Dwayne Johnson wanted Black Adam to have his own movie, and Warner Bros fulfilled his whim

The film opens in OctoberBlack Adam’to tell the story of the origins of Shazam’s enemy and the protagonist Dwayne Johnson he flatly refused, so Warner Bros decided to give him his own film so that each of these characters would develop their own story and hopefully in the future they could meet face to face.

According to the famous actor, in an interview for Vanity Fairthe company wanted DC to make a movie with these characters: “When the first draft of the film arrived, it was a combination of Black Adam and Shazam! I mean, two origin stories in one movie.Something he confesses to having refused.

I read it, I knew inside myself: ‘We can’t make this movie like this.’ We would do incredible damage to Black Adam, but for Shazam it would have been okay! “

Dwayne Johnson explains that he approached the executives to propose making two different films and giving each superhero the opportunity to be present in the cinema: “It’s okay to have two converging origin stories in one movie, but it’s not good for Black Adam.Was his argument, defending his character.

“I made a phone call. I said, ‘I have to share my thoughts here.’ It’s very unpopular … Because everyone was thinking, “Hey, this script is great, let’s make this movie.” I said, ‘I really think you should do Shazam! Make that movie yourself in the tone you want. And I think we should also separate this”Detailed the famous action movie actor.

The protagonist of this film assures that, although it was a risky move, he proposed to the creators to separate the story of Black Adam from the tape played by Zachary Levi transformed into the mighty Shazam, so that the villain could shine with his own story of origin. , which was eventually welcomed and this 2022 Dwayne Johnson returns to the cinema as a superhero.

In October, ‘Black Adam’ presents his story

After Dwayne Johnson fought for his character to have his own movie, in October you will be able to learn about the origin of the mighty Black Adam, who links his story to Shazam but you won’t see them face off, because before his big fight, this new character of the DCEU You will have to face a special mission.

The film ‘Black Adam’ hits theaters on October 21, after some delays Warner Brosand since it is one of the most anticipated films of the year, we expect a very good reception at the box office, but we will have to continue to wait a few weeks before we can go to the big screen.