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‘Black Adam’ Trailer: Dwayne Johnson Stars in DC’s Anti-Hero Movie
Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorDC Comics fans are getting a closer look at Dwayne Johnson’s “Black Adam” in a new, action-packed trailer.“Black Adam” stars Johnson as the powerful anti-hero and sworn nemesis of Shazam, who was played by Zachary Levi in a 2019 origin movie and in the upcoming sequel, “Shazam: Fury of the Gods,” coming next year. After over a decade in development, “Black Adam” will be released on July 29.Johnson was originally supposed to enter the DC universe as Black Adam in 2019’s “Shazam;” however, his role was scrapped when the spinoff for his character was greenlit in 2017.In October of 2021, Johnson debuted a first look at the film on Twitter — which showed Black Adam breaking out of imprisonment after 5,000 years of captivity.