Black Adam movie release date, teaser trailer, cast and more

Black Adam picture release engagement, teaser trailer, cast and more

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The Black Adam movie is getting closer to finally beingness hither, and nosotros're excited for this opportunity to see Dwayne Johnson embody a existence even more than powerful — and simply as rambunctious — as his own wrestling persona. That'south Teth-Adam, aka Black Adam, a magical being whose origins date back v,000 years, but arrives in a much-more modern time to tackle the team that pre-dates the Justice League.

But when will we actually see the Black Adam movie? And how much of an anti-hero will he turn out to be? We're excavation through comics history and contempo press events to spell information technology all out. Oh, and nosotros just got a new await at DJ every bit Black Adam, and then scroll downwardly to check that out!

As Johnson has teased out, Blackness Adam will non exactly be a good guy. The premise of the film, which will show his origins thousands of years ago and then bring him closer to nowadays 24-hour interval, is based around his rebellion against how super-powered beings are supposed to human activity.

On social media, Johnson wrote that Blackness Adam "is blest by magic with the powers equal to Superman, but the divergence is he doesn't toe the mark or walk the line. He'south a rebellious, one of a kind superhero, who'll always do what'south right for the people — but he does it his way."

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Black Adam pic release date

Blackness Adam is coming out on July 29, 2022. This is its 2d release date, afterwards a long window of not having any at all. Johnson originally announced a Dec. 22, 2022 release date in Nov. 2022. Johnson made this announcement with a takeover of Times Square's billboards, which he so shared in a video on social media.

Since then, the Black Adam picture show lost its release date, as the COVID-19 pandemic threw picture show release dates into a whirlwind of postponements. Now, it appears, the folks backside Blackness Adam are waiting for everything to be smoothed out before they denote their new — and, hopefully, final — release date.

Black Adam movie teaser trailers and clips

A new preview video for Black Adam, debuted at DC Fandome 2022, showed united states of america some of Dwayne in the armor. Nosotros likewise got to run across his supporting cast. Then he incinerated a dude'southward skull to ash in the bodily footage.

The first Black Adam movie trailer feels more than like an animatic — a series of sketches animated into a video — than a finished trailer. That's because all nosotros take then far is the teaser clip DC issued at its Fandom event (basically the comics publisher's own online Comic-Con). In it, nosotros "meet" Teth-Adam, a citizen of Kahndaq (a fictional African country located nigh Arab republic of egypt and Jordan), and one of its shackled and imprisoned citizens — v,000 years agone. "Now," he narrates, he'southward free.

Black Adam picture Dr. Fate casting news

Just this calendar week, The Hollywood Reporter broke news of Pierce Brosnan joining the cast of Black Adam in the part of Doctor Fate. DC Fans will know that Doctor Fate's a founding member of the JSA, so he figures to be one of the chief antagonists matching up against The Rock's Black Adam.

Black Adam movie cast

The Black Adam picture show's first stages date dorsum to September 2022, when Dwayne Johnson was tapped to play the titular hero. In 2022, casting picked upwardly every bit Noah Centineo was selected for the role of Justice Society of America character Cantlet Smasher in July. Then, in September, more JSA positions were filled as Aldis Hodge joined the film as Hawkman, followed past Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone in Dec. As noted above, Pierce Brosnan signed on in March 2022.

The full, appear cast, is as follows:

Dwayne Johnson as Teth-Adam | Blackness Adam
Pierce Brosnan as Kent Nelson | Doctor Fate
Aldis Hodge equally Carter Hall | Hawkman
Quintessa Swindell every bit Maxine Hunkell |Cyclone
Noah Centineo every bit Al Rothstein | Atom Smasher
Sarah Shahi in a TBA part
Marwan Kenzari in a TBA office

Black Adam movie set photos

As noted beneath, previous ready photos from Black Adam left us wanting more. And Full Pic has delivered what we've been waiting for, with this excellent shot of Johnson in his gear.

Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam — (Image credit: Total Picture show)

The below photo could exist a fix replicating anywhere in the world, but it's one of our offset looks into the world of the Black Adam moving-picture show. Stay tuned for more.

📸: Another BLACK ADAM ready existence congenital! Filming begins in April! (Source: vanzekin018 on Instagram) pic.twitter.com/FtfsTFKjhDMarch 19, 2022

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