact, he added a cute little tidbit to one scene that you might have missed (more on that below).
Also Read: Did 'Aquaman' Director James Wan Draw Inspiration From Vincent Chase's Movie in 'Entourage?'
In the interview with TheWrap, Wan...
- 12/19/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
This weekend, James Wan’s “Aquaman” will hit theaters, 13 years after Adrian Grenier’s Vincent Chase took on the character in the HBO hit series “Entourage.” But did Wan draw any inspiration for his iteration from James Cameron’s version in the show?
“No, I’m sorry to say that to you ‘Entourage’ fans out there,” Wan, laughing, told TheWrap. “No, if anything, I probably was inspired more by Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ than his ‘Entourage.'”
In 2005, during the show’s second season, Chase is determined to make the transition into big blockbusters. James Cameron comes on board to direct “Aquaman,” with Mandy Moore playing the film’s female lead. In the show, the film bags the record for the biggest opening weekend in box office history with $116.8 million. Of course, that’s nowhere near the real-life opening record of “Avengers: Infinity War,” which earned $257.7 million its opening weekend.
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“No, I’m sorry to say that to you ‘Entourage’ fans out there,” Wan, laughing, told TheWrap. “No, if anything, I probably was inspired more by Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ than his ‘Entourage.'”
In 2005, during the show’s second season, Chase is determined to make the transition into big blockbusters. James Cameron comes on board to direct “Aquaman,” with Mandy Moore playing the film’s female lead. In the show, the film bags the record for the biggest opening weekend in box office history with $116.8 million. Of course, that’s nowhere near the real-life opening record of “Avengers: Infinity War,” which earned $257.7 million its opening weekend.
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- 12/17/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Join our newsletter to get more stories like this Three of the movies James Wan directed became franchises: Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring. That’s already an impressive track record, and then he directed the biggest Fast and the Furious movie ever, Furious 7. Aquaman is his latest film. Even though Aquaman was already part of the DC Comics franchise, and the fake movie Vincent Chase starred in on Entourage, Wan is starting the Aquaman franchise proper. Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) was in Justice League and had a cameo in Batman v Superman, but this is his movie. Mera (Amber Heard) […]
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- 12/17/2018
- by Fred Topel
- Monsters and Critics
James Wan’s “Aquaman” is opening this weekend following record-breaking grosses internationally and more or less positive critical buzz (the film’s 71% on Rotten Tomatoes is a step up from other films in the DC Extended Universe), and no one is more surprised than “Entourage” creator Doug Ellin. In 2005, Ellin famously launched a fake “Aquaman” as part of the second season of his popular HBO comedy series. In the show’s world, actor Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) played the briny superhero.
“It’s so interesting to me now because the real movie does look like it’s going to be a huge hit and does look like they visualized it in a way that my brain could probably never do,” Ellin told Entertainment Weekly while revisiting the second season storyline. “I thought ‘Aquaman’ sounded like the most ridiculous movie in the world and, to me, the only way to make...
“It’s so interesting to me now because the real movie does look like it’s going to be a huge hit and does look like they visualized it in a way that my brain could probably never do,” Ellin told Entertainment Weekly while revisiting the second season storyline. “I thought ‘Aquaman’ sounded like the most ridiculous movie in the world and, to me, the only way to make...
- 12/17/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
In “Venom,” the spectacular but mostly derivative and generically plotted new comic-book origin story (it’s the first installment of the Sony Universe of Marvel Characters), Tom Hardy is afflicted with an otherworldly force that invades his mind, his body, his very being. It’s called the desire to act like a stumblebum Method goof. The symptoms, which are highly visible and dramatic, range from a propensity for bug-eyed staring to a tendency to swallow each line with a kind of renegade doofus mumble, in a way that leaves Hardy sounding like a cross between early Marlon Brando and late Adam Sandler.
As anyone who saw his silky and cutting performance in “Locke” can attest, Tom Hardy is one of the smartest actors around. So why, in “Venom,” does it seem like he’s doing his impersonation of a benignly inarticulate stoner clown who’s only got half his marbles?...
As anyone who saw his silky and cutting performance in “Locke” can attest, Tom Hardy is one of the smartest actors around. So why, in “Venom,” does it seem like he’s doing his impersonation of a benignly inarticulate stoner clown who’s only got half his marbles?...
- 10/3/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
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