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10 Things You Need To Know About Black Adam

For the last few years, practically the only thing we knew about the long-mooted Shazam! movie was that Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson would be appearing as villain Black Adam. Through various interviews, Johnson spoke of his interest in the character as an anti-hero, which suggested that DC were making him the star of the show. Now, that's been confirmed, as we learned this week that the actor will be getting his own Black Adam solo movie.

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3) He Poses A Threat To Superman

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It’s interesting that we’ll likely get to see Black Adam and Superman face-off in the movies as the character is one of the few who can go toe to toe with the Man of Steel.

It’s all to do with the fact that Black Adam’s powers are derived from magic. Along with Kryptonite and the lack of radiation from a yellow sun, one of Superman’s big weaknesses is his aversion to any kind of sorcery. Since Shazam and Black Adam get their abilities from the same source, he could also beat Superman in a fight. However, while that has happened on some occasions, Superman’s age of experience usually result in him winning.

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2) Dwayne Johnson Chose Him Over Shazam

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If no one has been cast as Shazam yet who, on paper, is the more significant character, you might be wondering why Johnson wasn’t offered that role instead. After all, he certainly has the look for it. However, little do most people know, but the actor was actually offered the part initially but turned it down in favour of Black Adam.

When asked about why he made that decision, Johnson had this to say:

“What made me choose Black Adam? I just felt Black Adam was inherently more interesting to me because I felt there were more layers to Black Adam, starting out as a slave and then ultimately becoming the anti-hero who we enjoy today.”

Like we mentioned earlier, the cinematic Black Adam will clearly be drawn from The New 52 version as well as the more recent comics that portray him as an anti-hero. Given that, we can see why Johnson would be more drawn to the murky morals of the character, over someone as clearly heroic as Shazam.