Dwayne Johnson broadcasts July 2022 launch date for ‘Black Adam’

By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson’s “Black Adam” is slated to be launched on July 29, 2022. Johnson shared the date on Instagram, together with a video of his voiceover blaring in Times Square.

“A disruptive and unstoppable global force of a message from the man in black himself.  BLACK ADAM is coming July 29, 2022. The hierarchy of power in the DC universe is about to change,” the 48-year-old actor wrote on Sunday.

“Black Adam” is a spin-off from Warner Bros and New Line Cinema’s “Shazam!”, that includes Zachary Levi. The character first appeared in DC Comics within the Nineteen Forties as a villain corrupted by energy. He turned an anti-hero within the early 2000s.

Jaume Collet-Serra, who has directed Johnson within the upcoming “Jungle Cruise”, will helm “Black Adam”. The film additionally options Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher, Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone and Pierce Brosnan as Dr Fate.

Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani wrote the most recent draft of the script, from a earlier draft by Adam Sztykiel. Johnson can also be producing the film with Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia by way of their Seven Bucks Productions, and Beau Flynn by FlynnPictureCo.