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James Wan says Aquaman spinoff The Trench was a Black Manta movie

Although Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is on the way, there was another Aquaman movie in development. Back in 2019, Warner Bros. began developing The Trench, an Aquaman spinoff that was said to revolve around the terrifying amphibious creatures who...

Posted 4 years ago

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The Trench: James Wan’s Aquaman horror spin-off no longer in development

Posted 4 years ago

Warner Bros. is in the business of making DC Comics adaptations and horror films produced by James Wan, and a couple years ago they announced that they were working with Wan to blend the two: Wan would be producing The...

Ava DuVernay’s New Gods and James Wan’s The Trench have been scrapped

Posted 4 years ago

Warner Bros.' upcoming slate of DC movies is looking a little lighter as THR has reported that the studio will not be moving forward with Ava DuVernay's New Gods and James Wan's Aquaman spin-off, The Trench. "As part of our...

James Wan says The Trench will be more monster horror than superhero film

Posted 6 years ago

After AQUAMAN quickly became the highest-grossing film in Warner Bros.' DC franchise, it was only natural that a sequel was put into development, but slightly more surprising was the news that an AQUAMAN spin-off was in the works as well....

James Wan says Aquaman spinoff The Trench is a pure monster movie

Posted 6 years ago

Now I'm more than aware that James Wan's recent mega-blockbuster AQUAMAN is by no stretch of the imagination a horror movie, but there is one sequence contained within that is pure THE CONJURING and INSIDIOUS James Wan working at what...

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick washes ashore as the writer of Aquaman 2

Posted 6 years ago

After crossing the $1.12 billion dollar mark at the box office this past weekend, you best believe that Warner Bros. is keen to secure a long and healthy reign for their little fish-turned-big fish franchise, AQUAMAN. In fact, it was only...

The Trench: creatures introduced in James Wan’s Aquaman get horror spin-off

Posted 6 years ago

James Wan has a great working relationship with Warner Bros. and their subsidiary New Line Cinema. For the last several years, Wan and New Line have been building the "Conjuring universe" together, making CONJURING movies and then giving supernatural entities...

Warner Bros. developing an Aquaman spin-off featuring The Trench

Posted 6 years ago

As AQUAMAN has quickly become the highest-grossing film in Warner Bros.' DC franchise, it should come as no surprise that they'd want more. As we know, an AQUAMAN sequel is officially in the early stages, but there's also been discussions...