Jason Momoa’s “Aquaman” release date movedMarch 17, 2017 - 12:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Aquaman” won’t surface until Christmas of 2018, Warner Bros. said on Thursday, March 16, Variety said. The comic book adaptation is swimming from an Oct. 5 release date to Dec. 21 of that year. It will open on the day that “Avatar 2” was originally slated to debut. The James Cameron-directed sequel has been delayed multiple times as the exacting filmmaker tinkers with his latest cinematic excursion into Pandora. Jason Momoa, best known for his work as Khal Drogo in the HBO series “Game of Thrones,” stars in “Aquaman” as the titular merman. James Wan (“The Conjuring”) directs. The studio has a lot riding on “Aquaman.” Warner Bros. has invested heavily in crafting a cinematic universe of DC Comics characters to rival the one established by Marvel, with mixed success. Both “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Suicide Squad” were commercial hits, but they were bashed by critics, signalling that quality control will be important going forward. Aquaman had a cameo in “Batman v Superman” and has a larger role in next fall’s “Justice League,” a film about a super-team of spandex-rocking heroes that features the Dark Knight, Man of Steel, and Wonder Woman. In its new slot, “Aquaman” will square off against Sony’s animated Spider-Man movie. Warner Bros. also announced that “Horse Soldiers” will debut on Jan. 19, 2018. The film follows a team of CIA agents as they try to break up the Taliban in the wake of 9/11. Chris Hemsworth of Thor fame heads up a cast that includes Trevante Rhodes, Michael Shannon, and Michael Pena. “Bastards,” an Owen Wilson and Ed Helms comedy that was yanked from its Jan. 27 debut, will instead bow on Dec. 22. The buzz on the film internally is that it’s not funny. It will face fierce competition when it launches. That holiday period will also see the debuts of “Pitch Perfect 3,” a remake of “Jumanji” with Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, “Downsizing,” an Alexander Payne comedy starring Matt Damon, and “The Six Billion Dollar Man,” an action-thriller with Mark Wahlberg. That suggests that it may be looking less at a premiere date than a wide-release euthanization. Insiders at the studio counter that the film has been warmly received in test screenings and will be best served by a Christmas season release, noting that comedies such as “Sisters,” “Why Him?,” and “Daddy’s Home” have thrived during the holidays. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |