Well, no one can argue with the fact that Rocky Maivia knows how beneficial a well-timed heel turn can be: After all, we wouldn’t be talking about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson if it weren’t for one that happened in the mid-’90s. And a jolt is just what he needs: Look, we love the guy, but The Rock’s been… kind of stagnant when it comes to his film roles recently. So, what do you do? You go full anti-hero, as he’s done in Black Adam, a DC superhero (anti-superhero?) flick about Shazam’s primary antagonist, who underwent a sort of chaotic neutral makeover in the comics over the last two decades. WB dropped the trailer for the film, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, on Wednesday morning, and you can bet some cold hard cash that this is going to be in front of Jurassic World: Dominion when you go see it this weekend.
Peep it:
Here’s a synopsis, which uses a lot of words to say “Look, the Rock has Shazam’s superpowers, just go ahead and buy the fucking ticket already” than are necessary:
“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‘). 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.”
Black Adam crashes into theaters on October 21. How about those Justice Society cast members? It’s absolutely nuts that a James Bond is playing Doctor Fate in a major motion picture and almost as crazy as this thing actually making it to screens after being teased for what feels like forever by The Rock himself.