Black Adam [DVD] [2022] [2023]

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Writing for IGN, Rosie Knight also felt that it showed Adam's "tragic" backstory, speculating that it could take inspiration from the New 52 iteration of the character, and that it would determine his future actions. V. Club 's William Hughes highlighted the short scene's violence, [99] [100] while Matt Patches at Polygon compared the footage's tone to the Mummy franchise. But perhaps the most exciting aspect of it is how it might shake up the rest of the franchise going forward. Sarah Shahi as Adrianna Tomaz: A university professor and resistance fighter in modern-day Kahndaq, who proves to be an ally for Adam and the Justice Society. Jaume Collet-Serra is a Spanish-American filmmaker who previously directed 2009's Orphan and, more recently, 2021's Jungle Cruise.

How Black Adam performs before Black Panther: Wakanda Forever hits theaters November 11th will say a lot about the future of the character and franchise. Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods-and imprisoned just as quickly-Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world. Collet-Serra manages to make these action scenes exciting in everything from Adam wiping out large armies to a hand-on-hand fight through an apartment with Hawkman. According to Film Stories, physical copies of Black Adam will release on January 16th, 2023 in the UK.Black Adam was pushed back to October 21, 2022, with The Flash and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom moved from late 2022 into 2023 to allow time for their visual effects work to be completed. Tom Reimann of Collider was excited to finally see footage from the film after its long development history, and said "looks like Dwayne Johnson in a superhero movie, which is to say it looks awesome". Hiram Garcia said then that giving Shazam and Black Adam their own films was allowing the best movie for each character to be developed, and he added that their depiction of Black Adam was not going to be "softened up for audiences", explaining that he is "not the boy scout superhero, he's the guy that's like, okay, you cross him? Sabbac overpowers Hawkman, but Adam arrives in time to kill Sabbac, causing the Legions of Hell to disappear.

Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, and Pierce Brosnan appear in supporting roles. It may soon be the job of the newly hired executive tandem James Gunn and Peter Safran to establish a new standard for DC Studios. C. comic book character, Black Adam has been around for a very long time, with his first appearance dating back to 1945. Perhaps this is a new way forward for the DCEU, but do we really need them to do exactly what the MCU is doing? million US viewers on HBO Max over the first three days, lagging behind the viewership of many other recent superhero films.Dany Garcia stated in May 2021 that Johnson and the other producers planned to make multiple Black Adam films during their "long-term relationship with DC", [167] and Hiram Garcia reiterated in July that there was potential for Cavill and Johnson to appear in a future project together as Superman and Black Adam. He possesses "the stamina of Shu, the swiftness of Heru, the strength of Amon, the wisdom of Zehuti, the power of Aten, and the courage of Mehen". In August 2023, Johnson stated that he believed the film did not get a sequel due to multiple changes of the leadership at Warner Bros. In December, Johnson said filming would not begin until the end of 2019 at the earliest due to his commitments to Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) and Red Notice (2021).

Johnson revealed in October that filming would begin in July 2020, [56] and announced the following month that Black Adam was scheduled to be released on December 22, 2021. This included development on a Captain Marvel movie, with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in the running to play either Black Adam or Captain Marvel. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson put in a lot of his time, effort and ZOA-powered workouts into this character. Kenzari also portrays Ahk-Ton, Ishmael's ancestor and the ancient tyrannical king of Kahndaq, who was killed by Adam.

The last descendant of King Ahk-Ton and militant leader of the Kahndaq division of the criminal organization Intergang. Ishmael reveals himself as the leader of Intergang's Kahndaq division and kidnaps Adrianna's son Amon, who has hidden the crown. He explained that Hawkgirl was originally included in the team, but for a complicated reason she ultimately could not be used in the film and was replaced with Cyclone.

In April, James Cusati-Moyer, Bodhi Sabongui, Mo Amer, and Uli Latukefu joined the cast in undisclosed roles.

DC Comics published a series of one-shots focusing on each member of the JSA, titled Black Adam – The Justice Society Files, beginning on July 5 and concluding on October 4. During the virtual DC FanDome event in August, Johnson revealed that the film's version of the JSA would include Hawkman, Doctor Fate, and Cyclone, in addition to Atom Smasher.