Dwayne Johnson explains why he lobbied to get Black Adam a standalone movie separate from Shazam!

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Dwayne Johnson has explained why he wanted the Black Adam character to have his own standalone film.The 50-year-old superstar, speaking with Vanity Fair Thursday, said that he persuaded Warner Bros.

to give the comic book villain a separate movie instead of blending the stories with his archrival character, Shazam.The wrestler-turned-actor initially signed on to play the role in 2014, opposite Zachary Levi as Shazam.

The latest: Dwayne Johnson, 50, has explained why he wanted the Black Adam character to have his own standalone film. The actor was snapped at Comic-Con last month in San Diego 'When the first draft of the movie came to us, it was a combination of Black Adam and Shazam: Two origin stories in one movie,' Johnson told the publication. 'Now that was the goal - so it wasn't a complete surprise.'Johnson said he instinctively was not a fan of the story structure, out of preservation for the Black Adam character. 'When I read that, I just knew in my gut, "We can't make this movie like this.

We would be doing Black Adam an incredible disservice,"' Johnson said. 'It would've been fine for Shazam having two origin stories converge in one movie, but not good for Black Adam.'Johnson said he reached out to studio executives with his concerns, stating that combining both origin stories in the same film would not be best for the characters, and would dilute a potential confrontation between them moving forward.