DC has launched a full trailer for the Dwayne Johnson-led Black Adam film, giving a clearer view of the forces that can be arrayed towards The Rock’s rogue superhuman whereas persevering with to emphasize the character’s edgy, antiheroic credentials.
The trailer spends extra time with the heroes of the Justice Society, who’re on a mission to “lock down” the “loose cannon” that’s Black Adam: specifically, Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate, whom we get to see use his powers this time, and Aldis Hodge’s Hawkman. We additionally get a glimpse of Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller, the ruthless authorities operator from each Suicide Squad motion pictures and the Peacemaker TV collection, who, it appears, could also be pulling the Justice Society’s strings to some extent. It’s attention-grabbing to see this character drawing these franchises nearer collectively as Warner Bros. seems to consolidate the disparate DC film properties.
The trailer additionally offers us our first have a look at a candidate for the true villain of the piece: a few photographs present a horned determine who can solely be Sabbac (Marwan Kenzari), a Russian mob boss who possesses the facility of an historic demon (and typically even Satan’s energy). Sabbac is seen in fight with Hawkman, however not Black Adam.
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Mostly, the trailer focuses on how moody and harmful Black Adam is, and how he has the facility to save lots of the world or destroy it. A notably humorless Johnson growls issues like, “These powers are not a gift, but a curse, born out of rage,” and “I kneel before no one.” Though after shedding a son and spending 5,000 years in jail, it’s comprehensible he could be feeling a little bit cheesed off.
Black Adam, directed by the Spanish style specialist Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, Non-Stop, The Shallows, Jungle Cruise), can be launched in theaters on Oct. 21.
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