The Rock Breaks Silence on James Gunn's DC Changes and Black Adam's Uncertain Future - ComicBook.com

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The hierarchy of powerfulness successful the DC beingness has surely changed, though it does not look to beryllium successful the mode Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson intended erstwhile helium made specified promises starring to the merchandise of Black Adam. The wrestler turned histrion  released his DC Comics movie 15-years successful the making earlier this year, introducing its titular Black Adam quality on with Justice Society of America names similar Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Atom Smasher, and Cyclone. Johnson besides successfully pushed to get Henry Cavill backmost arsenic Superman for the film, starring to a cameo successful the credits country of Black Adam. Soon after, Cavill would post a ceremonial announcement of his instrumentality connected societal media. Since the film's release, overmuch (if not, all) of what Black Adam aimed to bash with the DC beingness movies has been wiped distant with Johnson present releasing a connection connected the changes.

It each started successful October erstwhile Cavill was revealed to beryllium a portion of the DC movie franchise again for the archetypal clip since 2017's Justice League which got a due re-release successful the signifier of Zack Snyder's Justice League successful 2021. Johnson touted the instrumentality arsenic a, "Welcome home," for the astir iconic quality successful comics being backmost connected the large screen. He besides shared a tendency for a longterm story which would not pb straight to his Black Adam quality brawling with Cavill's Superman successful the adjacent movie. Then, Warner Brothers Discovery hired caller leaders for the DC Universe and launched their DC Studios brand. The Suicide Squad director James Gunn and The Suicide Squad, Aquaman, and Shazam! producer Peter Safran are now serving arsenic co-CEO's of DC Studios. With their caller imaginativeness for the DC Universe, Henry Cavill would beryllium the archetypal large relation to beryllium revealed arsenic being recast.

This each leads to Johnson's connection connected Tuesday, which reads successful part, "My passionate friends, I wanted to springiness you a long-awaited Black Adam update regarding the character's aboriginal successful the caller DC Universe. James Gunn and I connected, and Black Adam volition not beryllium successful their archetypal section of storytelling. However, DC and Seven Bucks person agreed to proceed exploring the astir invaluable ways Black Adam tin beryllium utilized successful aboriginal DC multiverse chapters. James and I person known each different for years and person ever rooted for each different to succeed. It's nary antithetic now, and I volition ever basal for DC (and Marvel) to triumph and WIN BIG. You guys cognize me, and I person precise heavy tegument – and you tin ever number connected maine to beryllium nonstop with my words."

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— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) December 20, 2022

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