Aquaman Set Photos Reveal DC Comics' Amnesty Bay

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By Kevin Melrose

Published May 21, 2017

Photos from the Queensland, Australia, set of James Wan's Aquaman show buildings from Arthur Curry's hometown of Amnesty Bay.

With production of director James Wan's Aquaman under way in Queensland, Australia, we have our first look at a familiar location from the DC Universe.

Set photos from Village Roadshow Studios reveal three buildings in Amnesty Bay, the coastal American town where Arthur Curry, aka Aquaman, was raised: the Amnesty Bay Fish Co-op, Terry's Sunken Galleon restaurant and what may very well be the Curry lighthouse.

The Amnesty Bay Fish Co-Op, Terry's Sunken Galleon and the Curry Lighthouse? #Aquaman pic.twitter.com/nA8h8zwb8k— The Aquaman Shrine (@AquamanShrine) May 17, 2017

Introduced in 2009 in DC Comics, the quaint town has featured prominently in Aquaman comics ever since, and is now the location of Spindrift Station, the Atlantean embassy to the surface world.

In addition to the Amnesty Bay set depicted in the photos, a new video reveals an underwater tank, with a blue-screen backdrop. Principal photography takes place at the same facilities used for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Thor: Ragnarok, with Newfoundland, Sicily and Tunisia used for additional scenes.

Filming for the upcoming Aquaman movie is full swing the set is located just before @seaworldaus ?? #aquaman l #dccomics #2018!@villageroadshowstudios A post shared by D J Clayton Waller (@the_themepark_social_network) on May 18, 2017 at 8:22pm PDT

Filming for the upcoming Aquaman movie is full swing the set is located just before @seaworldaus ?? #aquaman l #dccomics #2018!@villageroadshowstudios A post shared by D J Clayton Waller (@the_themepark_social_network) on May 18, 2017 at 8:20pm PDT

Wan, best known for Furious 7 and horror films like Insidious and The Conjuring, has characterized Aquaman as “a classic sort of swashbuckling action adventure, sort of high seas adventure story.” “It’s ultimately a quest story in the spirit of Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Romancing the Stone,” he said.

Opening Dec. 21, 2018, Aquaman stars Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Amber Heard as Mera, Patrick Wilson as Orm/Ocean Master, Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko, Nicole Kidman as Queen Atlanna, Dolph Lundgren as Nereus, and and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta.

Gold Coast: Behind the scenes of 'Aquaman' with filming underway in water tanks at Village Roadshows Studio. https://t.co/vP5m6MyPjF #7News pic.twitter.com/moD1XqldDk— 7 News Queensland (@7NewsQueensland) May 18, 2017