The director, who is promoting his new thriller Annabelle: Creation, confirmed that Dwayne Johnson has in fact been cast as Black Adam, and that there were earlier scripts that did feature the character in this movie, but now it will solely focus on the Shazam! character.
Last month, a rumor swirled that Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam won’t be featured in the upcoming Shazam! movie, but instead will get his own spin-off, which has now been confirmed by Shazam director David F. Sandberg.
“So, The Rock has been cast as Black Adam, but he’s not going to be featured in this film.
There’ve been variations of the script, like before I came along, where, you know, variations where Black Adam was in and out and, you know.