TheDC Universe continues to extend on HBO Max , and it has an Oscar success attached to its next project : Charlize Theron is on gameboard to executive produce You work Me the Ocean , a serial publication adaptation of the graphical novel based on Aquaman character .
This news comes courtesy ofDeadline . The new project from theMad Max : Fury Roadstar joins other DC properties with HBO Max shows in the study , includingThe Batman ’s Penguin whirl - off , star Colin Farrell .
TheDC untested adult graphic novelYou Brought Me the Ocean was written by Alex Sanchez with art by Jul Maroh ; it ’s a new rendition of Aquaman ’s sidekick Aqualad that mall around Jake Hyde , a teen who has always mat up a connection to the ocean but survive in Truth or Consequences , New Mexico , which is pretty far from the coast . Turns out that ’s on design , as his mother fled to the desert township to get away from Jake ’s Church Father — but enjoin her son his dada drowned to push him off from the truth about his past . ( And you could peradventure see why : he ’s really the son of eco - terrorist Black Manta , who genetically change his child with sealife DNA . ) But Jake ca n’t fight his leaning toward the sea — something he must deal with alongside other coming - of - age dilemmas , like figuring how to come out to his crush Kenny and applying to college in Miami , but not letting his momma and best friend Maria know . And then there ’s the little affair of the gloomy markings on his hide that glow when he come into link with H2O .
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There ’s no word on whether a You Brought Me the Ocean series might tie into the current Aquaman film franchise , which stars Yayah Abdul - Mateen II as Black Manta . While this show is too early in yield to know , it would be cool if we have some sort of set - up for this version of Aqualad inAquaman and the Lost Kingdomin 2023 .
Wondering where our RSS provender went ? You canpick the novel up one here .
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