In Jason Momoa's opinion, there is nothing funny about Aquaman, DC Comics' king of Atlantis.
Momoa has been tapped by Warner Bros. to portray the role of The King of the Seven Seas in the soon-to-be released "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," and he is expected to reprise the role in an upcoming standalone film. This is why he decided to defend his character from being the target of jokes.
The actor recently appeared at the Fan Expo Canada to promote the movie, where a fan asked him how he feels about the fish jokes regarding Aquaman.
"It's cute and funny. People make fun of him," the 36-year-old actor said. "There's a bunch of jokes about him, but I'm like, 'Just wait. Let's just wait a little bit, and then you can make jokes.'"
Aquaman, a character that first came out in 1941, will debut on the big screen in March 2016 in Zack Snyder's star-studded superhero movie alongside Ben Affleck's Batman and Henry Cavill's Superman. But DC Entertainment has a lot of plans for the character in the DC Extended Universe after that.
Momoa, who also portrayed the role of Conan in the 2011 film "Conan the Barbarian" and Khal Drogo in the HBO series "Game of Thrones," also announced that Aquaman will be seen in the 2017 film "Justice League Part One."
Warner Bros. first revealed in August 2014 that a standalone Aquaman movie will be developed. The studio hired Kurt Johnstad and Will Beall to write two separate screenplays for the movie, and they will choose which one of the two scripts will be used.
Several directors were rumored to be considered to helm the film that is set to be released in 2018, including "Mud" director Jeff Nichols, "300: Rise of an Empire" filmmaker Noam Murro, and "Furious 7" director James Wan. But Deadline reported in June that Wan got the job and he will work with Johnstad's script for the movie.
