Dwayne Johnson Shares New Black Adam Pic

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With the DC cinematic universe expanding, Dwayne Johnson has shared another picture from his own film where he plays DC's anti-Shazam, Black Adam.

The storied actor is a fan favorite from his wrestling days to his early breakouts in the Mummy franchise, to becoming one of Hollywood's biggest and most reliable box office stars. The highly-anticipated Black Adam has been under scrutiny for a while now, so it was a delight to see Johnson take to social media to post a black and white behind-the-scenes shot of his character and offer praise for what the role has meant to him.

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Johnson has offered reveals of his Black Adam costume in the past, glimpses here and there from behind-the-scenes photo shoots or a magazine cover or two. However, now that he’s finishing up the film, he’s decided to put out an artsier black and white shot, anchored by a lighting rig and a microphone in the frame, of him in full Black Adam costume standing on a stung rig and staring intensely into the camera. The film was being buttoned up even as he posted the picture to his official Instagram page

Mohamed Diab, director of the Disney Plus Moon Knight series, recently criticized the filmmakers behind Black Adam for not hiring Egyptian talent. The character, who has his origins in DC's fictional equivalent of Egypt (or a culture that borrows so heavily from Egyptian aesthetics as to make no difference), is nevertheless of great significance to Johnson. “Throughout my career, I’ve had the privilege of playing some great (fun) characters over the years, but none speak to my DNA more than this antihero known as the man in black, Teth Adam," he said.

Johnson's first major film role