We were already aware that the Aquaman movie would explore aspects of Arthur Curry’s origin when it was announced that Nicole Kidman would play Atlanna, Temuera Morrison would play Thomas, and Kaan Guldur and Otis Dhanji had been cast as nine-year-old Arthur and 13-year-old Arthur, respectively.
Origin stories can be tiresome when they’re about heroes who’ve had their background explored in multiple movies and TV shows.
However, in Aquaman’s case, while the general public may be vaguely aware of him, few are intimately familiar with his origin, so it’s worth the Aquaman movie touching on those early years.
Justice League only partially touched on Aquaman’s earlier life, namely when we learned how his mother, Queen Atlanna, was forced to leave him in the care of his human father, Thomas Curry.