James Wan teases his return to horror after Aquaman 2

Dec. 11, 2023

“I feel like the itch for horror is potentially calling”

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James Wan wants to go return to his roots. The director, who made his name in the horror genre, has hinted that he wants to make another scary movie after his latest film, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.

“You know, I have a tendency to want to go back and forth,” he toldCollider. “So, whenever I make a smaller film, I wanna go and make a big film. Whenever I’m doing a big one, I’m like, ‘Oh, I wanna go and do a smaller film,’ and when I do my smaller films, it tends to be a horror film. So, you know, I feel like the itch for horror is potentially calling, but we’ll see.”

Next up for Wan, though, is Aquaman 2, AKA Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which sees Jason Momoa return as Arthur Curry alongside Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Dolph Lundgren.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom arrives on the big screen on December 20 in the UK and December 22 in the US. In the meantime, refresh your memory on what’s to come in the DCU with our guide to theDCU Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.

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