That isn't the case, and the sequel to a film that came out in late 2018 is now being released in late 2023 after many delays due to many different reasons and is now being released under entirely new leadership. On top of that, the film also has to contend with the fact that the studio that made it has decided that actors aren't worth paying or having control of their own likenesses, so it has fallen almost entirely on the director, James Wan, to try and market this film.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom: Summary, Cast List, Release Date Director James Wan and Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa—along with Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Nicole Kidman—return in the sequel to the highest-grossing DC film of all time: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Having failed to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father's death, will stop at nothing to take Aquaman down once and for all.