Aquaman Spinoff 'The Trench'

*Krutch* · 02-10-2019, 10:54 AM

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With Aquaman being a billion-dollar hit, it’s no surprise that Warner Bros. wants more waterworks from its DC Comics hero.

But while any discussions of a direct sequel have not engaged on any sort of serious level by the studio, director James Wan or star Jason Momoa, with all the players seemingly intent on taking a breather and their time, there is talk of a spinoff.

Warners has hired newbie scribes Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald to pen a horror-tinged script centered on the Trench, the deadly amphibious creatures seen attacking the hero and his love, Mera, in Aquaman.

Wan and Peter Safran will produce the project, titled The Trench, which would be much more modestly budgeted than the normal DC superhero tentpole.

The Trench creatures are rather recent arrivals to the Aquaman lore, having been introduced in the comics only in 2011 when DC did a revamp of its entire publishing line. They are revealed to be part of the kingdom of Atlantis but when it sunk, inhabitants who were cut off from other survivors and evolved into ravenous monsters.

Details of the take are being kept submerged but it will be set in the kingdom of the Trench and will not feature the main cast of Aquaman.

Gardner and Fitzgerald were assistants at Bad Robot, JJ Abrams’ production shingle, during the filmmaker’s Super 8 period. They previously wrote a submarine thriller titled The Volos.

The duo is repped by WME.

If I were a betting man, this will be one of those projects that never see the light of day beyond a few articles. Though I hope I'm wrong in this case.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 02-10-2019, 03:23 PM

Never change, Warner Brothers. Never change.

Swear to God, my preschool daughter has a better attention span than these suits.

*Andrew NDB* · 04-02-2021, 12:16 PM

Like "The New Gods," "The Trench" has been cancelled as well.

https://collider.com/dc-movies-the-t...nay-james-wan/

It's pretty weird to hear this news. WB loves to always announce movies that never happen, but never actually come out and say they're cancelled. This time they did.

~~Leo656~~ · 04-02-2021, 10:19 PM

Someone is gonna say it, so may as well be me.

Kind of intriguing that in the articles that mention the list of DC movies that ARE supposedly coming out soon, they all prominently feature women and/or People of Color.

And the two that get formally announced as being cancelled, well... wouldn't be able to showcase any of Those People. I mean sure, there's the constant jokes about Lightray being gay - he might actually BE gay in the comics, now, for all I know; I haven't kept up lately - but in both New Gods and The Trench it would mostly be aliens, monsters, and other "non-human" types of things.

The chick who's in charge of WB has been very vocal about the entire upcoming DC slate focusing primarily on "Diversity" above all else. So it really shouldn't be shocking that the two movie projects that get officially cancelled are the ones that can't really lean into that in any meaningful way.

That probably isn't the WHOLE reason, but... I am quite sure that it's ONE reason.

*Andrew NDB* · 10-26-2021, 01:45 PM

So it was actually going to be a secret Black Manta movie. And no, it's not entirely dead and may resurface after Aquaman 2 comes out.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/trench-...ck-manta-film/

~~AquaParade~~ · 10-26-2021, 04:56 PM

I still haven't seen Aquaman, but I like the idea of a Black Manta movie, with possible horror vibes. I just really like the character design.

02-10-2019, 03:23 PM	#2
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	Never change, Warner Brothers. Never change. Swear to God, my preschool daughter has a better attention span than these suits. __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

04-02-2021, 12:16 PM	#3
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,562	Like "The New Gods," "The Trench" has been cancelled as well. https://collider.com/dc-movies-the-t...nay-james-wan/ It's pretty weird to hear this news. WB loves to always announce movies that never happen, but never actually come out and say they're cancelled. This time they did. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

10-26-2021, 01:45 PM	#5
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,562	So it was actually going to be a secret Black Manta movie. And no, it's not entirely dead and may resurface after Aquaman 2 comes out. https://www.darkhorizons.com/trench-...ck-manta-film/ __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

04-02-2021, 10:19 PM	#4
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Someone is gonna say it, so may as well be me. Kind of intriguing that in the articles that mention the list of DC movies that ARE supposedly coming out soon, they all prominently feature women and/or People of Color. And the two that get formally announced as being cancelled, well... wouldn't be able to showcase any of Those People. I mean sure, there's the constant jokes about Lightray being gay - he might actually BE gay in the comics, now, for all I know; I haven't kept up lately - but in both New Gods and The Trench it would mostly be aliens, monsters, and other "non-human" types of things. The chick who's in charge of WB has been very vocal about the entire upcoming DC slate focusing primarily on "Diversity" above all else. So it really shouldn't be shocking that the two movie projects that get officially cancelled are the ones that can't really lean into that in any meaningful way. That probably isn't the WHOLE reason, but... I am quite sure that it's ONE reason.

10-26-2021, 04:56 PM	#6
~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	I still haven't seen Aquaman, but I like the idea of a Black Manta movie, with possible horror vibes. I just really like the character design.