OFFICIAL: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Is BLACK ADAM

After countless hints and interviews, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has finally announced that he'll be playing none other than Black Adam in an upcoming Shazam movie. Check it out after the jump!

By DCMarvelFreshman - Sep 03, 2014 08:09 AM EST

Filed Under: Shazam

Since last year, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has teased having a role in an upcoming DC Comics movie, but it wasn't until earlier this year that he revealed it would be either Shazam, aka Captain Marvel, or the superhero's nemesis, the anti-hero Black Adam. Well, the wrestler-turned-actor has now taken to Twitter to finally announce it's the latter character which he will be playing on the big-screen. "'Kneel at his feet or get crushed by his boot,'" Johnson tweeted before confirming, "My honor to become.. #BlackAdam #TheAntiHero #DCComics." The tweet was accompanied by a photo of the supervillain character taking on his adversary. Meanwhile, according to Variety, the big-screen Shazam adaptation will be written by Jack the Giant Slayer screenwriter Darren Lemke. And given that Lemke was brought on board to start the scripting process very recently, there currently is no production date scheduled. However, following Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016, Warner Bros. has nine untitled DC movies slotted up through 2020. What do you think?

"Kneel at his feet or get crushed by his boot." My honor to become.. #BlackAdam #TheAntiHero #DCComics pic.twitter.com/Qk55eNf3R7
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 3, 2014

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batz11 - 9/3/2014, 8:34 AM

AWESOME!

batz11 - 9/3/2014, 8:36 AM

DrKinsolving - 9/3/2014, 8:37 AM

NICE!!!!

DrKinsolving - 9/3/2014, 8:38 AM

Can't wait to see him in action, I wonder who will direct, Snyder's action sequences with the Rock would be insane!!

CharlesLord - 9/3/2014, 8:42 AM

I knew he was gonna be black adam. Hes been attached to the role for too long just to stay in the same franchise but switch to a diff character.

batz11 - 9/3/2014, 8:46 AM

Real question, who is Shazam?

DarkGrifter - 9/3/2014, 8:52 AM

batman001 - 9/3/2014, 8:53 AM

wow we act fast here i just post mine and freaking two more pop up lol

supes123 - 9/3/2014, 8:53 AM

Ton welling for Cap Marvel?

yossarian - 9/3/2014, 8:53 AM

He's still the Rock.

MrCBM56 - 9/3/2014, 8:54 AM

Excellent casting.

Great job DC :D

GL - 9/3/2014, 8:54 AM

I was hoping he'd get a long term role, but this works too!

Desrow - 9/3/2014, 8:54 AM

Pasto - 9/3/2014, 8:54 AM

*Gets punched out of nowhere*

Pasto - 9/3/2014, 8:55 AM

DC: Where casting is impeccable.

;)

batz11 - 9/3/2014, 8:55 AM

...and batz11 as Black Oompa

BlackIceJoe - 9/3/2014, 8:56 AM

This should be good. I wonder who will play Captain Marvel.

marvelstudios - 9/3/2014, 8:56 AM

Hopefully this movie is set in the DCCU (Man of Steel universe).

Shapopojoe - 9/3/2014, 8:56 AM

So, the real question is Who would make the perfect Capt Marvel??? Cumberbatch, no way...too thin...face not right...needs to be as bold as Superman, IMO...

Pasto - 9/3/2014, 8:56 AM

Plug:
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/ManWithRedMask/news/?a=107017

DCGuy - 9/3/2014, 8:57 AM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

JoeMomma29 - 9/3/2014, 8:58 AM

He was made for this role!!!!!!!!

Who the hell is going to play Shazam????????

GrimFeature - 9/3/2014, 8:58 AM

Great news, GREAT NEWS. NOW WHO THE [frick] IS SHAZAM? Now we all get to be concerned about that.

Tevii - 9/3/2014, 8:58 AM

The first good casting DC has done

Pasto - 9/3/2014, 8:58 AM

@Doopie
We've got one so far.

DEFA - 9/3/2014, 8:58 AM

- Perfect...!!!

DEVLIN712 - 9/3/2014, 8:59 AM

One of the best castings in CBM history

Pedrito - 9/3/2014, 8:59 AM

This is as interesting as him playing Roadblock in GI Joe. He's just the Rock.
*Shrugs*

blackandyellow - 9/3/2014, 8:59 AM

He's too big of an actor for a throwaway role. He better lead the Legion of Doom or something. Imagine if DC gets the Legion of Doom on screen before Marvel gets the Masters of Evil ... this place will go berserk.

ALegendaryPanda - 9/3/2014, 8:59 AM

YYYYEEEEEESSS!!!! FINALLY!

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OFFICIAL: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Is BLACK ADAM

After countless hints and interviews, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has finally announced that he'll be playing none other than Black Adam in an upcoming Shazam movie. Check it out after the jump!

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