Black Adam: Dwayne Johnson Is DC’s Latest Antihero In Black Adam

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra, Writer: Adam Sztykiel(screenplay by)Rory Haines(screenplay by)Sohrab Noshirvani(screenplay by)

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Years after the film went into development, Black Adam is finally coming to theaters. On Wednesday, Warner Bros.

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Pictures released the first trailer of the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson-starring film, giving fans a glimpse at Black Adma’s origin and the powers he possesses.

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I was a slave until I died. Then I was reborn a god,” Johnson says as his character, Black Adam.

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My son sacrificed his life to save me. The trailer then shows Adam being shot at with no effect on his ripped body.

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Dwayne Johnson once asked his fans which character he should play, superhero Shazam or supervillain Black Adam. His fans chose Black Adam.

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Johnson was attached to Shazam! early in development, and confirmed that he would portray the villain Black Adam in September 2014

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Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods and imprisoned just as quickly

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