Henry Cavill Returns as Official Superman: “Your patience will be rewarded”

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* This article contains spoilers for the “Black Adam” post-credits scene.

“The age of hope, renewed”. While it’s been an open secret since the “Black Adam” post-credits scene leaked days before the film’s premiere, it hadn’t been made official yet. But it was Henry Cavill himself who published a video on Instagram giving the very good news to all those who have not lost their faith: his superman is backAnd not just for a cameo in the Dwayne Johnson movie.

“I wanted to wait until the end of the weekend before posting this, because I wanted to give all of you a chance to see ‘Black Adam’. But now that so many of you have seen it, I wanted to make it official: I’m back as Superman. The image you saw in this publication and what you saw in ‘Black Adam’ are just a small appetizer of what’s to come” Cavill says smiling in the video where he also takes the opportunity to thank his fans for their patience: “There are many things to be grateful for, I will do so in due course, but I wanted to thank you for your support and patience. I promise you it will be rewarded”.

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As Dwayne Johnson explained in our interview, Dany Garcia, manager of both The Rock and Henry Cavill, fought for six years to get the actor back as Clark Kent. He has encountered many obstacles, most notably from DC Films president Walter Hamada. But with the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, the new board hasn’t opposed the actor’s return to a role he hasn’t played since “Justice League.”

When will we see Superman again?

At the time of the cameo shoot, he did not have a signed contract, and as indicated by the Hollywood Reporter, the post-credits scene was recorded with a stunt double without showing his face. Last September Cavill recorded the scene once the deal was formalized. What does this new contract consist of? The exact length is unknown, but it seems increasingly clear that the Man of Steel sequel will be one of those projects.

Who knows if this new agreement will finally allow Zachary Levi to meet him, this time showing his face, in ‘Shazam! The fury of the gods’, which we will see in theaters in March next year. And of course We will have to continue with the thread that “Black Adam” posted in his post-credits scenewith the Kryptonian becoming Amanda Waller’s (Viola Davis) special envoy to remind the anti-hero that he could claim to be the most powerful man on Earth, but that he is the most powerful being in the universe.

Johnson also told us that while he wants the DC Universe to explore new places and characters, I can’t build a new era for the franchise without it “his number one”. Now that they have secured it, everything indicates that the Rock will make sure that Clark Kent is the mainstay of this phase and that Black Adam will follow closely.