Just because Shazam! is the next DC movie to start production doesn’t mean that production for a standalone Black Adam movie couldn’t come shortly there after.
Without Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the first Shazam! it could still leave room for a standalone origin movie for Black Adam and Shazam! who could possibly meet up in a second movie.
It’s official: Shazam! will be the next DC movie to begin filming, starting in February of 2018, under the direction of David F. Sandberg.
The news comes after the shocking revelation that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will not be appearing as the villainous Black Adam in Shazam! Johnson has been attached to play Black Adam as far back as 2014 and rumors have suggested for months that we would see a standalone Black Adam movie, possibly even before the release of Shazam!. The Rock is still signed to play Black Adam, so where he’ll be introduced has yet to be revealed.