By this point, it’s been a decade since Dwayne Johnson was lined up to play Black Adam on the big screen. And now, well now the film has finally been given a release date.
Taking to his Instagram page, Johnson himself has confirmed a December 22nd, 2021 release.
Even though he didn’t appear in this year’s all-kinds-of-fun Shazam!, Black Adam’s origin story was told in the film via Djimon Hounsou’s wizard. At one point in time, there was actually a plan in place to debut Black Adam in that feature, but instead it was decided to hold off and give Adam his own solo outing first.
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.
As for the Black Adam picture, that will be directed by The Shallows and Orphan’s Jaume Collet-Serra.