The Oscar-nominated actor will be starring alongside Kathryn Hahn, Janelle Monae, Dave Bautista and Edward Norton.
The actor is reprising his role as Arthur Curry/Aquaman for the follow-up to the 2018 blockbuster.
Drew Barrymore claims she was "gaslit" into making a movie with Woody Allen.
Abrams is unlikely to direct any of the DC films his production company Bad Robot has in the pipeline.
Filming is due to begin at the end of summer.
The director helmed the original historical epic, which was released in 2006, and wrote the script for the 2014 sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire.
The 2011 film launched the career of John Boyega, who went on to be cast in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
Dave Bautista is looking forward to working with Daniel Craig on a film that's much less stressful than Spectre.
WandaVision picked up four awards at the ceremony
Robert De Niro was in "excruciating" pain when he sustained the injury.
The funnyman documented the audition in a chapter of his new memoir, Yearbook.
The duo last appeared onscreen together in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 flick Pulp Fiction.
