Black Adam
After days in development , Dwayne “ the Rock ” Johnson’sBlack Adammovie is finally buy the farm forward . A director has been charter , work is being done on a shot script , and it ’s set to arrive at multiplexes in 2021 . The movie will be rig in the DC Extended Universe , as the franchise is finally find its foundation , so its connective tissue is slowly being reintroduced .
ground on the fact that Superman gets his force from Earth ’s sensationalistic Dominicus , the pillow slip could be made that Black Adam iseven more powerful than the Man of Steel . So , here are 5 Things That Have Been support AboutBlack Adam(And 5 Fan Theories ) .
Confirmed: Dwayne Johnson is starring as Black Adam
This isBlack Adam ’s ace in the mess . While the character is relatively obscure out of doors of mirthful book referee , Dwayne Johnson is possibly the big motion picture star in the world aright now . It does n’t matter what movie he ’s in – a video plot adaptation about giant animals , a tongue - in - nerve Bayhem variant ofBaywatch , choke HardmeetsThe Towering Inferno – if Johnson ’s in it , it ’s almost guarantee to be a hit . ABlack Adammoviehas been in and out of ontogeny for a ten , and throughout all that time , Johnson has remained attached to the undertaking . He ’s fairly passionate about making it materialize .
Fan theory: The ending will set up Shazam! 2
Black Adamwill technically be a twisting - off ofShazam ! , take place in the same fictitious macrocosm . Shazam!made an collateral reference to Black Adam when the Wizard mentioneda previous superpowered adept of his who became eviland let go of the Seven Deadly Sins . He was n’t key , but that ’s Black Adam . DC has suggest that Black Adam ’s upcoming solo pic is prim up him for an appearance in the upcomingShazam!sequel . So , there ’s a luck that theBlack Adammovie will terminate with a setup forShazam ! 2 , either in its actual closure moments or in a mid- or post - credits scene .
Confirmed: Jaume Collet-Serra is in the director’s chair
The DCEU ’s forthcomingBlack Adammovie isset to be directed by Jaume Collet - Serra . His most recent moving picture isJungle Cruise , a film base on a Disneyland drive that also stars Dwayne Johnson and will be released next summer . Collet - Serra has been known to exert working relationship with actors , having helmed a grand total of four picture show star Liam Neeson : in chronological order , Unknown , Non - Stop , Run All Night , andThe Commuter(which was basicallyNon - Stopwith a plane switched out for a train ) . He also directedThe shallow , which realise Blake Lively fount off against a bloody-minded great white shark .
Fan theory: Black Adam will assemble the Seven Deadly Sins
In the comics , one of Shazam ’s most minacious enemies is the Seven Deadly Sins , a team of supervillains inspired by the eponymic Biblical precept ( Envy , Greed , Gluttony , Lust , Pride , Sloth , Wrath ) , and in Shazam ’s standalone movie earlier this yr , it was suggested that Black Adam had released the Seven Deadly Sins .
So , perhaps in his solo motion picture , we ’ll see his backstory in which he purportedly got his major power from the Wizard , turned malevolent , and assembled the Seven Deadly Sins to do his morally chancy bidding . A moving-picture show in which the Justice Society of America goes to warfare with the Seven Deadly Sins would be awesome .
Confirmed: It’ll be released on December 22, 2021
Dwayne Johnson has announced thatBlack Adamwill be shooting throughout the summer of 2020 in meter for its slat passing on December 22 , 2021 . In the same month , Black Adamwill face competition fromthe third flick in Robert Downey , Jr. ’sSherlock Holmesfranchise , James Cameron ’s long - awaited continuation to 2009 ’s sci - fi blockbusterAvatar , a crowing - screenland adaption of the Broadway musicalWicked , the fourth instalment in the warmly receivedHotel Transylvaniafranchise , and Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio ’s upcoming crime epos , Killers of the Flower Moon . Beverly Hills Cop 4is also come out that calendar month , butNetflix is resign it , so it wo n’t set a threat at the box office .
Fan theory: The character won’t be a villain
When the Rock signs on to make a newfangled movie , his squad ensures that the character he ’s playing is on - brand and featured conspicuously . This is why hisFast & Furiouscharacter start off as a one - time antagonist and ended up being the secondary protagonist with an teemingness of Taylor Swift reference and his own spin - off movie . It seems left that he would join the DCEU as a villain , since villains are unlikable and receive less exposure than hero . Maybe in theBlack Adammovie , the title character wo n’t be a villain , butwill rather follow a redemption arc and become a hero .
Confirmed: It has the same cinematographer as Joker
Since theBlack Adammovie has been officially announced to be moving forth , Dwayne Johnson has announced on social medium thatthe movie ’s cinematographer will be Lawrence Sher . Sher recently pip Todd Phillips’Joker , and with that movie being praise by critics , receiving plenty of Oscar buzz , and shattering box government agency records , DC is clearly impressed with Sher ’s work . He ’s shoot all kind of movies , from bounteous - budget sci - fi blockbusters likeGodzilla : King of the Monstersto more soulful indie menu like Zach Braff’sGarden Stateto blockbuster studio comedies likeDue DateandThe Hangovertrilogy ( also directed by Phillips ) .
Fan theory: Black Adam will fight Superman
UnlikeJoker , DC Films has been very forthright aboutBlack Adam ’s place in the wider DC Extended Universe . It ’s a twisting - off of sorting toShazam ! , which featured a cameo appearance by Superman . Henry Cavill ’s on-going contractual disputes over the role of Clark Kent have step up recently , which could be a sign that there ’s an on - covert role for Supes in an upcoming DCEU project .
Since fans are dying to see Superman fight Black Adam – one of the only DC fibre whose index can match that of the last Logos of Krypton – the latter ’s solo moviecould feature such a set - objet d’art .
Confirmed: The story will introduce the Justice Society of America in the DCEU
After the terrible failure ofJustice League , Warner Bros. take on a break from the interconnect nature of the DC Extended Universe . The studio hasten into it , cramming in too many connections too soonand neglecting to make us actually wish about the characters first . As a result , itpaled in comparison to the Marvel Cinematic Universeand promptly crashed and burned . Now that DC has found unexpected success with less connected pic andbuilt up a subroutine library of lucrative franchises , that interconnectivity is going to be reintroduced . Dwayne Johnson has confirmed that in Black Adam,“We will bring out you to … the world to JSA . ”
Fan theory: Shazam will have a cameo appearance
During the press tour forJumanji : The Next Level , when Screen Rant asked Dwayne Johnson if Shazam would be make an coming into court in theBlack Adammovie , the actor say , “ Without give too much away , it ’s not in the plans right now … Now , not to say Shazam is n’t on my radiolocation . Of of course Shazam is , but so is all of DC . ” It seems like the picture is still being ironed out , without a over script , so while Shazam is n’t have in the movie in its current form – or , at least , that ’s what Johnson tells us – we ca n’t disregard the hazard that Zachary Levi ’s Shazam will have a cameo at some breaker point .
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