The Rock Speaks Out About Black Adam’s Future: What to Know

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Speaks Out About Black Adam’s Future in DC Movies: Everything to Know

A change of plans. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shared “a long-awaited Black Adam update regarding the character’s future in the DC Universe” simply two months after his first movie hit theaters — and it is not precisely excellent news.

“James Gunn and I connected and, Black Adam will not be in their first chapter of storytelling,” the Red Notice star, 50, wrote in a prolonged assertion by way of Instagram on Tuesday, December 20. “However, DC and Seven Bucks have agreed to continue exploring the most valuable ways Black Adam can be utilized in future DC multiverse chapters.”

Gunn, 56, and Peter Safran had been named the brand new co-chairmen and chief govt officers of DC Studios in late October. In current weeks, they’ve made it clear that there will probably be modifications to the DCU. Those modifications do not appear to embrace Black Adam 2 — at the very least not straight away.

“James and I have known each other for years and have always rooted for each other to succeed,” Johnson added. “It’s no different now, and I will always root for DC (and Marvel) to win and WIN BIG.”



The Teremana Tequila founder continued: “You guys know me and I have very thick skin — and you can always count on me to be direct with my words. These decisions made by James and DC leadership represent their vision of DCU through their creative lens. After 15 years of relentless hard work to finally make Black Adam with tremendous gratitude, humility and love. We did great.”

Gunn retweeted Johnson’s assertion, including, “Love @TheRock & I’m always excited to see what he & Seven Bucks do next. Can’t wait to collaborate soon.”

Black Adam adopted Johnson’s titular character who has godly powers. He was imprisoned for five,000 years and returns to search revenge. The movie earned $391 million on the field workplace worldwide. However, some studies claimed Black Adam wanted to earn $600 million to break even after advertising and marketing prices. Johnson took to Twitter on December 7 to state that the movie is predicted to flip a revenue.

“Waited to confirm with financiers before I shared this excellent #BlackAdam news – our film will PROFIT between $52M-$72M. Fact. At almost $400M worldwide we are building our new franchise step by step (first Captain America did $370M) for the DC future,” he tweeted on the time.

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No Henry Cavill as Superman

The first signal that the Black Adam sequel wasn’t taking place was when Henry Cavill was dropped as Superman weeks after his return was introduced with a cameo on the finish of Black Adam.

“I have just had a meeting with James Gunn and Peter Safran and it’s sad news, everyone. I will, after all, not be returning as Superman,” Cavill, 39, wrote by way of Instagram on December 14. “After being told by the studio to announce my return back in October, prior to their hire, this news isn’t the easiest, but that’s life.”

Gunn instructed one fan who was upset about Cavill’s departure that they had been nonetheless on good phrases. “I’m anything but cold about it,” he wrote by way of Twitter. “I sat down in person with Henry yesterday and we had a very open and honest and respectful discussion. We’ve communicated since and he and I are all good.”

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James Gunn Claps Back at Critics

In the midst of modifications, the Guardians of the Galaxy director took to Twitter to reply to the haters and trolls. “One of the things Peter & I were aware of when we took the job as heads of DC Studios was a certain minority of people online that could be, well, uproarious & unkind, to say the least,” he wrote on Monday, December 19. “Our choices for the DCU are based upon what we believe is best for the story & best for the DC characters who have been around for nearly 85 years. Perhaps these choices are great, perhaps not, but they are made with sincere hearts & integrity & always with the story in mind. No one loves to be harassed or called names – but, to be frank, we’ve been through significantly worse.”

He concluded: “Disrespectful outcry will never, ever affect our actions. We were aware there would be a period of turbulence when we took this gig, & we knew we would sometimes have to make difficult & not-so-obvious choices, especially in the wake of the fractious nature of what came before us. But this means little to us in comparison to our jobs as artists & custodians in helping to create a wide & wonderful future for DC.”

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Building the Next Decade of DC Films

“Although this first month at DC has been fruitful, building the next ten years of story takes time & we’re still just beginning,” Gunn shared by way of Twitter on December 8 amid studies that Wonder Woman 3 won’t occur with Patty Jenkins. Gunn stated solely components of the report had been true whereas different particulars hadn’t even been decided but.

“Peter & I chose to helm DC Studios knowing we were coming into a fractious environment, both in the stories being told & in the audience itself & there would be an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation, and gaming,” he defined. “But, in the end, the drawbacks of that transitional period were dwarfed by the creative possibilities & the opportunity to build upon what has worked in DC so far & to help rectify what has not.”

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There Will Be Updates in 2023

“As for more answers about the future of the DCU, I will sadly have to ask you to wait. We are giving these characters & the stories the time & attention they deserve & we ourselves still have a lot more questions to ask & answer,” Gunn stated on December 8.

On December 14, amid the information that Cavill was leaving, Gunn confirmed he is writing a script for a Superman film. “Peter & I have a DC slate ready to go, which we couldn’t be more over-the-moon about; we’ll be able to share some exciting information about our first projects at the beginning of the new year,” Gunn stated. “Among those on the slate is Superman. In the initial stages, our story will be focusing on an earlier part of Superman’s life, so the character will not be played by Henry Cavill.”