Aquaman - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Aquaman or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Aquaman

[harry]

ILM was the lead VFX vendor and worked on creating Atlantis and all its CG animals, the Karathen and the final battle of the film. Jeff White served as the VFX supervisor. For the underwater sequences, the actors were shot dry-for-wet on special tuning fork rigs designed by the FX team and later the bodies of the actors were replaced with digital doubles in post-production. For creating Atlantis the team relied on the designs provided by the art department. ILM's environment team created over 200 buildings, including the signature jellyfish buildings, and laid over 7000 buildings in districts covering almost 600 sq miles for the action to travel through. The underwater ships were modeled off organic creatures and designed to move that way. For the entrance to Atlantis sequence the team built over 150,000 ships to fill the traffic lanes leading into Atlantis. All the animals, including the Karathen, were built by ILM and animated using keyframe animation. Approximately 700 shots in the film required high detail hair simulations. ILM had to significantly improve their hair simulation software due to the unique aspects of hair flowing underwater. Normally hair simulations use guide strands to define or influence the movement of groups of hair strands. This did not provide a satisfying look for underwater simulation, so ultimately ILM simulated strands individually, which resulted in heavy computations. Additionally, James Wan wanted to be able to direct the hair when the physically accurate simulation resulted in undesirable results. ILM delivered 670 shots for the film.

[harry]

Mera has much in common with Disney's mermaid Ariel, including the red hair and green outfit, as well as her interest in the surface world's items and her innocent misunderstanding of how things work.

[ken]

The submarine set was constructed on a platform over a water tank; to create the flooding, the set was lowered into the water tank.

[jamie]

This is the 2nd DC film that Nicole Kidman starred in, the 1st being Batman Forever.

[aaron]

Joseph Bishara, Wan's frequent collaborator, composed a piece called "Trench Engaged" for the trench sequence.

[leo]

David Kane's first Manta helmet is based on the Golden Age Black Manta helmet, which was a conventional helmet with breathing apparatus connected.

[stephanie]

Director James Wan confirmed that Atlanteans would not talk inside protective speech bubbles as portrayed by Zack Snyder in Justice League (2017). When asked about it, he said, "People are overthinking it. They're just gonna talk!"

[ronnie]

First DCEU movie to cross a billion dollars at the worldwide box office and the first DC comics movie to cross a billion since The Dark Knight Rises (2012).

[alyssa]

The Hidden Sea hosts an underground world where prehistoric life thrives. This world is based on Skartaris (a region of Atlantis, home to the DC hero the Warlord) and Pacifica (an island where Atlanna lived during exile in the New 52 DC Comics)

[ava]

It is the third live-action theatrical film featuring Aquaman, following Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017), and the first full-length feature film centered around the character.

[linda]

Rodeo FX worked on two key sequences for the film, with Sebastien Moreau leading as VFX Supervisor for the film. For the aquarium that young Arthur Curry visits near the beginning of the film, Rodeo FX used a large volume of simulations as well as algorithms for the fish behavior. They created hard and soft corals by developing a colonization growth system, along with procedural stem and tentacle generation tools. They also created the environments for the Atlantis ruins below the desert. Artists used a lego-type approach to layer the environment with a large amount of sand, dust and rocks, all of which would realistically give way to the characters' interactions. From there, they sculpted ruined buildings, bridges, towers, statues and temples, which were textured and shaded to add depth to the ruined city.

[brent]

King Nereus and Mera appear as father and daughter in the film, while they were unrelated and betrothed to marry in the New 52 comics.

[mathew]

King Ricou was named after Ricou Browning, a noted diver and underwater stuntman best known for portraying the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

[elmer]

In the film, Aquaman is dark-haired and Orm is blond, while in the DC comics it's the other way around.

[francisco]

Arthur and Mera fake their death by hiding inside a whale's mouth, which Arthur says he got from Pinocchio (1940).This is the second superhero film to feature a Pinocchio homage, after Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

[ken]

Jason Momoa publicly expressed interest in Zack Snyder directing.

[sylvia]

Michael Kenneth Williams and Michael Jai White expressed interest in playing Black Manta.

[frances]

Jason Momoa appeared in Baywatch (1989), and his co-star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II starred in Baywatch (2017).

[clayton]

James Wan revealed he had a choice of choosing to direct between The Flash and Aquaman, but chose Aquaman because he is the underdog.