“Black Adam” Editor Mike Sale Breaks Down That Epic Justice Society Fight
Black Adam editor Mike Sale, who worked alongside editor John Lee, says they wanted to make a film where the title character, played by the ever-magnetic Dwayne Johnson, did not turn into a hero by its end, which, as far as superhero blockbusters go, is decidedly not the norm. What they wanted to do was ...
From “Black Adam” to “The Batman 2” – Here’s How The Future of the DCEU Looks
With Black Adam bursting into theaters last week, the arrival of Dwayne Johnson’s bruising antihero signals a new phase for the DCEU. Johnson’s antihero has burst onto the scene in a year that included Matt Reeves’ excellent The Batman, a major shift in Warner Bros. leadership, and a slew of major films and series in the works ...
“Black Adam” Early Reactions: Dwayne Johnson Delivers a Game-Changer for the DCEU
Black Adam has arrived, and the DCEU won’t be the same again. Dwayne Johnson’s titular antihero had its world premiere last night in New York City, and the first reactions to his long-awaited debut as the ancient, unyielding superhero arrive with him. The Rock has been preparing for the role for ten years, and it sounds ...
New “Black Adam” Images Showcase Dwayne Johnson’s Thunderous Arrival to the DCEU
We know the core details of Black Adam’s backstory thanks to both the comics and, more crucially, the teasers and trailers that Warner Bros. has released thus far. Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) was born a slave, executed, and resurrected by his son’s sacrifice. This is an antihero as powerful as any member of the Justice ...
New “Black Adam” Teaser Opens With a Nod to Batman, Superman & More
The new Black Adam teaser, titled “Legacy,” makes it case plainly from the start. That case is made by none other than Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), the black-ops antihero who led the other antiheroes of The Suicide Squad into battle (twice). “Before a world of heroes and villains, one power ruled it all.” As we hear Waller’s voiceover, ...
Second “Black Adam” Trailer Reveals Dwayne Johnson’s Cursed Superhero
“These powers are not a gift but a curse.” These are the sentiments of Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) as the second Black Adam trailer begins, the most potent new superhero to enter the DC Extended Universe in a long time and possibly the most powerful of them all. Yet, unlike the super abilities of Wonder ...
New “Black Adam” Sneak Peak Brings Out the Beast in Dwayne Johnson
“My powers are not a gift, but a curse.” This is how Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) describes his immense, DCEU-shaking abilities in the new sneak peek at Black Adam that was revealed this past weekend at San Diego’s Comic-Con. Johnson’s titular superhero, or perhaps more accurately, super anti-hero, was “born out of rage”—murdered thousands of years ago ...
“Black Adam” Images Reveal The Justice Society of America
Yesterday, Warner Bros. revealed the first trailer for Black Adam, giving us the first extensive look at Dwayne Johnson’s epic entrance into the DCEU. The studio also revealed a slew of images from the film, revealing not only Johnson’s titular antihero, but the Justice Society of America, or JSA for short. The question the trailer and the ...
First “Black Adam” Trailer Reveals Dwayne Johnson’s Epic Arrival In DCEU
That tremor you feel is the shakeup coming to the DCEU. Warner Bros. has just dropped the first trailer for Black Adam, the long-awaited entrance of Dwayne Johnson to the DCEU as the titular antihero, and it’s going to Rock your world. “I was a slave until I died,” Johnson’s Black Adam says at the top of ...
Expect CinemaCon to Bring New Looks at “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar 2,” “Black Adam” & More
This year’s CinemaCon begins today in Las Vegas, and it offers a much brighter picture than the more modest Con that was held in August of 2021. The box office has roared back to life since then, with critical and commercial smashes like Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, Warner Bros. The Batman, and, more recently, the success of ...
See Dwayne Johnson as “Black Adam” in 3 New Images
Warner Bros.’ 2022 film slate is massive. How massive? Just on the DC Extended Universe side of things, you’ve got a return trip to Gotham in Matt Reeves The Batman, the first stand-alone Flash film, and you’ve got Dwayne Johnson making his long-awaited entrance to the DCEU in Black Adam. To that end, Warner Bros. has revealed three new behind-the-scene ...
Dwayne Johnson Reveals a “Black Adam” Close-Up of His Supervillain
Dwayne Johnson wants to send you into your weekend with some fresh Black Adam hype. Johnson tweeted an image of his titular character, a supervillain who promises to shake up the power hierarchy in the DCEU the moment he arrives, looking downright possessed. The image of Johnson as Black Adam is going to be the cover of ...
“Black Adam” Producer Says Early Cut of Film Has Him “Very Confident”
Sure, if you were producing a major film with a ton of expectations, you’d likely strike a positive note to journalists after seeing the first cut of said film. Yet, Black Adam producer Hiram Garcia really and truly seems hyped about the film, and his enthusiasm feels plenty warranted. Black Adam is going to introduce Dwayne Johnson to the DCEU ...
First “Black Adam” Teaser Reveals Dwayne Johnson’s Arrival in the DCEU
You might not know this, but Dwayne Johnson has been attached to play Black Adam since before Christian Bale donned the cape and cowl in Christoper Nolan’s game-changing The Dark Knight and Robert Downey Jr. kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Iron Man in 2008. So now that we have our first look at Johnson as the ...
New “The Batman” Footage Revealed in DC FanDome Trailer
If you were hoping to get a peek at new footage from The Batman, the new DC FanDome trailer has the goods and more. Not only do we get a brief glimpse at Robert Pattinson’s Batman and Zoë Kravit’s Catwoman, but the trailer includes the first footage we’ve seen from The Flash and Dwayne Johnson’s big entrance ...
Dwayne Johnson Reveals “Black Adam” Release Date
We now have an official release date for director Jaume Collet-Serra and Dwayne Johnson’s supersized superhero collaboration—Black Adam will hit theaters on July 29, 2022. “A disruptive and unstoppable force of a message from the man in black himself,” Johnson wrote in an Instagram post that revealed a teaser playing across multiple digital billboards in Times ...
Pierce Brosnan Joins Dwayne Johnson in “Black Adam” as DC Hero Dr. Fate
Yesterday we wrote about how the great Helen Mirren was joining Shazam! Fury of the Gods. In that piece, we mentioned how Shazam’s most formidable rival, Black Adam, has his own movie in the works starring Dwayne Johnson. Black Adam is due to start filming in a matter of days. Now, Pierce Brosnan’s inclusion in Black Adam marks another heralded ...
Here’s Your First Glimpse of The Rock as Black Adam
Not only do we get our first look at Dwayne Johnson as the DC superhero Black Adam, but we’ve also got a release date for the film, too. And who better to share the news than the Rock himself, who gave us the image of concept art (designed by Jim Lee and Bosslogic) and Black ...
