Release date=20 December 2023

Directed by	James Wan
Screenplay by	David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
Story by	James WanDavid Leslie Johnson-McGoldrickJason MomoaThomas Pa’a Sibbett
Based on	Characters from DC
Produced by	Peter SafranJames Wan
Starring	Jason MomoaAmber HeardWillem DafoePatrick WilsonDolph LundgrenYahya Abdul-Mateen IITemuera MorrisonNicole Kidman
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Edited by	Kirk Morri
Music by	Rupert Gregson-Williams
Production companies	DC StudiosThe Safran CompanyAtomic Monster Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	December 20, 2023
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$205 million[1]

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Aquaman. Produced by DC Studios, the Safran Company, and Atomic Monster Productions, and set for distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is intended to be the sequel to Aquaman (2018), and the 15th and final installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film is directed by James Wan from a screenplay written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, and stars Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry / Aquaman alongside Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison, and Nicole Kidman.

Momoa pitched a story for an Aquaman sequel during production of the first film. Wan did not want to rush a sequel but agreed in January 2019 to oversee development. Johnson-McGoldrick signed to write the screenplay a month later, and Wan was confirmed to be directing in August 2020. He said the film would expand on Aquaman‘s worldbuilding, and announced the sequel’s title in June 2021. Filming began at the end of the month and concluded in January 2022, taking place in the United Kingdom, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and New Jersey.

Music

Rupert Gregson-Williams revealed in August 2021 that he was returning to compose the score for the sequel after doing so for the first film.^[58]