It’s rumoured that a rather dark scene where Aquaman 2 kills baby has been featured in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and had viewers walking out. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will be released in theatres on December 20, 2023.
On social media, Grace Randolph recently asserted that people were leaving Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom free test screenings. Rumour has it that a sequence showing the passing of Aquababy, the child of Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) and Mera (Amber Heard), horrified viewers. Many DC fans had been worried about this because Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) brutally murdered the child in the comics.
The movie’s screenplay was written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, and James Wan directed it. In addition to Patrick Wilson as Orm, Amber Heard as Mera, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, Dolph Lundgren as Nereus, Temuera Morrison as Tom Curry, and Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Jason Momoa stars as the title character in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
Aquaman 2 Kills Baby, Viewers Walk Out
Remember how The beginning of The Flash features a strange and unusual infant scene as well. The infant scene was created by director Andy Muschietti, who chose to utilise it in place of the initial sequence involving a volcano. Although Wan and Muschietti are both horror directors, it is unclear why they chose to use these peculiar baby sequences.
These are unproven rumours at this point, however it was frequently claimed during production that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was still undergoing significant alterations as a result of poor test screenings. The fate of Aquababy in the finished movie is currently unknown, however it’s likely that his death scene was cut if it genuinely received such negative feedback. It’s also feasible that Wan will stay with a comic-accurate approach and keep the rumoured sequence in the movie.
Aquaman’s Family Threatened By Black Manta
Regarding the baby in Aquaman 2, the trailer shows that Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry and Amber Heard’s Mera have a baby.
The video also indicates that Black Manta, played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, vows to kill Aquaman’s family in retaliation for the first movie’s depiction of Aquaman killing his father.
“I’m going to kill Aquaman and destroy everything he holds dear,” Yahya Abdul-Mateen II says in the trailer. “I’m going to murder his family and burn his kingdom to ash.”
Aquaman 2 Kills Baby: Will Black Manta Succeed?
As a result, it appears that the Black Manta party manages to kill Aquaman and Mera’s child at some point in the film, perhaps in the moment where the house is set on fire as seen in the trailer. Since it is already established that Jason Momoa‘s Aquaman lives and that Amber Heard’s Mera takes part in the pivotal final battle, Black Manta appears to be intent on killing their son alone.
There is precedent in the comics when Black Manta kills Aquaman’s son Arthur Curry Jr., sometimes known as Aquababy, but no one wants to watch that on television.
According to the comics, Aquababy was killed by Black Manta by slowly suffocating him inside a sphere that was filled with air. Because Aquababy was an Atlantean with special abilities, being out of the water caused the baby to choke and perish. The loss of the child also results in Aquaman and Mera’s eventual breakup. Therefore, it’s possible that the baby in the movie version of the house-burning scene is suffocated by the smoke.
Aquaman 2 Kills Baby, Reviewed Poor By Viewers
Therefore, based on the test screenings, the baby’s death is depicted in Aquaman 2, and once more, test screening participants have left the theatre before the film even started. The Aquaman films are less serious and more lighthearted, and producer Peter Safran, who now co-directs the DC Universe with James Gunn, has claimed that Aquaman 2 is funnier and lighter, but this just comes out as filthy.
Via CosmicNews
