Jaume Collet-Serra Q&A: ‘Black Adam’ Helmer Talks His Pitch To Dwayne Johnson That Helped Him Get The Job, His New Thriller With Taron Egerton & How Having Kids Has Influenced His Directing
deadline.comAfter more than a decade’s journey to the big screen, New Line and DC Films’ Black Adam opens today, and while he hasn’t been a part of since the beginning, director Jaume Collet-Serra is happy to see this long journey come to its conclusion.
Handpicked three years ago by the film’s star and producer, Dwayne Johnson, to take over the directing reins, Collet-Serra has immersed himself in the world of the titular character in order to prepare for the biggest shoot of his career.
Following the successful Jungle Cruise shoot, where he served as director and Johnson starred, the duo were right back to work on Black Adam, even through the pandemic as Collet-Serra began storyboarding and prepping the shoot during the quarantine.
Even with the pressure of delivering the goods on one of the most anticipated movies of 2022, Collet-Serra tells Deadline that his time on Jungle Cruise helped him prepare for this shoot and make him believe he was capable of taking on a film of this scope and made the decision to take the job easier when the offer was presented.
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