Speaking to Business Insider, Aquaman director James Wan recently spoke about the movie’s song “Ocean To Ocean,” performed by popular music artist Pitbull. The song is Pitbull’s take on Toto’s “Africa,” and Wan said that he wanted the song to be introduced in a fun and exciting moment of the film.
” … Putting the song in the sequence where Aquaman and Mera walk out of the water in slow motion, I felt: For f—‘s sake, let’s have fun with it! It’s something out of ‘Fast and Furious.'”
He went on to say that Pitbull was also excited with the film and wanted it to be in a big moment too:
“Pitbull was in there very early on. He was really excited to do something for the film. That sequence is very tongue-in-cheek, and we just wanted to have fun with it. And we wanted a cheeky song at that point of the movie. I just wasn’t sure what song it was going to be.”
It seems Wan and Pitbull connected with “Ocean To Ocean” and Aquaman‘s tone. The director wanted to show a mix of the elements that made him famous in the Conjuring universe and the Fast and the Furious franchise. This collaboration seems to prove that his experiment worked because, although having mixed reviews from the critics, the movie is having good audience reactions.
Directed by James Wan, Aquaman stars Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry, Amber Heard as Mera, Willem Dafoe as Vulko, Patrick Wilson as Orm / Ocean Master, Dolph Lundgren as Nereus, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Ludi Lin as Captain Murk, and Temuera Morrison as Tom Curry. Here’s the synopsis:
From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be… a king.
Aquaman will be released in theaters on December 21, 2018.
Source: Business Insider
