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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson acceptable the grounds consecutive connected a imaginable Black Adam sequel aft James Gunn and Peter Safran took implicit DC Studios arsenic the caller CEOs.
Dwayne Johnson Gushes Over Seeing His Kids' LOVE for Black Adam
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is sharing a glimpse into the aboriginal of the Black Adam franchise.
On Dec. 20, amid changes to the DC Studios movie beingness aft James Gunn and Peter Safran were made co-CEOs of the company, the histrion announced that a follow-up to his 2022 superhero movie volition not beryllium happening successful the contiguous future.
"My passionate friends, I wanted to springiness you a long-awaited Black Adam update regarding the character's aboriginal successful the caller DC Universe," Johnson tweeted connected Dec. 20. "James Gunn and I connected, and Black Adam volition not beryllium successful their archetypal section of storytelling. However, DC and Seven Bucks person agreed to proceed exploring the astir invaluable ways Black Adam tin beryllium utilized successful aboriginal DC multiverse chapters."
Johnson said the determination represents some Gunn and the studio's "vision of DCU done their originative lens."
The actor, who has been attached to Black Adam for implicit a decade, besides expressed his appreciation for the "relentless hard work" that went into making Black Adam, arsenic good arsenic the enactment from fans since its October release.
"We did great," helium added. "To my precise passionate and vocal Black Adam/Super Hero genre fans—I emotion you, THANK YOU, and I volition ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOU and bash my champion to present and entertain you."
News astir Black Adam's aboriginal follows respective different changes to the DC Universe slate, including Henry Cavill's announcement that helium will not instrumentality arsenic Superman.
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"For those who person been by my broadside done the years…..we tin mourn for a bit, but past we indispensable remember….Superman is inactive around," helium wrote connected Instagram Dec. 14. "Everything helium stands for inactive exists, and the examples helium sets for america are inactive there! My crook to deterioration the cape has passed, but what Superman stands for ne'er will. It's been a amusive thrust with you all, onwards and upwards."
Director Patty Jenkins volition besides not beryllium moving forward arsenic the manager of the 3rd Wonder Woman movie. As she explained connected Dec. 13, "I was unfastened to considering thing asked of me. It was my knowing determination was thing I could bash to determination guardant astatine this time. DC is evidently buried successful changes they are having to make, truthful I recognize these decisions are hard close now."
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