We're still waiting for the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe to change, but we've gotten another look at Black Adam.
The film is currently undergoing reshoots after being delayed from its original summertime release to October 21, 2022. Warner Bros Discovery needed a little more time to polish the Shazam antihero's action-packed confrontation with the Justice Society.
Over on Instagram, Dwayne Johnson shared a brief behind-the-scenes look at his massive self in the Black Adam costume. He also praised the film for speaking to him personally. "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. Rage against the dying of the light," Johnson said on Instagram.
That makes sense, as Johnson has been attached to Black Adam since 2007 at the earliest. The film officially started development again in 2014, so this October release marks eight years that Black Adam has been on Johnson's plate. You don't stay attached to one project for nearly a decade unless you really love it.
From the brief glimpses we've seen, the movie looks to be pitting Adam up against the Justice Society of America, a legacy team in the DC Universe. These hints point to an adaptation of the "Black Reign" storyline from the JSA comics. That storyline saw Black Adam return to his native home of Khandaq to free his people from a dictator, only to come into conflict with the JSA for overstepping his boundaries as a superhero.
Black Adam stars Dwayne Johnson as the ancient hero Teth-Adam, a previous holder of the Shazam powers known to the modern world as Black Adam. Noah Centineo plays Atom Smasher, Aldis Hodge plays Hawkman, Quintessa Swindell is Cyclone, and Pierce Brosnan portrays Kent Nelson, the current Doctor Fate. Sarah Shahi backs up the principal cast as Adrianna Tomaz, a resistance fighter in Khandaq who will likely take up her own heroic mantle.
Black Adam is scheduled for release on October 21, 2022. It's one of the major DC films for 2022, alongside Shazam: Fury of the Gods. The latter film replaced Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in December, with that film and The Flash both moving to 2023. The delays come after the merger of Warner Bros and Discovery, with the newly-merged company looking into overhauling its DC Universe cinematic slate.
Mike Williams is a freelance writer at IGN.
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The film is currently undergoing reshoots after being delayed from its original summertime release to October 21, 2022. Warner Bros Discovery needed a little more time to polish the Shazam antihero's action-packed confrontation with the Justice Society.
Over on Instagram, Dwayne Johnson shared a brief behind-the-scenes look at his massive self in the Black Adam costume. He also praised the film for speaking to him personally. "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. Rage against the dying of the light," Johnson said on Instagram.
That makes sense, as Johnson has been attached to Black Adam since 2007 at the earliest. The film officially started development again in 2014, so this October release marks eight years that Black Adam has been on Johnson's plate. You don't stay attached to one project for nearly a decade unless you really love it.
From the brief glimpses we've seen, the movie looks to be pitting Adam up against the Justice Society of America, a legacy team in the DC Universe. These hints point to an adaptation of the "Black Reign" storyline from the JSA comics. That storyline saw Black Adam return to his native home of Khandaq to free his people from a dictator, only to come into conflict with the JSA for overstepping his boundaries as a superhero.
Black Adam stars Dwayne Johnson as the ancient hero Teth-Adam, a previous holder of the Shazam powers known to the modern world as Black Adam. Noah Centineo plays Atom Smasher, Aldis Hodge plays Hawkman, Quintessa Swindell is Cyclone, and Pierce Brosnan portrays Kent Nelson, the current Doctor Fate. Sarah Shahi backs up the principal cast as Adrianna Tomaz, a resistance fighter in Khandaq who will likely take up her own heroic mantle.
Black Adam is scheduled for release on October 21, 2022. It's one of the major DC films for 2022, alongside Shazam: Fury of the Gods. The latter film replaced Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in December, with that film and The Flash both moving to 2023. The delays come after the merger of Warner Bros and Discovery, with the newly-merged company looking into overhauling its DC Universe cinematic slate.
Mike Williams is a freelance writer at IGN.
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