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This December, James Wan's Aquaman is set to deliver a live-action blockbuster experience unlike anything we've ever seen. Sure, we've seen plenty of big movies set out on the ocean, but the upcoming DC blockbuster is different because most of the action will be set under the water. Because the idea is so different, the production had to do a lot of tests to make sure that everything looked right -- and according to Wan, there were a few significant surprises in store for them that they weren't expecting:
It's true that Aquaman didn't do a ton of underwater shooting, instead opting to mostly use a combination of wirework and visual effects, but there was still plenty of work that needed to be done with the wet stuff to make sure that the blockbuster looks realistic. And while obviously stuff like hair looks different when submerged, the same isn't really true for skin and other surfaces. Sure, you'll see water droplets when things come out of the water, but it didn't really occur to James Wan until the testing that "wet" isn't really a factor before that. James Wan talked about this discovery late last month in the edit bay for Aquaman on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California -- which I had the chance to visit along with a small group of other journalists. One thing he also added, though, is that the discovery of how things look underwater presented its own issues. Specifically, people may not sweat when they are beneath the waves, but they do when they are on a movie set and surrounded by lights while performing action sequences. Wan explained,
It should ultimately make for a whole new cinematic experience, and fans will get to have it when Aquaman -- starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, and more -- arrives in theaters on December 21st. |
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