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Black Adam
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Directed byJaume Collet-Serra
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Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLawrence Sher
Production
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Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • July 29, 2022 (2022-07-29) (United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Black Adam is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by DC Films, New Line Cinema, Seven Bucks Productions, and FlynnPictureCo., and set for distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is intended to be a spin-off from Shazam! (2019) and the eleventh film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by Adam Sztykiel and Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani, the film stars Dwayne Johnson as Teth-Adam / Black Adam alongside Noah Centineo, Aldis Hodge, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, and Pierce Brosnan.

Johnson was attached to Shazam! early in development, and confirmed in September 2014 that he would portray the villain Black Adam. The producers decided to split the character off to his own film in January 2017, and Sztykiel was hired that October. Collet-Serra joined in June 2019 and filming was expected in July 2020 for a December 2021 release date, but these plans were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional casting took place over the next year, including for members of the Justice Society of America (JSA), and the script was re-written by Haines and Noshirvani. Filming then began in April 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Black Adam is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 29, 2022.

Cast

Additionally, Marwan Kenzari, James Cusati-Moyer, Bodhi Sabongui, Mo Amer, and Uli Latukefu have been cast in undisclosed roles.[9][10][11][12][13]

Production

Development

New Line Cinema began development of a Shazam! feature film in the early 2000s, based on the DC Comics character Captain Marvel. The title came from the wizard Shazam who gives the hero his powers, with DC unable to use the title Captain Marvel due to legal issues.[14] Peter Segal signed on to direct the film in April 2006,[15] and Dwayne Johnson was approached about portraying Captain Marvel later that year. By November 2007, Johnson was also interested in the film's antagonist, Black Adam, and had received positive responses from fans about him possibly playing that character.[16] Development on the film was placed on hold by January 2009,[17] but had begun again by April 2014 when Warner Bros. (the parent company of New Line) and DC began planning a slate of superhero films for its shared universe, the DC Extended Universe (DCEU).[18] That August, Johnson said he was still attached to the film but had not yet decided if he would play Captain Marvel or Black Adam.[19] A month later, Johnson announced that he would portray Black Adam.[20]

In January 2017, Johnson met with DC's Geoff Johns to discuss the project after studio executives grew concerned that an actor of Johnson's profile was being used as a villain and supporting character in the film instead of starring in it. Following that meeting, they decided to split the project into two films: Shazam! (2019), starring the hero Captain Marvel who DC had since rebranded as Shazam; and Black Adam, with Johnson starring as the title antihero.[1] Johnson said the two characters would meet onscreen in the future.[21] Johns confirmed in July that Johnson would not appear in Shazam!,[22] though his likeness is used in that film for a magical holograph of Black Adam conjured by the wizard Shazam.[23]

Adam Sztykiel was hired to write the screenplay for Black Adam in October 2017, with Johnson set to produce the film with Dany and Hiram Garcia of Seven Bucks Productions along with Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo.[24][25] At that time, there were plans for Johnson to first appear as Black Adam in the sequel to Suicide Squad (2016), which had Gavin O'Connor attached as writer and possible director. The intention was for the members of the Suicide Squad to be tracking a weapon of mass destruction which would be revealed as Black Adam in a small role for Johnson,[26] but these plans were abandoned when O'Connor left that film in 2018.[27] Sztykiel completed a draft of the Black Adam script by April 2018, when Johnson said there was potential for filming to begin in 2019.[28] At the end of August, Sztykiel had handed in another draft and further revisions were underway. 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? Well, I rip your head off".[29] 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).[30]

After the successful release of Shazam!, Black Adam became a priority for New Line. By June 2019, Jaume Collet-Serra was in talks to direct the film after impressing Johnson as the director of Jungle Cruise (2021).[25] Johnson revealed in October that filming would begin in July 2020,[31] and the following month he announced that Black Adam was scheduled to be released on December 22, 2021.[32] He also revealed that Shazam would not appear in the film, but members of the Justice Society of America (JSA) would be introduced.[33]

Pre-production

Johnson stated in mid-April 2020 that filming had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and they were now planning to begin production in August or September of that year.[34] By July, filming was expected to begin in early 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia,[35][36] and Noah Centineo was cast as Atom Smasher.[3] 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.[2] 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.[37]

Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani had written a new draft of the script by September,[4] when Aldis Hodge was cast as Hawkman.[4][5] The next month, Warner Bros. adjusted their upcoming release schedule due to the pandemic, leaving Black Adam without a release date.[38] Later in October, Sarah Shahi joined the cast as Adrianna Tomaz.[6] Quintessa Swindell was cast as Cyclone in December,[7] with Marwan Kenzari joining the cast in February 2021.[9][36] Filming was expected to begin that April,[36] with construction of the sets beginning by mid-March.[39] Pierce Brosnan was cast as Kent Nelson / Doctor Fate at the end of March,[8] and the film was given a new release date of July 29, 2022.[40] In April, James Cusati-Moyer, and Bodhi Sabongui joined the cast in undisclosed roles.[10][11] Sabongui's character was described as a key role from the Black Adam comics.[11]

Filming

Principal photography began on April 9, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia,[36][41] with Lawrence Sher serving as cinematographer.[42] Filming was delayed from an initial July 2020 start due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[31][34] Later in April, Mo Amer and Uli Latukefu were cast in undisclosed roles;[12][13] Latukefu previously worked with Johnson on the series Young Rock.[13]

Post-production

Bill Westenhofer serves as the visual effects supervisor for the film, after doing so for the DCEU film Wonder Woman (2017).[43]

Marketing

Johnson promoted the film at the virtual DC FanDome event in August 2020, revealing concept art and narrating an animated teaser for the film as well as announcing which members of the JSA would be appearing.[2] The film's new July 2022 release date was announced on March 28, 2021, with another teaser narrated by Johnson that was aired ahead of an NCAA Basketball Regional Semifinal game and also announced during a "takeover" of New York's Times Square. Carly Lane at Collider described the Times Square event as thrilling,[44] while CNET's Mark Serrels said "booming it over a giant speaker in Times Square" was a "very cool way to announce a movie's release date".[45]

Release

Black Adam is scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on July 29, 2022.[40] It was originally set for release on December 22, 2021,[32] but was moved from that date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[38]

Future

In April 2017, Johnson said that he and DC intended for Black Adam and Shazam to appear in a future film together.[21] Henry Cavill, who portrays Superman in the DCEU, stated in April 2018 that there were plans for Johnson's Black Adam to face off against Superman in a future DCEU film after Black Adam and Shazam meet.[46]

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