--- title: "Furious 7" Director James Wan to Helm Aquaman Movie description: James Wan will team up with star Jason Momoa for the film that will release in 2018. canonical: https://time.com/3908271/furious-7-director-james-wan-aquaman/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-04T02:04:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:53:37.459Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Furious 7' Director James Wan to Helm Aquaman Movie og:description: It'll release in 2018 og:url: https://time.com/3908271/furious-7-director-james-wan-aquaman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte18338415449b74a/698852e6a988ca1beb6b2db4/aquaman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: aquaman og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Furious 7' Director James Wan to Helm Aquaman Movie twitter:description: It'll release in 2018 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte18338415449b74a/698852e6a988ca1beb6b2db4/aquaman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Furious 7_ Director to Helm Aquaman Movie  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 4, 2015 2:04 AM CUT  Zack Snyder  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 4, 2015 2:04 AM CUT Fresh from _Furious 7_, James Wan is set to direct _Aquaman_, Warner Bros. announced Wednesday. Wan helmed the most successful _Fast & Furious_ film to date and currently the fourth most successful film of all time. So far, it’s grossed $1.5 billion at the box office worldwide. The superhero movie will star Jason Momoa, best known for playing Khal Drogo on _Game of Thrones_. Momoa will appear as the ruler of Atlantis first in _Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice_ next year before _Aquaman_ makes its debut in 2018. Warner Bros. hopes its slate of films based on DC comic book characters—which also includes a _Suicide Squad_ film next year, _Wonder Woman_ in 2017 and a film featuring The Flash in 2018—can rival Marvel Studios’ cinematic universe. Marvel has long-dominated the summer box office, most recently with _Guardians of the Galaxy_ and _The Avengers: Age of Ultron_. Expect _Aquaman (_and all the other DC films) to have the dark, gritty feel of Zak Snyder’s _Man of Steel_ film, not the more lighthearted approach of _Entourage_‘s fictional Aquaman flick. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3908271/furious-7-director-james-wan-aquaman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3908271/furious-7-director-james-wan-aquaman/"},"headline":"Furious 7 Director to Helm Aquaman Movie","datePublished":"2015-06-04T02:04:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:53:37.459Z","description":"It'll release in 2018","url":"https://time.com/3908271/furious-7-director-james-wan-aquaman/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte18338415449b74a/698852e6a988ca1beb6b2db4/aquaman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte18338415449b74a/698852e6a988ca1beb6b2db4/aquaman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"aquaman","caption":"","creditText":"Zack Snyder","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3908271/furious-7-director-james-wan-aquaman/","name":"Furious 7 Director to Helm Aquaman Movie"}}]}] ```