'Black Adam' trailer unveils Dwayne Johnson as DC's newest antihero

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is hurtling straight into the motion within the first trailer for DC’s newest blockbuster film, “Black Adam.”

On Wednesday, DC launched the two-minute clip, which stars the Hollywood titan and wrestling legend because the titular antihero, who's morally ambiguous with godlike talents.

Within the promo, the 5,000-year-old warrior is reborn within the fashionable world with superhuman power and the flexibility to fly. The trailer for the DC Prolonged Universe movie exhibits Black Adam punching a airplane and even holding a rocket because it explodes.

The ethical dilemma that Black Adam will face is established within the video as Pierce Brosnan’s Dr. Destiny says in a voiceover: “You have got two selections. You may be the destroyer of this world, otherwise you may be its savior.”

The trailer offers followers a glimpse of Black Adam’s backstory, revealing he was as soon as a slave and has damaged out of the tomb through which he has been imprisoned for five,000 years.

Along with seeing Johnson as Black Adam, viewers additionally get a primary have a look at different characters within the movie, together with Aldis Hodge’s Hawkman, Noah Centineo’s Atom Smasher, and Quintessa Swindell’s Cyclone.

Johnson took to Instagram Tuesday to thank followers for his or her help as he ready to make his debut because the DC character, who's the enemy of Shazam – performed by Zachary Levi within the DC Prolonged Universe.

Sharing some behind-the-scenes photographs, he wrote: “Your unwavering help and relentless pleasure for this ardour mission of mine has meant the world to me. Now it’s my flip to ship for you. The hierarchy of energy within the DC Universe is altering.”

Revealing the mission in 2019, Johnson stated the position of Black Adam was “in contrast to another I’ve ever performed in my profession.”

“As a child, Superman was the hero I all the time needed to be. However, a couple of years into my fantasy, I noticed that Superman was the hero, I might by no means be. I used to be too rebellious. Too rambunctious. Too immune to conference and authority,” he wrote in an Instagram publish.

He added that Black Adam is “blessed by magic with the powers equal to SUPERMAN, however the distinction is he doesn’t toe the mark or stroll the road. He’s a rebellious, one among a form superhero, who’ll all the time do what’s proper for the individuals – however he does it his method.”

“Black Adam,” directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Jungle Cruise), is in cinemas from October 21.