As more and more movie and TV projects run into delays due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, now comes word on another project that’s being pushed back due to this ongoing uncertainty.

Star Dwayne Johnson confirmed during an Instagram Live video that Black Adam is now one of the multitude of movies affected by the chaos that is running rampant across the globe.

Johnson added, “We still plan on shooting at the end of the summer now, probably pushed into the end of August or September. That is a project I hold near and dear to my heart, and so I can’t wait to get started.”

After spending literally over a decade in some form of development, the plan was for Black Adam to finally start shooting this July. While shifting the film back to August isn’t exactly a massive delay, it obviously remains to be seen how the next few months play out as to whether it will even be possible to get production rolling forward as soon as August or September.

At this stage, it remains to be seen whether this delay will have a knock-on effect on Black Adam’s proposed December 2021 release date. The Shallows and Orphan’s Jaume Collet-Serra is on directing duties for Warner Brothers and New Line Cinema.

For those not all that familiar with the Black Adam character, he debuted back in 1945’s Marvel Family #1 as Teth-Adam of Kahndaq. Depicted over the years as both an out-and-out villain and an antihero, Black Adam is one of the few characters who can pretty much match Superman toe-to-toe when it comes to powers. Whilst he has tangled with the Man of Steel and various other DC heroes over the decades, he’s best known as a Shazam villain. Shazam, of course, is young Billy Batson. When Billy shouts “Shazam!”, he turns into the legendary hero.

Expect more on Black Adam as it continues to develop.