Warner Bros. is currently in the process of gathering together a bunch of very talented filmmakers in order to whip the DC Extended Universe into shape. A big part of those future plans will involveDwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who has long been attached to play the villain Black Adam in theShazam!movie and, more recently, aBlack Adamsolo movie. He has now confirmed both of those movies are indeed happening, despite recent rumors suggesting that wasn’t going to be the case.
Dwayne Johnsonrecently spoke withMTVwhile promotingThe Fate of the Furious, but he couldn’t get away from the conversation without chatting a bit aboutBlack Adamand the DCEU. As always, the actor was very optimistic about things and teased that there are some surprises coming in the near future. Here is what he had to say.
“We’ve had great discussions with Geoff Johns over there at DC. This is a really, really fun, cool time for DC right now because they’re really in a process of truly world building, and building out. We’re seeing that with Wonder Woman and Aquaman, and we have a few surprises down the line. So what we decided to do was actually create a scenario where Black Adam is having his standalone movie, Captain Marvel/Shazam will have his standalone movie, and then we’re building our world up that way and then we can come together at some other point.”
Recently, quite a few rumors about the DCEU were floating around on Reddit, one of which suggested that theShazammovie had beencanceledand thatThe Rockwould instead appear inMan of Steel 2, with Black Adam being themain villain. This latest news definitely makes it clear that isn’t the case and the folks at New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. weren’t thrilled about this rumors being floated around. There is nothing that says Black Adam can’t still appear inMan of Steel 2, sinceDwayne JohnsonandHenry Cavillteased over Christmas that Superman will clash with Black Adam at some point. What’s more is that in the MTV interview,Johnsonsaid that there will be a specific surprise coming up for Black Adam, but he couldn’t say exactly what it is right now.
“We have asurprise for Black Adamcoming up. I can’t tell you what it is, but it is gonna be… it’s gonna be f****** awesome.”
It was recently reported thatLights OutdirectorDavid F. Sandbergis in negotiations to helmShazam. As forThe Rock, he has a ton of projects currently on his plate, withRapageabout to start filming, along withSkyscraperandThe Jungle Cruisealso on his slate. He is also attached to aDoc Savagemovie andSan Andreas 2, among other things. He’ll find room forShazamin there somewhere. Currently,Shazamis set to hit theaters on June 18, 2025, with theBlack Adammovie currently without a release date.
