New Line & DC Developing 'Black Adam' Into His Own Movie With Dwayne Johnson

New Line and DC Entertainment are developing the movie Black Adam, with Dwayne Johnson attached to star as Shazam’s arch-nemesis. This move comes after the high level meeting with Johnson and DC Films co-head and comics author Geoff Johns, after which Johnson took to social media to promise “hope, optimism & fun.”

This meeting also showed how much Johnson has grown as a one of the biggest male actors and makes no sense for Johnson to just be a villain in the Shazam! movie as a supporting character in an expensive tentpole. Thus a decision was made to spin Black Adam into his own film. The movie would involve Black Adam as being an anti-hero, but as a villain is still fighting against enemies who sought to enslave his people.

No writers or director have been picked for this developing project.

Source: THR