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Since the Golden Age of Hollywood, fantasy has been a cornerstone of the film industry's success, from Greek mythology epics like Clash of the Titans to '80s cult classics like Labyrinth. Covering everything from wizards, knights, and dragons to ancient gods and superhero stories, the genre continues to prove itself one of the most diverse in the industry -- and studios continue to establish their new big thing.

Fantasy movies are typically the flagship blockbuster projects of major studios, with many of the industry's record-high budgets being spent on the genre. While iconic hits like The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter carried studios to billion-dollar box office draws, attempts by rival studios to emulate this success have often fallen short. From disastrous book adaptations to attempts at new shared universes, filmmakers usually miss the mark when giving a studio their next big hit.

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While its always great for audiences to show their support for the hard work the production crew and stars put into a movie, some post-credits scenes truly were not worth the wait. To make a feature film is a major endeavor, so its important to give the crew their due and stick around for the credits, but if the only reason a viewer was watching them was to see the final scene or catch a hidden Easter egg, plenty of films would leave them disappointed. As post-credits scenes have become more common in recent years, in some cases, they feel needlessly tacked on and without much depth or interest.

The best post-credits scenes offer something new and exciting for viewers to look forward to. This could be the introduction of a long-awaited character, a new plot point that lays the groundwork for a sequel, or even just one final gag...

A Black Adam vs. Superman concept trailer brings the iconic DC titans together in an epic cinematic crossover after the Black Adam post-credits scene tease. It has been nearly two years since Dwayne Johnson joined the Dceu movie timeline as Black Adam, best known as Shazam's greatest enemy. One of the biggest unfinished plot points that was introduced in the post-credits scene of Black Adam was Johnson's titular anti-hero coming face-to-face with Henry Cavill's iteration of Superman.

While there were plans to have Superman and Black Adam fight down the line, the concept was quickly scrapped as Warner Bros. Discovery decided to reboot their DC brand on TV and in film. However, in a proof-of-concept trailer from Screen Culture, Cavill and Johnson's DC characters finally face each other.

Pitched as Black Adam v Superman: Dawn of Justice II, the footage uses a lot of material from Zack Snyder...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson vowed to change the "hierarchy of power" within the Dceu with 2022's Black Adam. The movie was meant to be a fan-pleasing blockbuster which launched a new version of this shared world that, in Johnson's eyes, revolved around his anti-hero. 

He reportedly went behind the backs of executives to bring Henry Cavill back as Superman, refused to share the screen with Zachary Levi's Shazam, and hoped to launch everything from a Justice Society movie to Hawkman as part of a slate he and Seven Bucks Productions would oversee. 

Black Adam proved to be a mess of a movie with murky visuals and hit-and-miss CGI. Crucially, box office numbers weren't good, reviews were even worse, and Johnson soured people on this already struggling franchise enough to impact 2023's Dceu titles negatively. 

Warner Bros. Games recently released MultiVersus, a free-to-play crossover fighting game which pits the...

Find out where to watch Black Adam, starring Dwayne Johnson as a slave bestowed with superhuman powers by ancient Egyptian Gods before reawakening to find his homeland still oppressed.

As film studios worked through the long catalog of comic book figures not yet granted feature films, it was inevitable that the Black Adam would eventually find his way to the big screen. Director Jaume Collet-Serra is no stranger to Dwayne Johnson or action films, most recently working on Jungle Cruise starring the incredibly popular actor. In Black Adam, Johnson plays a former slave who managed to overthrow the oppressive rulers of his ancient society of Khandaq after acquiring godlike abilities. Teth-Adam abuses his powers seeking revenge for his son's death, nearly destroying the society. Black Adam is then revived by a modern-day archeologist Adrianna Tomaz (Sarah Shahi) who finds him imprisoned in a tomb. Upon his resurrection, Black Adam encounters members of the Intergang,...

For almost a decade-and-a-half, Dwayne Johnson has been developing the Warner Bros./DC film, "Black Adam." We've finally gotten to see the titular antihero on the big screen going up against the Justice Society of America. And we'll likely see more Black Adam in the future if that cameo in the mid-credits scene is anything to go by, especially since Johnson has said that having Black Adam go up against a certain superhero was the whole point of the film.

In addition to Johnson in the lead role, the cast for "Black Adam" includes Aldis Hodge ("One Night in Miami") as Hawkman, Pierce Brosnan ("Mamma Mia!") as Doctor Fate, Noah Centineo ("To All the Boys I've Loved Before") as Atom Smasher, Sarah Shahi ("Sex/Life") as Adrianna, Marwan Kenzari ("Murder on the Orient Express") as Ishmael, Quintessa Swindell ("Voyagers") as Cyclone, Bodhi Sabongui ("A Million Little Things") as Amon, and Mo Amer ("Mo") as Karim.

Black Adam star Aldis Hodge has revealed what worried him most about his fight scenes with The Rock. The star, who acts under his given name Dwayne Johnson, holds the leading role in Black Adam, which is the latest theatrical film from the DC Universe. Black Adam, also known as Teth-Adam, is a slave from ancient Kahndaq who is given the powers of Shazam before being imprisoned for 5,000 years. When he is released in the modern day, he must wrestle with himself over whether he is truly a hero while attempting to save the life of Adrianna Tomaz (Sarah Shahi), the woman who released him, as well as that of her son Amon (Bodhi Sabongui).

The Justice Society of America, as portrayed in the film, consists of four heroes who work with A.R.G.U.S. director Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) including veteran heroes Hawkman, who uses a metal suit to fly and carries a medieval mace,...

The DC Universe grows with Black Adam, which sets up several new Dceu movies. Warner Bros.'s attempt to make a DC shared universe has taken many forms over the last decade, but plans for Dwayne Johnson to play Black Adam have been part of it since the beginning. Black Adam's release in October 2022 put an end to 15 years of the movie's development and various ideas for how to introduce Dwayne Johnson's anti-hero to the franchise. Now that the wait has come to an end, Black Adam seems to play a significant role in setting up the DC Universe's future.

Even as DC Studios finds new leadership thanks to James Gunn and Peter Safran, Black Adam's connections to the wider franchise mean seeds are planted for what can come next. The movie surprisingly featured some familiar Dceu characters, such as Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) and Superman (Henry Cavill). Still,...

“Black Adam” is here.

The DC Comics antihero, which has been a passion project for star and producer Dwayne Johnson, has finally been brought to the big screen with all the verve and insanity that you’d expect. This movie has everything – the Justice Society (led by Aldis Hodge’s Hawkman), which we cannot stress enough is not the Justice League; dozens of PG-13-defying deaths; a probably-recorded-on-Zoom cameo from Oscar winner Viola Davis; Pierce Brosnan wearing and constantly talking about a silly-looking helmet. Truly, an embarrassment of riches.

As for the actual story, it follows what happens when Teth-Adam (Black Adam’s ancient name) is freed from an eternal prison after 5,000 years. The kingdom he once knew is now a gang-ravaged wasteland (it takes place in the fictional North African country of Kahndaq). The heroic code that governs most superheroes against, say, murdering dozens of people in cold blood,...

Spoiler Alert: Major Spoilers For The Black Adam Film Ahead! One of the most awaited movies of the year, Black Adam is the most recent installment from the Dceu, and it finally premiered on Friday, October 21st. Started by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the movie portrays Black Adam's origin and his fight against his old-time enemy, Sabbac, while he negotiates with the Justice Society.

This film includes many new superheroes to the Decu, including not only Black Adam, but also Doctor Fate, Hawkman, Atom Smasher, and Cyclone. These characters prove their power levels throughout the movie and some find themselves among the strongest heroes and villains in the franchise.

Karim

Karim, the brother of Adrianna Tomaz and uncle of Amon, is mostly Black Adam's comic relief. He's an electrician who ends up in the middle of the conflict only due to his loyalty to his sister. Given that Doctor Fate...

After a long wait, Black Adam finally premiered in movie theaters on Friday, October 21st, and the Dceu fandom couldn't be more excited. The antihero movie portrays Teth Adam (or Black Adam), played by Dwayne Johnson, a formerly enslaved man with the powers of six ancient deities that turned him into their Champion.

One of the aspects people have enjoyed more about the movie is its amazing cast, with great actors such as The Rock, Pierce Brosnan, and Noah Centineo. Other members of the cast are not as well known, but their role in the movie was equally amazing, especially Bodhi Sabongui, who plays the charismatic and hopeful Amon Tomaz, a crucial character in Black Adam's journey.

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Viola Davis plays the role of Amanda Waller in the Dceu, and she makes an important appearance in Black...

Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the movie "Black Adam."

"Black Adam" has finally arrived in theaters after a 15-year roller coaster of development hell, but was it worth the wait? Critics are mixed — you can see what /Film's own Witney Seibold thought about the film in his "Black Adam" review — while audiences seem far more receptive to the newest DC Extended Universe entry. Both agree that Dwayne Johnson is great as the titular hero, combining subtle dry humor with the stoicism of an antihero straight out of a Sergio Leone Western. Johnson has called this film a labor of love, and his passion and enthusiasm explode on the screen. He's having a ball; by default, most audience members will, too.

In addition to Black Adam, it's exciting to see classic heroes Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), Doctor Fate (Pierce Brosnan), Cyclone (Quintessa Swindell), and Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo) make their big-screen debut.

The DC Universe was in need of a hero. DC's plans to emulate the massive success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been hampered now for years by a host of unfortunate factors. "Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice" was met by strong critical derision. Snyder's "Justice League" follow-up was further hindered by the director stepping away due to family tragedy, with the film completed by Joss Whedon — a process that expensively altered a movie that also underperformed relative to expectations. The result was a Warner Bros. that sought to implement new leadership and move on without Snyder's vision, followed by campaigns for DC to fund "Zack Snyder's Justice League" amidst a tense battle to determine the way forward for future DC films. It's no surprise that new Warner Bros. head David Zaslav's call for someone to spearhead a 10-year vision for the DC slate of films has so far gone unanswered.

Black Adam has broken the opening weekend box office record for a starring effort from Dwayne Johnson. The film, which is the latest entry in the DC Extended Universe, sees the star reteaming with Jungle Cruise director Jaume Collet-Serra. Opening on October 21, Black Adam is the origin story of the title character, a former slave from Kahndaq who is given godlike powers before being imprisoned for 5,000 years.

When Black Adam is released in the modern era, he encounters the Justice Society of America, whose roster includes Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo), and Doctor Fate (Pierce Brosnan). Together, they must face off against the demon Sabbac while Black Adam works out where on the hero-to-antihero spectrum he truly lies. The cast of the film also includes Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Bodhi Sabongui, and Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone.

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Black Adam Review — Black Adam (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, written by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani and starring Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, Marwan Kenzari, Bodhi Sabongui, Mohammed Amer, James Cusati-Moyer, Jalon Christian, Benjamin Patterson, Odelya Halevi, Henry Winkler, [...]

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This list contains major spoilers from Black Adam!The Rock is back dominating the box office with Black Adam, giving the DC Extended Universe its best opening night in years and an exciting push forward to future films. The hype leading up to the film has been extreme with Johnson touting the same line, “the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change,” and in a way, it has. Black Adam has received some polarizing responses from fans and critics alike, critiquing it for oversaturated action and a jumbled script, while also praising it for the fun characters, performances, and visual effects.

Regardless of mixed reviews, Black Adam sets an exciting pace for what could be the Dceu’s future, which has been questionable following the strange cancelation of Batgirl and the reorganization in Warner-Discovery. With the introductions of compelling new characters and the long-awaited...

Dir: Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Pierce Brosnan. 12A, 124 minutes.

Black Adam is a bewildering entry in a franchise already falling apart at the seams. It’s therefore a perfect fit for what one day might be described as the “chaos era” of DC Comics’s corporate owners Warner Bros. This year, the studio merged with Discovery Group and placed Discovery’s CEO David Zaslav at its head. He then launched a wrecking ball at Warner’s creative portfolio – downsizing its animation unit, threatening any number of forthcoming films and TV shows, and notoriously cancelling HBO Max’s 90m Batgirl film.

Black Adam, starring Dwayne Johnson, may predate this entire debacle, but it has incidentally harnessed that same sentiment of action without thought. It’s relentless but stubbornly monotonous – what I imagine it’s like to be picked up curbside...

Can you feel that? Yeah, that’s the hierarchy of the DC Extended Universe being upended. At least, according to “Black Adam” star Dwayne Johnson.

This long-in-the-works adaptation of the comic book antihero, who began life as a “Shazam!” spin-off, is finally here, and it’s ushering in (potentially) a new phase of movies based on DC properties. (DC admittedly hasn’t had the easiest go of things.)

In the new movie, Johnson’s character, referred to as Teth-Adam for most of the runtime, is a godlike creature resurrected after 5,000 years of imprisonment in the fictional North African nation of Khandaq. It’s there that he kills many, many people, runs afoul of the Justice Society (led by Aldis Hodge as Hawkman), and gains some of his humanity back after befriending a young widow (Sarah Shahi) and her John Connor-esque son (Bodhi Sabongui).

Together, Teth-Adam, the Justice Society and his...

Warning: Spoilers for Black Adam!The Black Adam characters Adrianna Tomaz and her son, Amon, could have a big future in the Dceu. The ensemble cast of Black Adam is led by Dwayne Johnson's titular meta-human antihero, who is awakened from his 5,000-year imprisonment in modern-day Kahndaq. Unlike other DC protagonists, Black Adam is inclined to lethally eliminate evildoers, which places him in conflict with the Justice Society of America and changes the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe, as Johnson has long boasted.

Archeologist Adrianna Tomaz (Sarah Shahi) frees Black Adam from his entombment, while her son, Amon (Bodhi Sabongui), comes to view Adam as the hero Kahndaq has long been waiting for. Though neither Adrianna nor Amon display any meta-human powers in Black Adam, each is a full-fledged superhero in the comics. With Dwayne Johnson heavily hyping plans for Black Adam's Dceu future and those of the larger franchise,...

Chicago – Once again Dwayne Johnson finds himself in a vehicle unworthy of his considerable charms and talents. Johnson stars as “Black Adam,” a demigod from a mythical middle eastern country who was given power from a counsel of wizards to protect his homeland from injustice. He’s woken from a 5000 year sleep to protect the country again from foreign interlopers... while a scholar and her son are trying to keep an ancient crown – with the powers of hell – out of the wrong hands.

Rating: 2.5/5.0

Black Adam is not so much a hero, but more of a villain in some of the comic stories. Here he’s been transformed into more of an anti-hero with a real problem with anger management. He keeps killing the bad guys that he’s just supposed to knock senseless. So the Justice Society steps in, composed of Doctor Fate (Pierce Brosnan), Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), Atom...

We have reached the end of a very long journey, DC fans. "Black Adam" has finally arrived in theaters, bringing an epic 15-year saga to its conclusion (or perhaps beginning?) for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The man became attached to the role back in 2007 and, at long last, he has brought Teth Adam to life on the big screen for the first time in the character's history. So, how did it go?

Today, we're going to go over the movie briefly, but mostly focus on the ending and what it means for the character in the Dceu, and, broadly speaking, what it means from an analytical standpoint. And, not to show my hand here, but does it have anything hiding underneath the surface at all? Or is this truly just an antihero origin story? Let's dig in.

Warning: this post contains major spoilers for "Black Adam." Proceed with caution.

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black AdamAfter years stuck in development, Black Adam is finally releasing in theaters. Starring Dwayne Johnson, who has been attached to the title role since the early 2000s, Black Adam promises to take the DC Extended Universe to the next level. Set in the fictional country of Kahndaq, the superhero film introduces plenty of new characters and brings back a few familiar faces.

Black Adam follows the titular character, an antihero in the world of DC Comics, as he fights for the people of Kahndaq (and often the Justice Society of America) against the villain Sabbac. The film assembles quite the cast as it brings together many characters from the comics, many of whom are making their live-action debut in Black Adam. Led by Johnson, here is a full guide to the actors in the Dceu film, including which characters they portray, and in what other...

Finally, Black Adam signals the return of the blockbuster. The Dceu film could not come soon enough, arriving after a brutal box office drought with 12 straight weekends where the overall box office was below 100 million, a streak that will hopefully be broken this weekend. After over two months of what was ultimately counter-programming without the main programming, it’s great to have some heavier weight classes back in the ring, which started with last weekend’s disappointing but still good 40.1 million opening for Halloween Ends. Black Adam isn’t the sort to come even close to a nine digit opening (for that we’ll have to wait three weeks for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), but two weeks in a row of at least mid-eight digit openings is bringing some much needed relief to a struggling marketplace.

Black Adam is a spinoff from Shazam!, and while the anti-hero title character and...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Black Adam.Black Adam is finally out in theaters, allowing Dwayne Johnson to shine as the antihero he has been trying to play for fifteen years. The movie tells the story of Teth-Adam, a man who rises from slave to demigod before being sealed in a tomb for five thousand years. When he’s finally freed, the world has changed, and Black Adam needs to figure out who he wants to be in this modern society. However, besides serving as an original story to the titular antihero, Black Adam also introduces a version of the Justice Society composed of Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate, Quintessa Swindell's Cyclone, Aldis Hodge's Hawkman, and Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher. There’s also the villainous Sabbac (Marwan Kenzari) involved with the story and a human cast led by Sarah Shahi as Adrianna Tomaz and Bodhi Sabongui as Adrianna’s son,...

Dir: Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Pierce Brosnan. 12A, 124 minutes.

Black Adam is a bewildering entry in a franchise already falling apart at the seams. It’s therefore a perfect fit for what one day might be described as the “chaos era” of DC Comics’s corporate owners Warner Bros. This year, the studio merged with Discovery Group and placed Discovery’s CEO David Zaslav at its head. He then launched a wrecking ball at Warner’s creative portfolio – downsizing its animation unit, threatening any number of forthcoming films and TV shows, and notoriously cancelling HBO Max’s 90m Batgirl film.

Black Adam, starring Dwayne Johnson, may predate this entire debacle, but it has incidentally harnessed that same sentiment of action without thought. It’s relentless but stubbornly monotonous – what I imagine it’s like to be picked up curbside...

Actor Noah Centineo, who plays the role of Atom Smasher in the recently released superhero film ‘Black Adam’, recently shared his memories of reading and being consumed by DC comics.

The actor told Ians: “I grew up pretending to have superpowers in my room. I grew up watching animated DC films. I remember spending hours with those books where you could draw DC characters.”

When asked about how life has come full circle for him with ‘Black Adam’, he said: “To grow up and be able to portray one of my most loved superheroes in such a way working with talents such as Dwayne Johnson and Pierce Brosnan is like a dream come true for that little kid.”

Sharing his experience of working with Pierce Brosnan, Noah said: “It was a huge learning opportunity. When you work with an artiste of Pierce Brosnan’s stature, you really get into giving 100 per cent to the character.

Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Bodhi Sabongui, Pierce Brosnan | Written by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani | Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

Dwayne Johnson stars as DC’s anti-hero Black Adam in this de facto spin-off from 2019’s Shazam. Indeed, the character was originally intended to be the antagonist in the Shazam movie, until producers decided he merited his own franchise. On the strength of the new movie, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, that was probably the right call.

Unusually for a DC superhero movie, Black Adam is set entirely in the fictional Middle Eastern city of Kahndaq, which has been enriched by the discovery of a powerful element called Eternium (similarities to Black Panther’s Vibranium are presumably coincidental). When Kahndaq freedom fighter-slash-archaeologist Adrianna (Sarah Shahi) unearths a mystical crown, she unwittingly releases Teth-Adam (Johnson), an all-powerful super-being who soon unleashes his destructive force on Intergang,...

Dwayne Johnson as the title character in Jaume Collet-Serra’s Black Adam. Photo: Warner Bros. For a movie Dwayne Johnson vigorously hyped as the catalyst for change in the “hierarchy of the Dcu,” Black Adam unfortunately resembles large chunks of what came before: A brooding, weightless CG punch-a-thon, shot with...

With Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam movie being released this week, early reviews have started rolling in from the critics. After being cast as Black Adam over a decade ago, Johnson's long-awaited solo film is finally opening worldwide, as the Dceu will introduce the iconic DC character. Originally Johnson was going to appear as Black Adam in Shazam!. Still, after seeing the early scripts, the actor persuaded Warner Bros. to let the two characters star in their own respective films before clashing on the big screen.

For several years, Black Adam has been one of Warner Bros.'s most hyped-up superhero projects, as Johnson has stressed that it will forever change "the hierarchy of power" in the Dceu. While the studio has been dealing with changes behind-the-scenes for their DC properties, Black Adam is being envisioned as a new chapter for the franchise besides telling Teth-Adam's grim origin story. The...

The hierarchy of power in the DC universe is about to change, or so says The Rock. That's because "Black Adam" is finally hitting theaters after being stuck in development for years (and years). Dwayne Johnson has been attached to the role for a very long time, but through persistence and a lot of shifts behind the scenes at DC Films, this one finally came to fruition, with director Jaume Collet-Serra ("Jungle Cruise") behind the camera. But now for the ever-important question: do moviegoers have to sit through the credits?

Well, dear reader, we are here to answer that question and let you know in spoiler-free fashion whether or not the movie has a post-credits scene, or scenes, of any kind. That way, you can plan those bathroom breaks accordingly. Again, we will not spoil anything here so read on with ease. Let's get into it.

Does Black Adam Have A Post-Credits Scene?...

Plot: Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson), the mythical hero of the occupied city of Kahndaq, is released into modern times. While the woman (Sarah Shahi) who freed him and her family hoped he would liberate his people, Black Adam is not the hero they think he is. He hides a dark secret that puts him in conflict with the Justice Society of America, who want to stop his deadly rampage.

Review: DC’s Black Adam is undoubtedly a passion project for Dwayne Johnson. He’s been attached to it in some form or another for about fifteen years. As everyone knows by now, the initial plan was to use him as a villain in the Shazam movie. Believing in the promise of the character, Johnson held out until he could get a film of his own. Indeed, Black Adam is among the most ambitious movies the star has ever made, with...

The question that “Black Adam” poses is a simple one: What happens when Hollywood’s most risk-averse movie star collides with Hollywood’s most risk-averse movie genre? The answer provided by complex is, of course, even simpler: Exactly what you’d expect. Only worse.

All due respect to whatever unique and illustrious history Black Adam may have developed since his DC Comics debut in 1945, but the lifeless spectacle that director Jaume Collet-Serra — who made some nifty thrillers before “Jungle Cruise” reduced him to the John Ford of Rawson Marshall Thurbers — has cobbled together for the character’s big screen origin story is so exhaustingly derivative of other superhero movies that the ancient Egyptian antihero might as well not have any history at all.

The problems stem from an irreconcilable mismatch between star and subject. Part of the issue is that playing the Scorpion King does not, in fact, make someone...

In the Middle Eastern country of Kahndaq, circa 2500 B.C., a tyrannical king is desperate to mine a rare mineral known as “Eternium.” Slaves toil day and night in search of this magical resource, so that he may fashion a supernatural crown out of it that will grant him immeasurable power. Luckily, a boy is deemed worthy by a council of ancient wizards to be the defender of his people, and with one word (“Shazam!”), he is transformed into a mighty hero. He destroys the palace before this wretched regent becomes unstoppable and immortal,...

“A bad plan is better than no plan at all.” This is a line that pops up at various points during “Black Adam,” and while it’s meant to be a whimsical comment regarding the task at hand, by its second repetition it starts to feel like the movie apologizing for itself and its muddled storytelling.

That task is the capture of an exceedingly powerful ancient metahuman known as Teth Adam (Dwayne Johnson), and despite the movie’s best efforts to jazz up the increasingly predictable superhero genre — this one doesn’t care if he kills people — “Black Adam” feels like both too much and not enough, and none of its narrative gambits are helped by a sludgy visual style that’s either distractingly artificial or dispiritingly gloomy, except when it manages to be both.

A flashback takes us to 2600 Bce, when the nation of Kahndaq is enslaved by its wizard king,...

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A superhero movie in which a likely presidential candidate shows how satisfying it is to wield overwhelming force when nobody’s strong enough to challenge you, Jaume Collet-Serra’s Black Adam will, for most viewers, just be another fine-not-great night of spandex mayhem and franchises hoping to be born. Other moviegoers may have trouble finding escapist pleasure here, given the knotty global issues the movie raises but doesn’t fully process. As depressing as it is to have to parse the carnival of pop culture for hints of tomorrow’s foreign policy (and to imagine threat scenarios involving an entertainer as likable as Dwayne Johnson), that’s the world we live in right now.

So before asking if it’s fun or not, let’s acknowledge: Black Adam is all about the merits of sending American muscle to the world’s hotspots, and...

It is perhaps telling that Dwayne Johnson, star of Jaume Collet-Serra's new superhero film "Black Adam," has recently appeared in the press announcing that his film will feature a notable post-credits cameo. These sorts of cameos, hints, and miniature previews have, over the course of the last decade, become the lifeblood of superhero movies, forcing audiences to look always forward to the next chapter rather than dwell on the present. Each film served almost exclusively as a preview for the next. Back in 2015, the late film critic James Rocchi called this phenomenon the Marvel Industrial Complex, pointing out how the genre had, as early as seven years ago, already foregone conventional storytelling in favor of anticipation-based corporate architecture.

"Black Adam," true to this ethos, feels more like a hastily speed-read footnote than a feature. It's a jumbled mess of a movie that grabs great fistfuls of all-too-familiar blockbuster beats...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Black Adam, Halloween Ends, The Watcher and the New York Film Festival.

New York Film Festival

The annual film fest continued its second week at Lincoln Center with screenings for Women Talking, Armageddon Time, She Said and The Inspection.

Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Michelle McLeod, Sheila McCarthy, Sarah Polley, Rooney Mara, Kate Hallett and Liv McNeil attend the red carpet event for ‘Women Talking’ on Oct. 10 in New York City. Producer Marc Butan, Focus Features vice chairman Jason Cassidy, Jeremy Strong, Anne Hathaway, director James Gray, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, Focus Features president of production and acquisitions Kiska Higgs, Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski and producer Rodrigo Teixeira at the ‘Armageddon Time’ screening on Oct. 12. Jodi Kantor, Zoe Kazan, Megan Twohey and Carey Mulligan attend the red...

Dwayne Johnson hit the red carpet premiere of “Black Adam” in New York City where he chatted about the upcoming film and the future of the DC universe.

The actor who stars as the antihero himself — Black Adam — revealed where he sees himself fitting in when it comes to helming future DC films, similarly to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe.

“The best position that I could be for DC is one as an adviser, where I can help. I love DC. It’s in my blood,” Johnson told Variety. “In the spirit of growing up with the DC Universe. I’m here to help in any way I can, including looking for and finding that right leader or leaders.”

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Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo, Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge and Quintessa Swindell attend DC...

The DC/Warner Bros. Pictures film "Black Adam" has been in development for almost a decade, and it's been a passion project since the beginning for star Dwayne Johnson. This character is powerful, and for quite some time, we've been hearing Johnson say that the "hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change." We all know what that means: Johnson has been hoping for a showdown between Superman and Black Adam, whose powers are a match for the Kryptonian.

Black Adam is also known as Teth-Adam, a man who lived thousands of years ago in Kahndaq, a fictional city in the Middle East. He's granted powers, then locked away. When he's awoken again, the Justice Society of America -- including Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), Dr. Fate (Pierce Brosnan), Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo), and Cyclone (Quintessa Swindell) -- is sent by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) to deal with this new force causing chaos.

WaterTower Music has released the first music to be heard from 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-Serra (“Jungle Cruise”). The Black Adam Theme (from “Black Adam”) by highly respected Grammy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated composer Lorne Balfe has just been released – in advance of the film and soundtrack release. “Black Adam” smashes into theaters and IMAX internationally beginning 19 October 2022, and in North America on October 21, 2022.

Balfe’s vision for the music of Black Adam encompasses an exploration into the back stories that define the characters. The composer commented on that approach. “It was exciting to get into the Black Adam theme, and I really wanted to capture his essence as the DC comic book world’s anti-hero. We had a large...

With less than a month to go before the release of Black Adam, fans will soon be able to decide for themselves whether the long wait has been worth it. Speaking of fans, Dwayne Johnson has announced that he’s giving some of his “favourite Mother Canuckers” the chance to attend a special Black Adam event in Toronto that will conclude with an early screening of the movie.

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The world-exclusive Black Adam fan event will consist of a special party on October 13th at Cineplex’s The Rec Room in Toronto. The event will be hosted by Strizzzy with music by DJ 4Korners, and there will be plenty of opportunities for fans to win exclusive swag and prizes.

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World-exclusive fan event with global superstar Dwayne Johnson

October 13 at Cineplex’s The Rec...

After years spent in development hell, Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam will finally be hitting theaters next month. Johnson has frequently said that the movie will change the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe as it starts a whole new era, but it won’t be long until we find out for ourselves. New Line Cinema has released a new Black Adam poster which finds Black Adam seated upon a throne.

The Black Adam poster proclaims that the time for heroes is over, but I’ll be curious to see just how dark they’ll take the character without making him a straight-up villain. The movie has certainly been a long time coming, and at one point, the character was supposed to appear in the Shazam! movie before Dwayne Johnson decided the two needed their own separate movies.

The original plan, maybe five or six years ago I think,...

Warner Bros. and Dwayne Johnson has launched a new trailer for DC’s Dwayne Johnson-led hero caper ‘Black Adam.’

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the ancient gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam (Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Johnson stars alongside Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Noah Centineo (“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”) as Atom Smasher, Sarah Shahi as Adrianna, Marwan Kenzari as Ishmael, Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone, Bodhi Sabongui (“A Million Little Things”) as Amon, and Pierce Brosnan (the “Mamma Mia!” and James Bond franchises) as Dr. Fate.

Jaume Collet-Serra was directed from a screenplay by Adam Sztykiel and Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani.

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“We’re the Justice Society…” says Dr. Fate in this brand new and thrilling new trailer for Black Adam, smashing into theaters and IMAX October 21, 2022.

From New Line Cinema, Dwayne Johnson stars in the action adventure “Black Adam.” The first-ever feature film to explore the story of the DC Super Hero comes to the big screen under the direction of Jaume Collet-Serra (“Jungle Cruise”).

In ancient Kahndaq, Teth Adam was bestowed the almighty powers of the gods. After using these powers for vengeance, he was imprisoned, becoming Black Adam. Nearly 5,000 years have passed and Black Adam has gone from man, to myth, to legend. Now released, his unique form of justice, born out of rage, is challenged by modern day heroes who form the Justice Society: Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Atom Smasher and Cyclone.

Johnson stars alongside Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Noah Centineo (“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”) as Atom Smasher,...

"We're here to negotiate your peaceful surrender." "I'm not peaceful, nor do I surrender." Warner Bros has revealed the second official trailer for the Black Adam movie, a Shazam series spin-off focusing on the origins of this DC Comics' anti-hero. This epic final trailer takes out all the humor from the last trailer, and overloads on flashy superhero VFX and explosive action. Dwayne Johnson stars as Black Adam, an anti-hero from Kahndaq who was imprisoned for 5,000 years after he gained God-like powers. He will become the archenemy of the superhero Shazam, also seen in another movie, and shares his powers from the ancient wizard of the same name. Other DC characters, including the Justice Society of America (Jsa), appear in this movie trying to take him down. The cast includes Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher, Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone, Pierce Brosnan as Dr. Fate with his golden helmet,...

Black Adam Trailer 2 — Warner Bros. has released the second movie trailer has Black Adam (2022). View here the first Black Adam movie trailer. Crew Jaume Collet-Serra‘s Black Adam stars Dwayne Johnson, Noah Centineo, Aldis Hodge, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell, Pierce Brosnan, Marwan Kenzari, and Bodhi Sabongui. Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, and [...]

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“I’m not peaceful,” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson intones in the action-packed new trailer for superhero flick Black Adam. “Nor do I surrender.” The clip, the film’s second trailer, depicts the actor’s titular character going up against the Justice Society, who politely request his peaceful surrender before he proclaims, “I kneel before no one.”

The film’s official synopsis notes, “In ancient Kahndaq, Teth Adam was bestowed the almighty powers of the gods. After using these powers for vengeance, he was imprisoned, becoming Black Adam. Nearly 5,000 years have...

Warner Bros Pictures’ final trailer for the comic book-inspired action thriller Black Adam features more of Dwayne Johnson in action along with new footage of the Justice Society of America. The nearly three-minute trailer shows Black Adam’s powers and provides just a peek at the titular character’s backstory.

Joining The Rock for his first feature film outing as Black Adam are Aldis Hodge (City on a Hill) as Hawkman, Noah Centineo (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) as Atom Smasher, Sarah Shahi (Sex/Life) as Adrianna, https://www.showbizjunkies.com/tag/pierce-brosnan/ (the Mamma Mia! franchise) as Dr. Fate, and Quintessa Swindell (Voyagers) as Cyclone. Mo Amer (Ramy), Bodhi Sabongui (A Million Little Things), and Marwan Kenzari (Murder on the Orient Express) also star.

Dwayne Johnson reunites with his Jungle Cruise director Jaume Collet-Serra for the 2022 release, with Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, and Sohrab Noshirvani writing the screenplay.

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Dwayne Johnson flew in as DC Super Hero Black Adam during Warner Bros. Pictures theatrical panel at Saturday’s Comic Con panel. This guy know how to make an entrance!

“Hall H, you have been warned. The DC universe will never be the same again,” boomed Johnson.

#BlackAdam Entrance! #Sdcc pic.twitter.com/wsdH7lgoQ1

— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) July 23, 2022

Check out the trailer that debuted in Hall H.

The Hollywood Reporter said during the panel discussion:

Johnson tackled an age-old question: who would win in a fight, Black Adam or Superman? Earlier in the week, rumors circulated that Man of Steel actor Henry Cavill might show up or send a video message for the panel, but that didn’t come to fruition.

Said the actor of a matchup between the DC characters: “Pound for pound, they are pretty close. I guess it probably all depends on who is playing Superman.

Warner Bros. has debuted a new trailer at Sdcc for the Dwayne Johnson-led DC feature ‘Black Adam.’

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the ancient gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam (Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Johnson stars alongside Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Noah Centineo (“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”) as Atom Smasher, Sarah Shahi as Adrianna, Marwan Kenzari as Ishmael, Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone, Bodhi Sabongui (“A Million Little Things”) as Amon, and Pierce Brosnan (the “Mamma Mia!” and James Bond franchises) as Dr. Fate.

Jaume Collet-Serra was directed from a screenplay by Adam Sztykiel and Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani.

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The film hits cinemas on October 21st.

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