Looks like Black Manta will Get Down with James Wan's AQUAMAN!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. James Wan's Aquaman flick is gearing up and a new bit of casting hit the trades today.
It's looking like THE GET DOWN's Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will be filling the weird-ass suit of one of Aquaman's oldest and most deadly foes BLACK MANTA, per THR.
Black Manta has had many incarnations since his 1967 debut. His origin story has been written and rewritten a few times. In one he was kidnapped as a boy and held captive on a ship and hates the sea and Aquaman because he called out for help one time when Aquaman passed by, but wasn't heard. In another he was an autistic child tortured in Arkham before killing his doctors and escaping. In the New 52 his dad was killed by Aquaman and he's out for revenge. In some iterations he's a guy in a cool suit that shoots lasers out of its eyes, in others he literally a half man/half ray person and he has even been both... a hybrid creature in the cool suit.
I have no idea which version (if any) Wan will be jumping off of, but one constant is this dude straight up hates Aquaman and will kill just about anything or anyone to get at him.
Black Manta is hyper violent and isn't messing around. He'll make a pretty tough bad guy for Aquaman's first onscreen solo outing.
-Eric Vespe
”Quint”
quint@aintitcool.com
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It's looking like THE GET DOWN's Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will be filling the weird-ass suit of one of Aquaman's oldest and most deadly foes BLACK MANTA, per THR.
Black Manta has had many incarnations since his 1967 debut. His origin story has been written and rewritten a few times. In one he was kidnapped as a boy and held captive on a ship and hates the sea and Aquaman because he called out for help one time when Aquaman passed by, but wasn't heard. In another he was an autistic child tortured in Arkham before killing his doctors and escaping. In the New 52 his dad was killed by Aquaman and he's out for revenge. In some iterations he's a guy in a cool suit that shoots lasers out of its eyes, in others he literally a half man/half ray person and he has even been both... a hybrid creature in the cool suit.
I have no idea which version (if any) Wan will be jumping off of, but one constant is this dude straight up hates Aquaman and will kill just about anything or anyone to get at him.
Black Manta is hyper violent and isn't messing around. He'll make a pretty tough bad guy for Aquaman's first onscreen solo outing.
-Eric Vespe
”Quint”
quint@aintitcool.com
Follow Me On Twitter
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