Black Adam
Teth - Adam ’s origin story may not be the most well - love , but theBlack Adamconcept prevue present at DC FanDome may have helped bring in a new edition of the graphic symbol . Black Adam is widely known as being a supervillain in DC Comics , specially as Shazam ’s arch - nemesis , but his role in theBlack Adammovie seems to be more complicated .
TheBlack Adamconcept laggard did n’t have any footage from the moving picture itself , but it did offer a sense of how the new film will be positioning the fictional character , who ’s set to be play by Dwayne Johnson . This new version of the character is n’t precisely a villain , but he ’s no hero either . Still , the house trailer suggests that he ’ll have his own goal , and the panel broke the news that he ’ll add up up against theJustice Society of Americaas he undertake to follow up on them .
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In uncover his ancestry story , the house trailer suggests that Black Adam is several millenary old , and was originally enslaved in a society called Khandaq . Like Billy Batson , he was cede the business leader of the gods , which are shortened into the acronym SHAZAM . Eventually , he run a striver revolt in Khandaq and tear down his oppressor , but he also abused his powerfulness in the eyes of the graven image . His brand of justness was pitiless , and he was ultimately imprisoned for 5,000 years by the gods who ab initio bestowed his top executive upon him . Johnson lend during the FanDome dialog box , " He does not practice simplicity . That makes for a really powerful combining and one that ’s volatile , one that ’s really dangerous , and one that is , ultimately , very likable , to me at least . "
The concept lagger pick up after Black Adam was been released from his prison house , and is presumably set to take lieu in the present - twenty-four hours DC universe . That means that finally , Teth - Adam will learn that someone else was given the power of the gods . Unlike Billy Batson or many of the other superheroes in the DC world , Black Adam does n’t conceive in treat his foe with remorse or benignity . During the virtual panel , Johnson say that the power structure of power in the DC world would shift after Black Adam ’s introduction , which is understandable given that Black Adam ’s superpowers are comparable to Superman ’s .
Although the flick will star Johnson in the title role , he ’ll have some other sub to contend with ; some member of the Justice Society of America - a group that pre - go steady the Justice League and believes in truth and justice - will be introduced in the movie , include Hawkman , Doctor Fate , Cyclone , andAtom Smasher . While exact plot details have n’t been release yet , Black Adamis being name as a conflict between Teth - Adam and the JSA .
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