Aquaman Takes Place After Justice League

Aquaman Takes Place After Justice League

The DCEU Continuity

By Alex Burns

Aquaman starring Jason Momoa and Amber Heard is currently filming in the Gold Coast and there's a lot of anticipation for the solo superhero offering from DC Comics. With Momoa's Aquaman appearing in Zack Snyder's Justice League this November, fans have wondered if the solo adventure would serve as a prequel, similar to Wonder Woman releasing this week.

We now have confirmation via producer Charles Roven (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) speaking at the premier of Wonder Woman.

“Aquaman will make reference [to Justice League]. There will be some reference of something that preceded Aquaman that will be in Aquaman. I believe that is the intention,” said Roven. “James [Wan] definitely knows where he’s going with [Aquaman], and that movie takes place in a world where Justice League happened, and Man of Steel happened, and Wonder Woman obviously takes place before Man of Steel — except for the bookends we have. So that’s where we have the most ability to freeform. We could do a movie that takes place after Justice League, we can do a movie that takes place after Batman v Superman… well not really. You can’t do a movie in between Batman v Superman and Justice League, but we can do movies that take place after Justice League and we can do movies that precede Justice League.”

So there you have it, Aquaman will take place following the events of Justice League and that may well be the route WB decide to go with The Flash and Cyborg solo films still in development. With the positive critical reception Wonder Woman is receiving it's probably best the DCEU continues to look ahead rather than towards the past.

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