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Black Adam comes out in theaters on July 29th, 2022
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Lol imagine walking in the city and all the screens would show that.. Would get me pretty hyped tbh
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I don't believe so. Black Adam will be in Shazam 2 though; he's supposed to be the antagonist of the movie.
Is he? They just cast Helen Mirren as the villain.
EDIT - Also, Shazam 2 starts filming in a few months even though it's not out until 2023 only due to trying to keep the kids as kids, lol.
Imagine how much they paid to do this during a pandemic at a tourist destination that's not all that touristy these days.
I love the Rock, but I don't know much about this character. Can someone explain Black Addam to me? Can you recommend some media where I can know better the character?
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Ah, maybe plans changed. I know a while back, it was reported that Black Adam would make his debut as the antagonist in Shazam 2. Then plans changed, and Warner decided to give Black Adam his own movie first. Maybe plans changed yet again.
I would not be surprised at this. Johnson has been pushing for this movie for years. It's been a personal thing for him. He wants this movie to happen lol.
He's basically the ancient Egyptian equivalent of Shazam/Captain Marvel and was one of his villains for a long long time but more recently has been turned a bit more into more of an anti-hero. I have no clue what he's been in recently but he was one of the main characters in 52, which I'd highly recommend reading.
Ancient Egyptian Shazam (later changed to a fictional nation called Kahndaq which had close ties to ancient Egypt) who originally decided that the country would be better off with him ruling it, but then he ended up sealed away for that, only waking up in the modern era, where he clashed with the modern Shazam. Ever since the early 00s though he once in a while gets a push as an anti-hero rather than outright villain, genuinely fighting to protect his people and trying to make up for his past.
None of his stories have been directly adapted to animation or anything. He appears in one Batman: the Brave and the Bold episode as an antagonist for Shazam with this backstory getting explained there too, a couple of JL Action episodes, alongside one Young Justice episode (this last one doesn't go into his history at all).
I know little about comics but another lightning bolt logo (this is third after Flash and Shazam right?) is kinda hard to follow...
Aquaman 2 will move. No way in hell will they open opposite Avatar 2!
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They are introducing the Justice Society characters in this movie, but we don't know how much screentime they will have. I bet that there will be a standalone Justice Society movie later on.
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Basically adapting his origin 1:1 as I understand it. Cool stuff.
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Black Adam is his own character. In the comics, he often appears alongside Shazam, either as an ally or antagonist.
This movie is his origin story in the DCEU. He will likely appear in a future Shazam movie.
I'm gonna correct people by saying that a Black Adam story was adapted into animated form as Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam.
Darkseid.
Order of operations: Darkseid>Superman>Black Adam>Captain Marvel/Shazam.
How many wins does Superman have over Shazam and Black Adam? I thought with the latter two being adept at magic would give them a slight lead over Supes who has no magical resistance whatsoever.
Superman has handed Billy his ass plenty, but Superman and Black Adam either get interrupted or one side gives up for reasons unrelated to being punched.
Them being able to hit Superman with magic lightning doesn't really mean much, either. They're magic powered, but their punches aren't magic, which means they would've had to rely on summoning their lightning to hit him, and that's not something they've historically been able to control the direction of like characters who use energy blasts, or people like Thor or Storm, who can call lightning from the sky or shoot it from their hands.
It wasn't until relatively recently that lightning projection from hands has been a thing with the Shazam based characters, and in that time, they haven't traded blows in any sort of capacity where it would've been a factor.
He was the previous champion of the wizard Shazam, in any timeline.
In what existence is he called Khem-Adam? He's Teth-Adam everywhere.
He was the previous champion of the wizard Shazam, in any timeline.
Teth-Adam (Prime Earth)
Black Adam was an ancient Egyptian slave who received the powers of the Wizard Shazam. However, he was imprisoned for millennia by the Wizard after he misused his powers. He was eventually freed in the modern day where he went on to battle the Wizard's new champion Billy Batson many times...
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Teth-Adam (New Earth)
Black Adam, real name Teth-Adam is the former champion of Shazam. After his fall from grace, he became the archenemy of the next champion, Captain Marvel. He has since worked to redeem himself with the Justice Society of America, but his path is long and troubled. Circa 1200 BC, Shazam became a...
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Dwayne Johnson has be considered for either Captain Marvel or Black Adam for many, many, MANY years. Fans specifically wanted him for Black Adam (or at least, that's the impression I've gotten).
