DC team breaks silence on James Wans Aquaman: Its extraordinary The team at Warners Bros. and DC are really confident that their next big release, Aquaman, is going to swim not sink. The movie represents the first superhero film by director James Wan, best known for his work on The Conjuring and Insidious films, yet also tackled Furious 7 - the top-grossing film of the Fast & Furious franchise. One of the films producers, Peter Safran, tells us the film has, got the great action you expect, its got a lot of great humor, it works on so many levels…it s a testament to James unique vision. DC Entertainment president Geoff Johns knows plenty about Aquaman, having penned some of the comics in addition to co-writing the story for the standalone film. Were hearing Aquaman is visually more punchy and with more humor than some of the previous DC films directed by Zack Synder that were known for a more grim aesthetic.