Who Is Black Adam? The Rock's New DC Superhero Explained (Powers & Origin)
Dwayne Johnson joins the DC Extended Universe with Black Adam, and here's an explanation of The Rock's DC superhero. The hope of Dwayne Johnson playing Black Adam began more than a decade ago when the WWE star set his sights on playing the DC character. For the longest time, the plan for Johnson's DCEU debut was as the villain in Shazam!. It was later announced that the clash between Shazam and Black Adam would wait, as the studios wanted to put The Rock in a starring role in a solo movie instead.
Development on Black Adam took several years to finally get off the ground. Jaume Collet-Sera was hired to direct the movie in the summer of 2019 while he was in the middle of working with Johnson on Disney's Jungle Cruise. Warner Bros. then made the movie official by giving Black Adam a 2021 release date, which was then pushed to 2022 due to COVID-19. Early details on Black Adam pointed to the movie exploring the character's origin thousands of years ago and bring him to the present day of the DCEU. The latter allows the film to introduce the Justice Society of America: Doctor Fate (Pierce Brosnan), Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo), Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), and Cyclone (Quintessa Swindell).
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With a July 2022 release date, it won't be too long before audiences get a chance to see Black Adam and meet Johnson's DC character. Although Black Adam has been part of the DC Comics history since 1945, the movie will be the first time most people around the world are exposed to the character. With roughly 75 years of comic history under his belt, there is a lot to know about Black Adam ahead of his DCEU debut. Here's a rundown of Black Adam's comic origin,
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