Black Adam
Dwayne ' The Rock ' Johnson confirms Adam Sztykiel will be drop a line the script forBlack Adam . Warner Bros. launched their on the side title DC Extended Universe with Zack Snyder’sBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justicein 2016 - a follow - up to the filmmaker ’s 2013 cinema , Man of Steel- and they continued expand the newly - form shared universe with David Ayer’sSuicide Squadand Patty Jenkins’Wonder Woman . And while the studio has already planned out the next few year , Johnson’sBlack Adammay squeeze in at some point .
Johnson revealed his involvement with Warner Bros. ' DC universe in 2014 when he reassert that he was cat as the supervillain Teth - Adam , aka Black Adam . For those that do n’t roll in the hay , Black Adam is the archenemy of Shazam ( formerly known as Captain Marvel ) . Despite David F. Sandberg’sShazam!film moving forward , Johnson will not be make his launching as the titular villain in that flick but will rather be headline his own solo movie before face off against Billy Batson ’s superhero one-half - andSztykiel reportedly sign up on to write the scriptfor that standalone film .
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Johnson substantiate onTwittertoday that Sztykiel , who recently co - wrote Brad Peyton’sRampagemovie , will be penning the story for theBlack Adamfilm . The actor went on to proclaim his excitement for the character and the pic , saying , " This character ’s in my bones . Ruthless code . “Update : Johnson has station on Twitter again , say Sztykiel ’s DCEU vision was " exceedingly impressive , " which is why he pay back the job in the first place .
Excited to expand the DC Universe w/ writer Adam Sztykiel ( co - wrote@rampagethemovie ) and lend this complex & gritty anti - hero to the big screen . This character ’s in my castanets . Ruthless code.#Kneel#BlackAdam ⚡ ️https://t.co / mGUKIQAcSP — Dwayne Johnson ( @TheRock)November 8 , 2017
Yeah bud , you ’re right but such is our business with writers . Adam ’s POV of the Black Adam / DCEU universe was extremely telling . Great take . Plus he was a great collaborator on Rampage ? ? — Dwayne Johnson ( @TheRock)November 9 , 2017
What ’s interesting about Johnson ’s tweet , though , is that he report Black Adam as a gritty anti - fighter , not a supervillain . While the character has dabbled in heroics before , he ’s primarily a villain first and firstly . AlthoughBlack Adam started out his career as an opposer to DC ’s Captain Marvel , he ’s been redefined in recent geezerhood under the leading of DC chief originative policeman Geoff Johns , who ’s now fly the coop Warner Bros. ' DC Films air division . And given that anti - Hero of Alexandria and villains doing good things seems to be on the studio ’s mind , it makes sense that they would want to give the persona his own story , while also allowing him to explore his heroic side . That would also explicate Black Adam ’s absence from theShazam!film .
At the minute , it ’s unconfirmed when Johnson will last make his introduction as Black Adam , though he has promised a surprising origination . Recent reports suggest thatJohnson will appear as the part in Gavin O’Connor’sSuicide Squad 2 , thus allowing a brief entry to his Egyptian past before being spun - off into his own risky venture . We ’ll just have to wait and see what befall , but for now , theBlack Adammovie seems to be affect smoothly behind - the - scenes .
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