Water World

Looks like the Aquaman movie now has a release date...

The Warner Bros superhero pic starring Jason Momoa and directed by James Wan will hit theaters October 5, 2018 in both 3D and IMAX.

Aquaman made his cinematic debut earlier this year via a short cameo in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. The character will next be seen in a major role in the Zack Snyder-directed follow up Justice League, which sees the major heroes of the DC Universe united to face off against DC Villain Steppenwolf. 

 The Aquaman stand-alone film stars Jason Momoa as Aquaman – AKA Arthur Curry, king of Atlantis – alongside Amber Heard as Mera, Queen of Atlantis in the comics and likely to fill the same role here.

I guess a lot of this film's success is going to ride on how well his character is received when he shows up in the Justice League movie next year.

Fingers and fins crossed.

Blonde Ambition

The Internets were abuzz today after Jason Momoa revealed at Sundance that his Aquaman won't have the historic character's signature blonde locks...

A 74-year-old woman proclaiming to be a huge fan of the Aquaman comic books wanted to know if Momoa's King Of The Seven Seas will have a beard and mustache. "Well, just going off what you've seen so far ma'am, I don't think he is going to be blonde or white," Momoa stated. 

It is shocking news, since we all know that Jason was specifically cast because of his...









Hair.

I have faith that people will find something else to focus on when his character finally appears on screen.

Super Tuesday

Chris Evans has just signed to play Captain America in the upcoming Marvel film, The First Avenger: Captain America.

It's an odd choice, since he already played Johnny Storm (the "Flame-ON!" guy) in the previous Marvel Fantastic Four movies (which are going to be redone again with a new cast). He'll also play Captain America in the upcoming "Avengers" movie, which will also include Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), the Hulk (Edward Norton), and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) all in one movie.



Filming has already begun on a stand-alone Thor movie with Chris Hemsworth (he played Kirk's young father in the last Star Trek movie), which will also co-star Anthony Hopkins and is being directed by Kenneth Branagh.

It will be cool to see an Avengers movie with all three characters (and probably more) and the same actors starring in them for once. It's a shame that Warner Bros. still hasn't be able to get their Justice League movie off the ground. Maybe Avengers will help give them a bit of a competition push...



However, the DC Universe is still going strong, there is a new Batman movie and Superman and X-Men movie reboots in the works and, of course, we have Ryan Reynolds currently filming the Green Lantern movie...so I'm looking forward to those as well.



The new Conan movie was also cast recently, with Stargate Atlantis actor Jason Momoa taking over Arnold's infamous loin cloth (hopefully it was dry-cleaned first).

I'm sure that Jason's main competition for the role, Kellan Lutz (from the movie Twilight and recent Calvin Klein ads), was bummed when he didn't get the barbarian role. But, I'm sure he's over it now...



It was announced today that Kellan has been cast as the Greek god Poseidon in the upcoming movie War of the Gods, which will also star Mickey Roarke (who also co-stars in the upcoming Iron Man 2) as King Hyperion.

Gold's Gym must be very busy lately with all of these Superhero, Warrior, and and Greek God movies coming out.

I certainly don't see any of these actors "preparing for their roles" at my local 24 Hour Fitness.

Feeling Blu

Blu-ray magazine released a series of Justice League covers, including Aquaman.

Also, Warner Bros. released a new photo of Jason Momoa as well.



Enjoyable.

Slap Game

This is a pretty entertaining animated story about how one of the producers of Game of Thrones decided to play the "Slap Game" with Jason Momoa one night at a bar. You can imagine how that might have turned out. Enjoy.

Replacing Arnold

Maybe Maria Shriver will go after the new Conan, Jason Momoa, now that she's left the old one.



The latest trailer for the new Conan: The Barbarian movie was released recently. It looks like it has all the cheesy desert fun that Arnold's version had, but with more CGI.



There seems to be plenty of sword swinging and damsels distressing, which the kids should enjoy.



Plus, you gotta have angry brooding.



It's probably gonna be awful, but it's not like it has a lot to live up to.



I'm in.

A League of Their Own

Today, Warner Bros. finally announced their full slate of DC Comics movies coming out over the next few years…

• “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” directed by Zack Snyder (2016)
• “Suicide Squad,” directed by David Ayer (2016)
• “Wonder Woman,” starring Gal Gadot (2017)
• “Justice League Part One,” directed by Zack Snyder (2017)
• “The Flash,” starring Ezra Miller (2018)
• “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa (2018)
• “Shazam” (2019) 
• “Justice League Part Two,” directed by Zack Snyder (2019)
• “Cyborg,” starring Ray Fisher (2020) 
• “Green Lantern” (2020)

I'm glad that they're putting together the Justice League and really happy that we're getting a Wonder Woman movie after all of these years.

Marvel is gonna have some super competition for sure.

Let the games begin!

Teamwork

The final Justice League trailer was released over the weekend....



It's looking pretty fun (although still a bit more CGI-y than I would like). Also, it seems that they've beefed up a bit more focus on Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and Wonder Woman, which is just fine with me.



The movie opens November 17th

Wonder Woman poster

The first look at the new Wonder Woman movie poster was released today by Gal Gadot, who plays the title character.

And they also just released the first trailer for the movie...











Awesome!



AAaaaand....they just released the first Justice League trailer...





Jason Momoa's Aquaman appears to have a "little bit" of an attitude problem, which could be fun.

Here's hoping it's better than Batman v Superman.

Let the GAMES begin!

Jason Momoa and I (and his pecs) are very excited about the new season of Game of Thrones starting THIS Sunday.

Well, he's as excited as Khal Drogo can be...he was never one for expressing emotions that didn't involve some kind of strategically focused scowl.

He is also, as he Instagramed today, defending Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano from construction of a giant telescope. Hence...the pic above.

PLUS, from one throne to another...a new season of Veep starts this Sunday night as well.



Sunday night is really starting to become Must See TV for me!

Classic Pop

A couple of new trailers were released over the weekend with some blasts from the past. First, the new Aquaman trailer revealed, not only more action and a longer look at the film, but a glimpse of Jason Momoa donning the original costume...



I know that trailers can be deceiving, but they are really doing a good job of balancing action, visuals, and fun.

Me likey and I'll be there when it opens on December 21st.



Star Trek: Discovery also released a trailer for their upcoming second season and it revealed a lot of new surprises, including a first look at Spock...



I still refuse to pay for CBS All Access (it's cheaper to buy the DVDs each season, which I recently did for Season One), but I look forward to watching this new season next year when the DVD is available.

Until then, everyone else can watch it when it premieres on January 17th.

The new destroyer

Here is a new pic of the guy, Jason Momoa, who is taking over the Arnold role in the "Conan the Barbarian" remake that just completed shooting.

He does look Barbarian-y.

Protector of the deep

The final trailer for Aquaman was released today...



I am actually hopeful that this movie might be fun and, possibly, even good.

Don't disappoint me, Jason Momoa!

We'll find out when the movie opens on December 21st.

Aquaman: First official photo

Zach Snyder released the first official photo of Jason Momoa as Aquaman today. The character is scheduled to show up first in Batman v Superman next year before starring in his own feature as well as showing up as part of the upcoming Justice League movies.

I'm really looking forward to the DC Universe films. I hope they're as enjoyable as most of the Marvel Universe movies have been (especially Avengers).

Time will tell...

Swimming with the fishes

It's finally been confirmed that Jason Momoa will be playing Aquaman in the Justice League movies, as well as his own Aquaman movie.

I approve.

Justice has prevailed

Jason Momoa confirmed that filming of the Justice League movie is complete in his grammatically - challenged Instagram posting.

Hopefully it'll allow him some free time to finally get back to the gym.

He's really let himself go.

Daddy Issues

Uh, if Jason Momoa's body is considered a "Dad Bod", the rest of us should just wear Mumus and call it a day.