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Aquamanactor Yahya Abdul - Mateen II says thathis villain , Black Manta , is being rig up for succeeding appearance in other DC Extended Universe movies . guide by James Wan ( The Conjuring),Aquamanwill be the first DCEU moving picture since last summer’sJustice League , in which Jason Momoa ’s Aquaman saved the planet ( with a little help from his Quaker ) .
A definitive supervillain from the comics , Black Manta ( whose real name is David Hyde ) uses a especially design underwater suit to do battle with Aquaman on his own turf - the highlight of which is a helmet capable of blast electron beam from its eyes . Black Manta will play a secondary villain role in Aquaman , with Ocean Master ( Patrick Wilson ) serving asthe picture ’s main villain , but you may expect to see Black Manta return in the DCEU .
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Speaking toJoBloon the set of Aquaman last year , Abdul - Mateen explicate that his role inAquamanis more about establish Black Manta as a menace within the universe , rather than sport him asthevillain of the movie :
" We get an introduction to him , and it ’s not an exceedingly laboured social disease , but it is one that ’s going to crack up the threshold open … he ’s definitely not a guy who ’s just here for a short fourth dimension , and just going to vanish . I call up we seek to blab out about him as a guy who has the potential to be a pretty big power within the world .
So , does that mean that Black Manta will be the main villain ofAquaman 2 ? Well , not necessarily . Abdul - Mateen is n’t merely utter about the character ’s future within Aquaman ’s storyline , but his role in the rest of the DCEU as well . When asked if he could pop up in other DC movies , the actor suggested that Black Manta could make a riposte in Justice League squad - ups as well :
" If you see Aquaman in Justice League , then you get it on , it ’ll make common sense for Black Manta to say , ' Hey ! What you doing ? ' protrude his head in , wherever he is , he can justify making it his business . I ’m look forward to live long within the DC world , and make a little routine of chaos . "
It would n’t be the first fourth dimension that a DCEU flick learn the approach of setting up a major upcoming villain in a small way;Batman V Superman : Dawn of Justiceheavily foreshadowed the reaching of Steppenwolf before he crashed into the scene inJustice League . As Abdul - Mateen pointed out , Black Manta may be best lie with as an Aquaman , but he can also be found all over DC canon - including , at one point , link theSuicide Squad . Aquaman 2might offer the practiced chance to showcase him as a main villain who has serious beef with Arthur Curry , but Black Manta has a enceinte deal of potentiality beyond that .
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Source : JoBlo
