Yet another sign that the DC Universe is wanting to take Marvel head on, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has just announced that he will be playing Black Adam in the Shazam movie. Not waiting for an official announcement, “The Rock” is letting everyone know that he will be playing the infamous villian in a new film produced by New Line, which is a subsidiary of Warner Brothers.
Although no actor has been named to play the long loved superhero Shazam or his teen alter-ego Billy Batson, this is another well placed move to beef up interest in DC Comics. The furious onslaught of films that Marvel has produced  and announced over the last year has set a precedent that is going to be ridiculously hard to follow. Here is the article as reported by EW.com
“Once again proving that Fast & Furious is the nexus of all action-movie realities, Fast Five enemy and Furious Six frenemy Dwayne Johnson has officially joined the DC Universe.
The Shazam movie will be produced by New Line, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Feel free to speculate wildly that the New Line superhero universe is to the Warner Bros. superhero universe as Vertigo is to DC–or just click here to see what New Line president Toby Emmerich told EW about Shazam. The Rock’s announcement implies that development on the film is proceeding quickly, although it’s still unknown who will be playing the heroic Shazam—or, for that matter, Shazam’s teenaged alter ego, Billy Batson.
In most versions of his origin story, Black Adam is the immortal, power-mad son of an ancient Pharaoh, so if you squint it’s possible to imagine the Shazam film as a spiritual sequel to The Scorpion King. Additionally, it is important to point out that Vin Diesel is affiliated with Marvel, and Dwayne Johnson is affiliated with DC, so their epic fight scene from Fast Five can retroactively be considered the movie version of Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man. Except, like, Black Adam vs. The Amazing Groot this time.”
Just for sh##ts and giggles, here is Shazam as they envisioned him in the early 1970’s… Funny Stuff!
Are you looking forward to the new DC or Marvel movies?
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