Aquaman has scooped up another star to join its A-list cast and like Avatar 2, it's fielding from the deceased TV actors pool.

According to Deadline, Warner Bros says Michael Beach – who previously starred in The 100 as brutal Sky Crew chancellor Charles Pike – will be joining the DCEU movie as a character called Jesse Kane, a member of a group of high-seas hijackers.

However, fans are speculating that Beach will actually be playing the father of Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Black Manta, after Yahya shared an image of himself and Beach last month in Australia – where Aquaman just so happened to be in in production.

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Beach's character hasn't been officially confirmed yet, though the actor teased his role when asked about whether he's playing Manta's father...

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Whoever he's playing, Beach joins Aquaman's pretty stellar cast list thus far, with Jason Mamoa taking on the lead role of Aquaman/Arthur Curry, supported by stars including Amber Heard, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Ludi Lin, Dolph Lundgren and Temuera Morrison.

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Production on Aquaman officially kicked off on in May, as director James Wan revealed a sneak peek at some behind-the-scenes action.

Aquaman will hit cinemas on December 21, 2018, but Jason Momoa's hulking hero will first be seen in Justice League, which is arriving in the US and the UK on November 17, 2017.

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