Black Adam Filming Begins as Dwayne Johnson Posts First Set Photo!

April 12, 2021

Warner Bros. Pictures’ DC Extended Universe continues to extend as Black Adam filming has officially begun! Star Dwayne Johnson took to Instagram to post the first set photo which you can check out in our gallery, along with a statement which you can read below!

“History in the making, extremely excited and what a humbling moment to share with you,” Johnson stated. “Officially kicking off DAY 1 of filming our BLACK ADAM Our Director and maestro, Jaume Collet-Serra. Our Academy Award nominee (Joker), Director of Photography, Lawrence Sher. We have an all star production crew – incredibly talented, galvanized, committed and focused to raise the bar and deliver something SPECIAL for the world. This one is an honor.”

Black Adam will be led by Dwayne Johnson, who has been attached to play the titular anti-hero for over a decade now. It will be directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows), who worked with Johnson on Disney’s upcoming Jungle Cruise, from a screenplay written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshiryani.

The film will also feature the live-action film introduction of the Justice Society of America, whose members will be portrayed by Pierce Brosnan (The Foreigner) as Doctor Fate, Noah Centineo (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before) as Atom Smasher, Quintessa Swindell (Trinkets) as Cyclone and Aldis Hodge (One Night in Miami) as Hawkman. The film will also feature Sarah Shahi (City on a Hill), Marwan Kenzari (Aladdin) and Bodhi Sabongui (Legends of Tomorrow) though their roles are currently being kept under wraps for now.

The antihero was originally slated to make his highly-anticipated debut in 2019’s Shazam!, though the studio elected to split the characters off into individual films to allow them breathing room and proper development. Instead, they opted to tease the character with Djimon Hounsou’s original wizard Shazam narrating his origin story to Billy Batson.

Based on the DC Comics character created by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck, the film is being produced by Johnson and FlynnPicturesCo’s Beau Flynn alongside Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia of Seven Bucks Productions, while Scott Sheldon will be overseeing the project for FlynnPictureCo.

Originally scheduled for December 2021 release, Black Adam has recently been pushed back to July 29, 2022.

Is that a Greek column behind the clapboard in the photo? That would be on-brand for the franchise. Let us know what you think in the comments below!