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WB Develops Aquaman Series

The WB will develop a prime-time TV series based on the DC Comics superhero Aquaman, with the team behind the network's hit Smallville producing, Variety reported.

Producers Al Gough and Miles Millar (Spider-Man 2) have signed on to create and executive-produce an as-yet-untitled action drama revolving around a twentysomething Arthur Curry, aka Aquaman. The network has made a put pilot commitment to the project, which has already begun casting. Smallville veteran Greg Beeman is aboard to direct the pilot, the trade paper reported.

As with Smallville, Gough and Millar plan to focus on character rather than superhero antics: the show won't be called Aquaman and the word won't even be mentioned, the trade paper reported.

Smallville recently generated great ratings with an episode featuring an appearance by Aquaman, but the new project won't be a spinoff. To underline that point, Alan Ritchson, the actor who played Curry on Smallville, isn't under consideration for the role in the pilot.

Millar told the trade paper that he and Gough are hoping to create "a grounded version of the Aquaman mythology," focusing on an Arthur Curry who "knows what he wants to do with his life, which is protect the oceans."


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