When Dwayne Johnson makes his DC debut in next year’s “Black Adam,” the hierarchy of power in the DC universe will forever change. At least, that’s the promise Johnson and producer Hiram Garcia are making to fans who are eagerly anticipating Johnson’s first blush with the superhero genre.
Johnson has been flirting with the DC universe since 2007, and it’s been a long road to getting “Black Adam” made. The titular character that Johnson plays is an antihero, someone unafraid to get his hands dirty, and that’s exactly the approach the filmmakers took to bringing “Black Adam” to life. In fact, that was the whole point of the first-look footage revealed at the virtual DC FanDome event in October.