He doesn’t have the stomach to make Black Adam much of an antihero, let alone a bad guy (the character is workshopping catchphrases within a few scenes of waking up, and has a habit of disappearing from sight whenever things get complicated). And so Johnson has made a decidedly PG-...
The version that The Rock is playing, though, is more of an antihero, acting as the film's protagonist. However, just because he's a villain now doesn't mean the character has let go of all of his villainous tendencies. Black Adam footage was recently shown at CinemaCon, and in it, ...
How significant of a role Cyclone is set to undertake in the upcomingBlack Adammovie, and the possible degree of canon divergence at play, seem to be matters of speculation as of now, but if the original comic books and the film’s trailer are anything to go by, the heroine, channeling ...
Newspapers helped build up the 19th-century outlaw Jesse James as no common thief but a romantic antihero, an avatar of pure style. The motif of the chic gangster remains a staple in cinema, TV, and popular music: a renewable resource of street slang, drug lore, and general rebelliousness ...
✕Remove Ads What do you think? I can't imagine too many complaints from DC fans given the charisma of The Rock. Click herefor what New Line presidentToby Emmerichsaid about the tone of theShazammovie and Black Adam's antihero status....
Black Adam's recent stories have put the character in all-new territory, as theantihero became an unlikely member of the Justice League. However, with theDark Crisiscoming, Teth-Adam was among the few survivors from theDeath of the Justice League, leading to him trying to find a new direct...
WaterTower Music has announced today’s release of the soundtrack to the upcoming New Line Cinema action adventure BLACK ADAM, starring Dwayne Johnson. The first-ever feature film to explore the story of the uncompromising DC antihero comes to the big screen under the direction of Jaume Collet-...
28. Black Adam (2022) Separating Black Adam from Shazam leaves you with a dour, grumpy antihero without the counterbalance of the sunny, idealistic Billy Batson. Dwayne Johnson waited years and years to get his chance to play this character, and he certainly looks like a guy who could smash...
At the same time, Momoa is also openly joining in the fun of fans casting him as an antihero by the name of Lobo. Plus, the Aquaman star met with Gunn—shortly after his takeover as the new co-head of DC Films—telling Variety at the time that "there might be othe...
28. Black Adam (2022) Warner Bros. 28. Black Adam (2022) Separating Black Adam from Shazam leaves you with a dour, grumpy antihero without the counterbalance of the sunny, idealistic Billy Batson. Dwayne Johnson waited years and years to get his chance to play this character, and he certai...