<p class="title">Warner Bros studios has tapped "Aquaman" co-writer David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick to begin penning a new installment for the franchise.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to The Hollywood Reporter, director James Wan wants to return as producer along with Peter Safran.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is currently unclear whether Wan would come back to direct.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The news came almost two months after the film, headlined by Jason Momoa, released.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The movie turned out to earn USD 1.12 billion globally. It is Warner Bros.' first DC movie to pass the USD 1 billion mark since 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Johnson-McGoldrick co-wrote "Aquaman" with Will Beall ("Gangster Squad"), with Geoff Johns receiving a story by credit along with Beall and Wan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The studio is also developing horror spin-off from the "Aquaman" series, titled "The Trench". </p>
<p class="title">Warner Bros studios has tapped "Aquaman" co-writer David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick to begin penning a new installment for the franchise.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to The Hollywood Reporter, director James Wan wants to return as producer along with Peter Safran.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is currently unclear whether Wan would come back to direct.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The news came almost two months after the film, headlined by Jason Momoa, released.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The movie turned out to earn USD 1.12 billion globally. It is Warner Bros.' first DC movie to pass the USD 1 billion mark since 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Johnson-McGoldrick co-wrote "Aquaman" with Will Beall ("Gangster Squad"), with Geoff Johns receiving a story by credit along with Beall and Wan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The studio is also developing horror spin-off from the "Aquaman" series, titled "The Trench". </p>