Aquaman 2 Adds Game of Thrones Alum Pilou Asbaek

After delighting audiences and grossing over $1 billion at the global box office, the Aquaman franchise is officially gearing up to begin production on a sequel. A lot is still unknown about the DC Comics film, other than the return of director James Wan and stars Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Patrick Wilson. On Thursday, we got our first official update regarding Aquaman 2 — and it's that another Game of Thrones veteran will be joining the project. According to a new report, Pilou Asbaek, who portrayed Euron Greyjoy on the hit HBO series, has joined Aquaman 2 in a currently unknown role. Asbaek is also known for his appearances in The Investigation, The Borgias, and Overlord.

Plot details are currently a mystery regarding Aquaman 2, so there could certainly be a lot of theories as to who Asbaek will end up playing. As Wan did hint during an appearance at DC FanDome last August, the film is definitely expected to have a strategic use of horror elements, akin to how the first film unfolded.

"Just like the first movie had a touch of my horror sensibility in it, in regards to the Trench sequence, I would say there will be a little bit of that in this next one," Wan said at the time. "I think it's something that's a big part of who I am, and it just naturally comes out in these kinds of films."

"[The story] takes place in these underwater worlds that can be very scary," Wan continued. "Naturally, my love for the horror genre means that I just latch myself to these scenes and try to kind of give them a little bit more of my 'scary sauce' on them."

Aquaman 2 is reportedly set to begin filming this summer, and will do so under the working title of "Necreus".

"I'm very passionate about that, the direction of where Aquaman goes, and so I went in with an idea and a pretty good layout of what I would like to do with the second one," Momoa previously told the Associated Press. "And a lot of support, absolute, a lot of support from Warner Bros. and DC. So, it'll always be a team vision, but I definitely wanted to express my passion about number two."

Are you excited to see Pilou Asbaek join Aquaman 2? What character do you think he could be playing? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

Aquaman 2 is currently expected to be released on December 16, 2022.

h/t: Deadline