What’s also interesting is that rather than being completely CGI creations, these creatures will supposedly be played by actors wearing full-body suits and stilts, and the faces will be animatronic.
The folks over at Superhero News have heard that Aquaman will feature sea creatures that are bipedal humanoids with arms, legs, fins, big heads, big eyes and very sharp teeth.
As the hosts observed, while the creatures weren’t named by the sources, those features line up perfectly with The Trench from the comics, seen above.
That’s not to say that the creatures won’t later be augmented with CGI in post-production, but overall Aquaman is primarily leaning on practical effects to bring them to life.