The DC Universe continues to develop on HBO Max, and it has an Oscar winner hooked up to its subsequent challenge: Charlize Theron is on board to govt produce You Brought Me the Ocean, a collection adaptation of the graphic novel based mostly on Aquaman characters.

This information comes courtesy of Deadline. The new challenge from the Mad Max: Fury Road star joins different DC properties with HBO Max exhibits within the works, together with The Batman’s Penguin spin-off, starring Colin Farrell.

The DC younger grownup graphic novel You Brought Me the Ocean was written by Alex Sanchez with artwork by Jul Maroh; it’s a new interpretation of Aquaman’s sidekick Aqualad that facilities round Jake Hyde, a teen who has at all times felt a connection to the ocean however lives in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, which is fairly removed from the coast. Turns out that’s on goal, as his mom fled to the desert city to get away from Jake’s father—but advised her son his dad drowned to push him away from the reality about his previous. (And you possibly can possibly see why: he’s actually the son of eco-terrorist Black Manta, who genetically altered his little one with sealife DNA.) But Jake can’t battle his inclinations towards the ocean—one thing he should cope with alongside different coming-of-age dilemmas, like figuring methods to come out to his crush Kenny and making use of to school in Miami, however not letting his mother and greatest buddy Maria know. And then there’s the little matter of the blue markings on his pores and skin that glow when he comes into contact with water.

There’s no phrase on whether or not a You Brought Me the Ocean collection may tie into the present Aquaman movie franchise, which stars Yayah Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta. While this present is simply too early in manufacturing to know, it could be cool if we got some form of set-up for this model of Aqualad in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in 2023.

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