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Black Adam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jaume Collet-Serra
Based on	Characters from DC
Produced by	Beau Flynn Dwayne Johnson Hiram Garcia Dany Garcia
Starring	Dwayne Johnson Aldis Hodge Noah Centineo Sarah Shahi Marwan Kenzari Quintessa Swindell Bodhi Sabongui Pierce Brosnan
Cinematography	Lawrence Sher
Edited by	John Lee Michael L. Sale
Music by	Lorne Balfe
Production companies	New Line Cinema DC Films Seven Bucks Productions FlynnPictureCo.
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	October 3, 2022 (2022-10-03) (Mexico City) October 21, 2022 (2022-10-21) (United States)
Running time	124 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$200 million

Black Adam is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by New Line Cinema, DC Films, Seven Bucks Productions, and FlynnPictureCo., it is a spin-off from Shazam! (2019) and the 11th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, and Sohrab Noshirvani, the film stars Dwayne Johnson as the titular character alongside Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Bodhi Sabongui, and Pierce Brosnan.

Johnson was attached to Shazam! early in development and confirmed to portray the villain Black Adam in September 2014, but the producers later decided to give the character his own film. Sztykiel was hired in October 2017. Collet-Serra joined in June 2019 for a planned release date of December 2021, but this timeline was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional casting took place over the next year, including four members of the Justice Society of America (JSA), and the script was rewritten by Haines and Noshirvani. Filming took place from April to August 2021 at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, and also in Los Angeles.

Black Adam had its world premiere in Mexico City on October 3, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 21, 2022 by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received negative reviews from critics, who praised the film's action sequences, visual effects, and performances of Johnson and Brosnan, though its political themes and villain drew some criticism.

Plot

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A narrative explains that five thousand years ago, the city of Kahndaq was under the tyrannical rule of a king named Anh-Kot. Anh-Kot intended to create the Crown of Sabbac, which is known to give the wearer great power.

Having enslaved and forced his people to dig after Eternium, the magical crystal which is necessary to create the crown, Anh-Kot is near his accomplishment until one of the slaves, Teth-Adam, finds the crystal before he is murdered by an overseer. This incites a revolution among the slaves led by Hurut, a young boy and Adam's son. Hurut is eventually captured and is about to be executed, when he is given the power of Shazam, thus making him Khandaq's champion to overthrow Anh-Kot's reign.

In the present day, Khandaq is taken over by the Intergang who have made its people suffer for 27 years. Archaeologist Adrianna Tomaz tries to move the Crown of Sabbac which, is buried in a tomb, with the help of her brother, Karim, along with her colleagues, Rami and Ishmael. As Adrianna finally obtains the crown, they are ambushed by the Intergang, killing Rami in the process. In her desperate measure, Adrianna reads an incantation which awakens Adam from his slumber, where he slaughters the Intergang and saves Adrianna and Karim, and presumably kills Ishmael. Unfortunately, an Intergang soldier shoots an Eternium rocket at Adam, which injures him and causing him to pass out due to his injury. It is then revealed that Ishmael is an Intergang member who intends to take the crown for himself.

The Intergang slaughter information is heard by Amanda Waller, who asks Carter Hall, Hawkman, for help in taking Adam into custody as he is too dangerous. Hawkman is accompanied by Doctor Fate, Cyclone, and Atom Smasher as the Justice Society of America to stop Adam from rampaging, as their plan is to make Adam say “Shazam!” so they can take him more easily.

In the meantime, Adrianna and Karim take Adam to their house, and Adam finally meets Adrianna’s son, Amon. Adrianna sees an inscription on an inner part of the Crown which is written as: Life is the only way to Death. Amon sees Adam as Khandaq’s hero and suggests changing his name and catchphrases, but Adam denies being a hero. As he leaves their home, Adam approaches the statue of Khandaq’s champion, which he recognizes. Amon makes a ruckus with the Intergane and Adrianna comes in time to save him. As the Intergang soldiers are about to take them, Adam helps them, and the fight ensues in town while he overpowers all of the soldiers.

The JSA come in time to stop Adam from doing further destruction. As they fight, Fate senses that Adrianna has the Crown of Sabbac. They manage to stop Adam for a while before he flees to the ruins of Anh-Kot’s palace. The JSA ask Adrianna to give them the crown, but she declines, explaining that people of Khandaq don’t need the JSA because they were never there to liberate them in 27 years. The JSA then tell the truth to Adrianna that Adam was the one who lost control of his power five thousand years ago and destroyed most of Khandaq. Knowing about the truth, Adrianna agrees to help the JSA to talk with Adam.

The crown is given to Amon, who takes it back home. Ishmael is there with Karim as Ishmael finally shows his true colors. Amon runs away from Ishmael as Ishmael shoots and wounds Karim. Ishmael chases Amon who tries to hide. Meanwhile Adrianna and the JSA meet Adam. They try to talk to him, showing that he can be a hero to Khandaq. In his hiding Amon calls Adrianna, and Adrianna pleas to Adam to save Amon. Adam immediately comes to the rescue, but Ishmael manages to abduct Amon and flees on an Eternium bike.

Adam tries to rescue Amon by dealing with the Intergang on bikes to no avail. As Adam goes back to Adrianna’s home, Hawkman manages to capture 2 of Intergang members and interrogate them about the Intergang’s hideout. Adam uses brute force to interrogate both of them and learns where the Intergang’s hideout is, but his way of interrogation enrages Hawkman. As Adam and Hawkman fight, they find that Amon hid the Crown of Sabbac in plain sight. They intend to use the Crown to trade with Amon and must fight side by side to save Amon. On their way, Fate reveals to Hawkman of his premonition about Hawkman’s death and it’s involving Adam.

As they finally reach Ishmael, he reveals that he is the last descendant of King Anh-Kot and wants his rightful throne as the last descendant. Ishmael asks for the crown, which Adrianna willingly gives to save Amon’s life. Unfortunately, Ishmael betrays his own words as Adrianna gives him the crown and he mentions: Death is the only way to Life before shooting Amon and putting the crown on himself. As Adam tries to save Amon, he loses control again and destroys the hideout with his power. Luckily the JSA protects Amon and Adrianna as Ishmael dies in the process.

Guilt-ridden, Adam flees to the ruins again. There he confesses to Hawkman that it was actually Hurut, his son, who was Khandaq’s champion. Knowing that Hurut is invincible, the king’s men maim Hurut’s family instead, killing Isis and mortally wounding Adam in the process. Hurut gives his power to Adam to save him, but Anh-Kot’s archer managed to kill the helpless Hurut. Enraged, Adam slaughtered all of the king’s men. He was then summoned by the wizards of Shazam, and they imprisoned him as they deemed him unworthy, until Adrianna awoken him. Feeling incapable of becoming Khandaq’s champion and protect it, Adam then surrenders to Hawkman by saying “Shazam” and the JSA takes him to Waller’s underwater prison.

As the JSA leave Waller’s prison, Fate still gets the ominous premonition. It is later revealed that Ishmael intentionally made Adam kill him, so that he can re-awaken as Sabbac which he succeeds in doing so. As Sabbac, Ishmael arises from the underworld to Khandaq to claim his throne. The JSA arrive in time trying to stop Sabbac. Sabbac summons the undead to Khandaq. Adrianna and Amon fight them only for Karim to come and save them. Amon asks for the people of Khandaq to fight together for their freedom again.

The JSA prepare to face Sabbac in Anh-Kot’s ruins. There, Fate creates a magical force field which forbids Hawkman, Cyclone and Atom Smasher from coming into the ruins. Fate reveals that Hawkman’s death can be avoided, with Fate’s sacrifice. Fate then fights Sabbac alone, and at the same time he uses astral projection to call for help from Adam in his suspended animation. Adam manages to wake up and escape the prison, but Sabbac is too strong to be defeated alone by Fate, and Sabbac kills Fate in the process. Fate’s death allows the force field to disappear, allowing Hawkman, Cyclone and Atom Smasher try to fight Sabbac.

Sabbac eventually overpowers them, and as he is about to kill the JSA, Adam arrives. The fight between the champion of Shazam and the champion of Sabbac begins to fight over the throne. Adam is slowly losing as Sabbac’s power can harm him. As Sabbac about to win the fight, Hawkman uses Fate’s helmet to perform magical feats he learned from Fate to help Adam. Adam finally rips Sabbac in half, ultimately banishing him again to the underworld.

The JSA admit that sometimes a darker path is necessary to bring justice. As Adam sits on the throne, he feels something is wrong and destroys it instead, stating Khandaq needs a protector, not a ruler. Adrianna asks Adam what he wants to be called as Teth Adam is too old-fashioned.

In a post credits scene, Waller communicates with Adam, and advises that if he intends to leave Khandaq, he will regret it. Adam advises that nobody on the planet can stop him, to which Waller replies says that there are forces from other planets. Adam is still defiant, and Superman arrives and advises that they should talk.

Cast

• Dwayne Johnson as Teth-Adam / Black Adam: An antihero from Kahndaq who was imprisoned for 5,000 years. Similar to the superhero Shazam, he was bestowed the powers of various Egyptian gods from the ancient wizard of the same name. Johnson previously portrayed the character in Shazam! in a cameo role.
• Aldis Hodge as Carter Hall / Hawkman: The leader of the Justice Society of America (JSA).
• Noah Centineo as Albert "Al" Rothstein / Atom Smasher: A member of the JSA who can control his molecular structure and manipulate his size and strength.
• Sarah Shahi as Adrianna Tomaz: A university professor and resistance fighter in Kahndaq.
• Marwan Kenzari as Ishmael Gregor / Sabbac: The militant leader of the criminal organization Intergang, whom Adam must work with the Justice Society to bring down.
• Quintessa Swindell as Maxine Hunkel / Cyclone: A member of the JSA can control wind and generate sound. As the granddaughter of Abigail "Ma" Hunkel / Red Tornado, she seeks to live up to her familial superhero legacy. Swindell studied dancing techniques when designing their character's movement.
• Bodhi Sabongui as Amon Tomaz: Adrianna's son.
• Pierce Brosnan as Kent Nelson / Doctor Fate: A member of the JSA and the son of an archeologist who learned sorcery and was given the magical Helmet of Fate. Brosnan wore a motion capture suit for the role.

Additionally, Mohammed Amer portrays Karim, Adrianna's brother, while James Cusati-Moyer and Uli Latukefu have been cast in undisclosed roles. Several actors also reprise their roles from previous DCEU media, including Djimon Hounsou as Shazam, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Jennifer Holland as Emilia Harcourt, and Henry Cavill as Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman, the latter in an uncredited cameo appearance during the mid-credit scene.

Production

Development

New Line Cinema began the development of a Shazam! feature film in the early 2000s, based on the DC Comics character Captain Marvel. The title came from the wizard Shazam who gives the hero his powers, with DC unable to use the title Captain Marvel due to legal issues. Peter Segal signed on to direct the film in April 2006, and Dwayne Johnson was approached about portraying Captain Marvel later that year. By November 2007, Johnson was also interested in the film's antagonist, Black Adam, and had received positive responses from fans about him possibly playing that character. Development on the film was placed on hold by January 2009, but had begun again by April 2014 when Warner Bros. (the parent company of New Line) and DC began planning a slate of superhero films for its shared universe, the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). That August, Johnson said he was still attached to the film but had not yet decided if he would play Captain Marvel or Black Adam. A month later, Johnson announced that he would portray Black Adam.

In January 2017, Johnson met with DC's Geoff Johns to discuss the project after studio executives grew concerned that an actor of Johnson's profile was being used as a villain and supporting character in the film instead of starring in it. Following that meeting, they decided to split the project into two films: Shazam! (2019), starring the hero Captain Marvel who DC had since rebranded as Shazam; and Black Adam, with Johnson starring as the title antihero. Johnson said the two characters would meet onscreen in the future. Johns confirmed in July that Johnson would not appear in Shazam!, though his likeness is used in that film for a magical hologram of Black Adam conjured by the wizard Shazam.

Adam Sztykiel was hired to write the screenplay for Black Adam in October 2017, with Johnson set to produce the film with Dany and Hiram Garcia of Seven Bucks Productions along with Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo. At that time, there were plans for Johnson to first appear as Black Adam in the sequel to Suicide Squad (2016), which had Gavin O'Connor attached as writer and possible director. The intention was for the members of the Suicide Squad to be tracking a weapon of mass destruction which would be revealed as Black Adam in a small role for Johnson, but these plans were abandoned when O'Connor left that film in 2018. Sztykiel completed a draft of the Black Adam script by April 2018, when Johnson said there was potential for filming to begin in 2019. At the end of August, Sztykiel had handed in another draft and further revisions were underway. Hiram Garcia said then that giving Shazam and Black Adam their own films was allowing the best movie for each character to be developed, and he added that their depiction of Black Adam was not going to be "softened up for audiences", explaining that he is "not the boy scout superhero, he's the guy that's like, okay, you cross him? Well, I rip your head off". In December, Johnson said filming would not begin until the end of 2019 at the earliest due to his commitments to Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) and Red Notice (2021).

After the successful release of Shazam!, Black Adam became a priority for New Line. By June 2019, Jaume Collet-Serra was in talks to direct the film after impressing Johnson as the director of Jungle Cruise (2021). Collet-Serra described Black Adam as the Dirty Harry of superheroes, and said the film would show a darker version of Johnson compared to the adventure comedy Jungle Cruise. Johnson revealed in October that filming would begin in July 2020, and announced the following month that Black Adam was scheduled to be released on December 22, 2021. He also said Shazam would not appear in the film, but members of the Justice Society of America (JSA) would be introduced.

Pre-production

Johnson stated in mid-April 2020 that filming had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and they were now planning to begin production in August or September of that year. By July, filming was expected to begin in early 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia, and Noah Centineo was cast as Atom Smasher. During the virtual DC FanDome event in August, Johnson revealed that the film's version of the JSA would include Hawkman, Doctor Fate, and Cyclone, in addition to Atom Smasher. He explained that Hawkgirl was originally included in the team, but for a complicated reason she ultimately could not be used in the film and was replaced with Cyclone.

Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani had written a new draft of the script by September, when Aldis Hodge was cast as Hawkman. Collet-Serra discussed his comparisons of the character of Dirty Harry with Johnson, saying "The systems were corrupt, so you had criminals taking advantage. You needed a cop that would cut through the bullshit, and basically do what needs to be done. That's very much in line with Black Adam and his way of thinking. I think that's appealing to pretty much everybody. Everybody knows how the world sometimes is not fair, and you need people that break the rules to even out the playing field." Johnson remarked that "the Black in Black Adam refers to his soul", and described his worldview as "myopic", adding that for Adam, "There's no room or space for him being wrong. There's no room or space for anyone else's opinion. There's only room and space for him justifying anything that he does because of his pain. And he pushes and pushes and pushes and does not see any other way. It's very black and white."

The next month, Warner Bros. adjusted their upcoming release schedule due to the pandemic, leaving Black Adam without a release date. Later in October, Sarah Shahi joined the cast as Adrianna Tomaz. Quintessa Swindell was cast as Cyclone in December, with Marwan Kenzari joining the cast in February 2021. Filming was expected to begin that April, with construction of the sets beginning by mid-March. Pierce Brosnan was cast as Kent Nelson / Doctor Fate at the end of March, and the film was given a new release date of July 29, 2022. In April, James Cusati-Moyer, Bodhi Sabongui, Mo Amer, and Uli Latukefu joined the cast in undisclosed roles. Latukefu previously worked with Johnson on the series Young Rock, while Sabongui's character was described as a key role from the Black Adam comics.

Filming

Principal photography began on April 10, 2021, at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, with Lawrence Sher serving as cinematographer. Filming was delayed from an initial July 2020 start due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Johnson said on June 20, 2021, that there were three weeks left of filming, and on July 15 he announced that he had completed his scenes. Filming then continued without Johnson for several weeks, with the production moving to Los Angeles, and had wrapped by August 15.

Henry Cavill reprises his role as Superman from other DCEU films during the film's post-credits scene; this marks his first time shooting material as the character since Justice League (2017), with the character being potrayed by stand-ins for his appearances in Shazam! (2019) and the HBO Max series Peacemaker (2022), while Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) featured Cavill through pre-recorded footage. Johnson stated that Seven Bucks Productions, including himself, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia, played an integral role in the re-negotiations between Warner Bros. and Cavill. Johnson originally pitched the idea for Cavill to reprise his role to DC Films president Walter Hamada while working on reshoots for the film. Hamada rejected the idea due to his own plans for Superman projects set outside the DCEU, so Johnson instead approached Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chairmen Michael DeLuca and Pam Abdy, who approved the idea. The scene was shot in September 2022, a month before the film's premiere, after a series of negotiations during Labor Day.

Post-production

Bill Westenhofer serves as the visual effects supervisor for the film, after doing so for the DCEU film Wonder Woman (2017), while John Lee and Michael L. Sale are the editors. Visual effects vendors included Weta FX, UPP, Scanline VFX, Digital Domain, DNEG, Rodeo VFX, Lola VFX, Cantina Creative, Tippett Studio, and EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani.

In March 2022, Warner Bros. adjusted its release schedule due to the impacts of COVID-19 on the workload of visual effects vendors. Black Adam was pushed back to October 21, 2022, with The Flash and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom moved from late 2022 into 2023 to allow time for their visual effects work to be completed. The delay for Black Adam was also reportedly due to reshoots that were scheduled for February 2022 having to be postponed because most of the studio space at Trilith was being taken up by production on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Once shooting for that film ended, reshoots for Black Adam began in early May, and had concluded early the next month. Collet-Serra confirmed that work on the film had been complete with a picture lock being achieved by July 2022. Final writing credits were given to Sztykiel, Haines and Noshirvani, while an additional literary material credit was attributed to David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick. In October 2022, Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Holland were revealed to be reprising their respective DCEU roles as Shazam and Emilia Harcourt, the former from Shazam! (2019) and the latter from The Suicide Squad (2021) and Peacemaker (2022). The film initially received an R rating due to several gruesome death scenes and many cuts had to be made to the film to receive the lower PG-13 rating.

Music

In July 2022, it was announced that Lorne Balfe, who previously wrote additional music for Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy and composed the music for The Lego Batman Movie, would compose the score for the film. Black Adam and the Justice Society's themes were released by WaterTower Music as singles on September 29 and October 7, respectively, and the full soundtrack was released on October 14.

All music is composed by Lorne Balfe

Marketing

Johnson promoted the film at the virtual DC FanDome event in August 2020, revealing concept art and narrating an animated teaser for the film as well as announcing which members of the JSA would be appearing. The film's new July 2022 release date was announced on March 28, 2021, with another teaser narrated by Johnson that was aired ahead of an NCAA Basketball Regional semifinal game and also announced during a "takeover" of New York's Times Square. Carly Lane at Collider described the Times Square event as thrilling, while CNET's Mark Serrels said "booming it over a giant speaker in Times Square" was a "very cool way to announce a movie's release date". The film was promoted at the 2021 DC FanDome in October, with Johnson revealing an opening scene for the film introducing himself as Black Adam. Tom Reimann of Collider was excited to finally see footage from the film after its long development history, and said "looks like Dwayne Johnson in a superhero movie, which is to say it looks awesome". Both The Wrap's Ross A. Lincoln and The A.V. Club's William Hughes highlighted the short scene's violence, while Matt Patches at Polygon compared the footage's tone to the Mummy franchise.

In February 2022, more footage from the film was released as part of a showreel for Warner Bros.' 2022 slate of DC films, which also included The Batman, The Flash, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (before the last two were delayed to 2023 in March). Johnson, Centineo, and Swindell promoted the film at Warner Bros.' CinemaCon panel in April 2022, where a teaser trailer was launched. The first official trailer was released on June 8, featuring an orchestral remix of Kanye West and Jay-Z's song "Murder to Excellence" (2011). Jennifer Bisset at CNET wrote that the trailer posed Black Adam as a character who "must choose between being a hero or villain -- and it looks like he takes the darker path, judging by his take on the question of whether heroes kill people". Both Maggie Lovvit from Collider and Charles Pulliam-Moore from The Verge also noted Adam's brutality in the trailer. Pulliam-Moore felt that the death of Adam's son "radicalizes him and emboldens him to use his newfound powers to seek a kind of justice so brutal that those around him are forced to lock him away". Lovvit opined that Adam's morality exists "within the grey area between black and white" and was excited at seeing the character's future in the DCEU. Writing for IGN, Rosie Knight also felt that it showed Adam's "tragic" backstory, speculating that it could take inspiration from the New 52 iteration of the character, and that it would determine his future actions. Collet-Serra and the cast promoted the film in the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con and revealed exclusive footage for the film. Scottie Andrew of CNN compared the footage to that of Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023), calling it "somehow even moodier". Charles Pulliam-More from The Verge felt the footage depicted Adam as a villain rather than an antihero, noting how the Justice Society of America (JSA) "seem much more keen on stopping him than trying to recruit him to their ranks." Similarly, Pete Volk of Polygon also highlighted Adam's confrontation with the JSA. Germain Lussier of Gizmodo praised the action sequences in the trailer, calling it an "action-packed little sizzle".

DC Comics published a series of one-shots focusing on each member of the JSA, titled Black Adam - The Justice Society Files, beginning on July 5 and concluding on October 4. Each issue also features a variant cover of the JSA members as they are depicted in the film. The film partnered with ZOA Energy Drinks for an exclusive edition at the 2022 SDCC.

Release

Black Adam had its world premiere in Mexico City on October 3, 2022, and had screenings in New York City, Toronto, London, Atlanta, Miami, Madrid and Los Angeles between October 12 and October 20, 2022, before being released in the United States on October 21, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was originally set for release on December 22, 2021, but was moved from that date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was then given a July 29, 2022, release date, but was moved to the October 2022 date when Warner Bros. adjusted its release schedule due to the impacts of COVID-19 on the workload of visual effects vendors.

Reception

Box office projections

In the United States and Canada, Black Adam will be released alongside Ticket to Paradise, and is projected to gross $50–60 million in its opening weekend.

Critical response

Black Adam received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 54% based on 79 reviews, with an average rating of 5.50/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Black Adam may end up pointing the way to an exciting future for DC films, but as a standalone experience, it's a wildly uneven letdown." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 45 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Helen O'Hara of Empire rated it 3 out of 5 and wrote that the film attempts "to offer a grand unified theory of DC, mixing family-film tropes with a protagonist who straight-up murders people. The result is sometimes a mess, but it's a generally entertaining one." Rachel LaBonte of Screen Rant gave the film a 2.5 out of 5 and wrote, "Though suffering from repetitive plot beats and thin characters, Black Adam is powered by Johnson's performance and its promise of an exciting future."

Future

In April 2017, Johnson stated that the DC Films plan on Black Adam and Shazam appearing in a future film together. Henry Cavill, who portrays Superman in the DCEU, said in April 2018 that there were plans for Johnson's Black Adam to face off against Superman in the future, though he believed this will take place after Black Adam and Shazam collide. Dany Garcia stated in May 2021 that Johnson and the other producers planned to make multiple Black Adam films during their "long-term relationship with DC", and Hiram Garcia reiterated in July that there was potential for Cavill and Johnson to appear in a future project together as Superman and Black Adam. That November, Hiram elaborated that they already had an outline for future films and spin-offs featuring Black Adam and the JSA that would be dependent on the first film being a success; and added later that other characters beyond Shazam and Superman were being considered as potential future rivals for Black Adam such as Wonder Woman.

In October 2022, Johnson confirmed future plans for Black Adam to fight Superman in the DCEU, and reaffirmed plans for the character to crossover with Shazam. In a separate interview, Johnson stated that the character will interact with various characters within the DCEU continuity, while there are also options for iterations of characters that exist in their own separate universes (namely The Batman and Joker) to crossover through a multiversal scenario.

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