Dwayne Johnson Once Again Reminds Us That ‘Black Adam’ is Happening

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If there is one thing I know about the world, it’s that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson loves talking about his forthcoming Black Adam movie. The actor has been attached to the DC property for ages now and never misses an opportunity to assure fans that, yes, it is still happening despite all the delays. The success of Shazam! only increased Johnson’s statements about Black Adam. After all, the character is a Shazam villain so if audiences ate up Shazam!, they’ll definitely eat up Black Adam too, right?

Well, I guess we will find out December 22, 2021. That’s the official release date of Black Adam. The news comes to us courtesy of — who else? — Dwayne Johnson, who released a lengthy Instagram post about his excitement to finally don the costume and give us the badass, tough-talking, rebellious DC character we deserve.

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The Man in Black ⚡️ Like most kids growing up, I dreamed about being a superhero. Having cool superpowers, fighting for what’s right and always protecting the people. It all changed for me, when I was 10yrs old and was first introduced to the greatest superhero of all time - SUPERMAN. As a kid, Superman was the hero I always wanted to be. But, a few years into my fantasy, I realized that Superman was the hero, I could never be. I was too rebellious. Too rambunctious. Too resistant to convention and authority. Despite my troubles, I was still a good kid with a good heart - I just liked to do things my way. Now, years later as a man, with the same DNA I had as a kid - my superhero dreams have come true. I’m honored to join the iconic #DCUniverse and it’s a true pleasure to become, BLACK ADAM. BLACK ADAM is blessed by magic with the powers equal to SUPERMAN, but the difference is he doesn’t toe the mark or walk the line. He’s a rebellious, one of a kind superhero, who’ll always do what’s right for the people - but he does it his way. Truth and justice - the BLACK ADAM way. This role is unlike any other I’ve ever played in my career and I’m grateful to the bone we’ll all go on this journey together. BLACK ADAM 12.22.21 ⚡️ Huge thank you to my friends, @jimlee and @bosslogic for this first time ever bad ass collaboration.

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For those who don’t know, Black Adam was originally a bad guy who dueled with Shazam (then called Captain Marvel…it’s a long story) but has recently been tweaked a bit to be more of an antihero. Warner Bros definitely sees the Black Adam movie as a stepping stone to a Black Adam/Shazam face-off, something which Johnson has teased a bunch in the past.

Now that we have an official release date and official character art, the next step is more casting and to finally see Johnson in that suit. It’s been a long time coming and fans of the character (of which there are many!) are dying to see this film move forward. I think many of them assumed that it would never happen. They thought that Black Adam, like Cyborg or other various DC characters, would be put on the back burner again and again and would never get his time to shine on the big screen. But that’s obviously not the case and Dwayne Johnson will remind you of that every single chance he gets.