Shazam!
Black Adam is n’t inShazam ! , and that is for the most part because of the conclusion made by Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson . Warner Bros. and DC Films are currently revel the success that fare with the release of a steel new DC pic , with the live - action solo movie for Shazam star Zachary Levi and Asher Angel as two halves of Billy Batson / Shazam . It puts him up against the dangerous Sivana ( Mark Strong ) , but that was not always the architectural plan .
Back whenShazam!first introduce exploitation , the movie was envisioned to include the first show of Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam . He was retch in the purpose back in 2014 , and the plan was for him to be the first villain that Shazam would face . However , that understandably did not happen , and the decisiveness was actually made several year ago . It was announce in early 2017 that this architectural plan forShazamwas being scrapped in favour of split the competing inception stories for Shazam and Black Adaminto two dissimilar flick .
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While it was never clear how this decision was actually made , it sounds like it was Johnson himself who suggested it . During a recentInstagrampost where he wascelebrating the box office successofShazam!(which he is an executive producer on ) , he mention the original architectural plan for the motion-picture show and how it evolved to what it is now . According to Johnson , he suggest the modification to WB chairman Toby Emmerich and the determination was made to give Black Adam a solo movie of his own .
As both a manufacturer and a hotshot , Johnson holds more power than a traditional actor . While it would be gentle to see this move as a potentially selfish one so The Rock can have his own movie and not be a supporting one to a larger taradiddle , it actually appear to have worked so far . Audiences and critic have loved whatShazam!has to offer up , and while the box office likely would have been larger with Johnson ’s star power , it also could ’ve made the story too tangled .
Now thatShazam!andBlack Adamare two separate picture show , they can jointly do more for the expectant DC world on their own than if they were together . Johnson has spoken about this in the past , saying that each celluloid will be used togrow this partake in universe . We ’ve already seen howShazam!is doing this byintroducing magic to the world , and rumors are swirling thatBlack Adamwill introduce a trey of known DC submarine , such as Hawkman . IfBlack Adamproves to be a success down the road , then it will support that Johnson and everyone else take in make this determination really did this for the welfare of the report - and not just the additional fiscal addition .
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