A new trailer for the upcoming DC film Black Adam is set to release this week, as actor Dwayne Johnson confirmed during a recent surprise appearance at the film’s screening.
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Johnson surprised a small group of fans during a recent test screening for the highly anticipated film, thanking fans for coming out and also talking about how great the reception was. In the caption for his video, he teases that the film’s second trailer will also be debuting this week.
.@TheRock surprises fans from a #BlackAdam test screening and confirms the second trailer will drop THIS WEEK!
“Pssst…the global launch of our BLACK ADAM trailer #2 is going down this week….”
(via | IG) pic.twitter.com/0NkL4hEzmo
— Black Adam News (@blackadamnews) September 6, 2022
Black Adam features the introduction of Dwayne Johnson as Teth-Adam or the titular anti-hero, whose background story was first teased during 2019’s Shazam! This marks the character’s live-action debut after only appearing in animated shows and films such as Young Justice.
Joining Johnson is Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate, Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher, Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone, and Aldis Hodge as Hawkman. Other cast members include Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, James Cusati-Moyer, Bodhi Sabongui, Mo Amer, and Uli Latukefu in undisclosed roles.
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Based on the DC Comics character created by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck, the film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows, Jungle Cruise) from a screenplay written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshiryani. Producers are Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia of Seven Bucks Productions along with FlynnPicturesCo’s Beau Flynn, with Scott Sheldon overseeing the project for FlynnPictureCo.
