Superhero film Aquaman finishes shooting in Newfoundland

Cast and crew for the Warner Bros. movie Aquamanhave finished filming scenes in Newfoundland and Labrador, more than a year before the superhero filmis set to hit theatres.

• From Atlantis to the Atlantic? Aquaman director scouting Petty Harbour

Canada's easternmost province joined Australia, Italy and Tunisia as locations for scenes from the movie, which stars Jason Momoa in the title role of Aquaman/Arthur Curry, king of the undersea nation of Atlantis.

Last November, director James Wan shared a photo on Instagramof Petty Harbour, implyingthe area was to be used for filming. He later posted another photo of what looks like a highway in Newfoundland, with the hashtag #locationscouting.

In May, Warner Bros. confirmed in a press release that production of Aquamanwould include filming in Newfoundland.

CBC News has learned theproduction in the province wrapped up last week.

Petty Harbour for Amnesty Bay?

While most of the film was shot on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, some have speculated that Petty Harbour, or various other Newfoundland and Labradorcommunities, would make an ideal setting for Aquaman'sfictional home of Amnesty Bay, Me.

A casting call for the movie last February said it would "centre on Aquaman as a reluctant ruler of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis who is caught between land dwellers that are always polluting the globe and his own people who are ready to invade the surface."

The film will be the sixth instalment of the DC Extended Universe, which includes the films Batmanv Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman and Man of Steel.

Aquaman is scheduled for release Dec 21, 2018.