Zeuanimals
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What? They done goofed. It better be this guy.
He's played an Egyptian before (technically not, but whatever), but not a bad-guy, atleast I don't think so. CG RockScorpion doesn't count. Do it casting directors. DO IT.
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The Rock confirms (?) he's playing a DC Superhero (Shazam?)
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He's played an Egyptian before (technically not, but whatever), but not a bad-guy, atleast I don't think so. CG RockScorpion doesn't count. Do it casting directors. DO IT.
Ninja Scooter
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Are you guys fragging me? He's gotta be playing the Main Man.
The Rock Hints That He's Still Playing DC's Badass Bounty Hunter, Lobo via io9
The Rock Pretty Much Admits He's Going To Play Lobo via Badass Digest
Jeffrey Dean Morgan would make a better Lobo. Just give him the Ron Pearlman in Hellboy makeup treatment.
And I'm honestly not so sure Shazam is 100% lock to be in the same universe as Batman/Superman.
They should pair Lobo with a group of wanted alien misfits. Maybe one could be a alien that looks like an earth mammal and have a fondness for guns.
Nah that won't world
Sibersk Esto
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Ah the gritty 90s reboot of Captain Carrot. Save us Morrison.
Nu52 in a nutshell.
Sibersk Esto
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Sibersk Esto
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As my gif indicates... there can be only one.
While Black Adam would be cool
Shazam just makes much more sense from a business standpoint
The Rock is one of the hottest actors in the world right now, if you can grab him, you grab him for a role you can create a potential franchise around. And that tends to be the hero, not the villain.
Shazam just makes much more sense from a business standpoint
The Rock is one of the hottest actors in the world right now, if you can grab him, you grab him for a role you can create a potential franchise around. And that tends to be the hero, not the villain.
If we even get Shaq as Steel for a cameo, I'll die a happy man.
And I think the Rock's playing Captain Marvel/Shazam based on his hints. Him being in goofy kids' movies like The Tooth Fairy makes me think he can pull of Billy's 10-year-old-in-a-grown-ass-man's-body personality. Still, as much sense as it makes, I'd love to see Lobo, especially a Lobo played by the Rock. Just keep the old personality and we're golden.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
What? They done goofed. It better be this guy.
The hint was just say the word?
Black Adam also says SHAZAM to become black adam.....im putting my money on the Rock playing Black Adam, not Shazam.....Black Adam isnt exactly a villain yahno.
ChosenPredator
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Looks horrible
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
How can you forget the recent classic, The Chaperon
ThoseDeafMutes
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Darkseid?
Ninja Scooter
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You don't hire the Rock and have him play Black Adam, no matter how much he "looks" like the character (which isn't even that important). You hire the Rock to carry a Shazam movie, not play the villian in a Shazam movie.
Nobody knows who Black Adam is anyway, and even the Rock wouldn't work him into mainstream titles.
Thor franchise leans very hard on Tom Hiddleston / Loki, those films basically made the actor. Black Adam could arguably fill a similar role.
Right, which makes that a different situation. Hiddleston and Hemsworth weren't big names before they were cast as Loki and Thor; Marvel wasn't banking on their names. The Rock, on the other hand, is a huge star. To have someone like him and not cast him to be the main character of a big summer movie and (potentially) appear in your big superhero crossover event thing just because he looks more like this other villain guy would be baffling.
How is the main villain not a main character? A bankable villain is a good thing. And big names get hired to play supporting roles as well. As long as he's in there in a major role they can advertise him. If they want to turn The Rock into a high-profile, recurring villain / anti-hero they could make it happen.
The Rock is third billed in the F&F movies I believe. His name does not have to come first. Marketing prominence is not necessarily a representative of screen time.
A main character, but not the main character. Not the one that's guaranteed to return for sequels, not the one that's going to be in your big superhero crossovers.
Yes, big actors get picked to play supporting roles as well, but in this case, I'd have to ask "why?" What is the advantage of the Rock playing Adam over Shazam beyond his melanin count being closer to the former? The Rock's natural inclinations as an actor lean closer to Shazam (seriously, why do people want someone as charismatic, funny, and energetic as Dwayne Johnson to play some super serious stick in the mud like Black Adam). Shazam is the character they're trying to launch as a franchise, and having a star as big as the Rock play him only helps that. Having the Rock as Shazam opens the door to get a more suitable actor to play Adam.
The FF movies were already a big franchise by the time Rock joined. And even there, they had Vin Diesel and Paul Walker to hang the franchise on, and they were the bigger stars at the time.
Otherwise he'd have to be a dramatic actor. As Shazam he can be a goofy comic relief, still have massive fight scenes, be part of the main Justice League line-up, increase minority representation ... it is perfect casting.
And to think some people wanted The Rock, who has muscles upon muscles, to play Green Lantern's John Stewart, just because of the colour of his skin. Shazam is literally perfect for his acting chops.
Marion Cobretti
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He's super pumped, you can tell.
lol.....
Are you guys fragging me? He's gotta be playing the Main Man.
The Rock Hints That He's Still Playing DC's Badass Bounty Hunter, Lobo via io9
The Rock Pretty Much Admits He's Going To Play Lobo via Badass Digest
If he is dubbed by Brad Garret sure! Otherwise no
As much as he resembles Black Adam, that's a character with a history of ending his one-shot appearances by reversing his transformation, aging a few thousands years in a matter of seconds, which tends to kill him. Comics tend to bring him back from that because comics, but yeah, the Rock won't sign up for that.
I just hope whomever's cast as Batson doesn't portray the character as a prick, it's possible to handle him well - the animated shows with him did a fine job of it.
I just hope whomever's cast as Batson doesn't portray the character as a prick, it's possible to handle him well - the animated shows with him did a fine job of it.
Acrylic7
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Not being Black Adamn makes no sense.
Google new 52 Lobo
Are you guys fragging me? He's gotta be playing the Main Man.
The Rock Hints That He's Still Playing DC's Badass Bounty Hunter, Lobo via io9
The Rock Pretty Much Admits He's Going To Play Lobo via Badass Digest
Google new 52 Lobo
Memento Mori
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A wizard did it.
Sibersk Esto
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He is Egyptian...Did some googling and saw this.
They seriously made black adam black?
Did some googling and saw this.
They seriously made black adam black?
He wasn't white to begin with.
So his name translate to "Black Human"
Schweinehund
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the real question is why does he have pointed ears.
The Rock continues his subtle hinting...
https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/492408070178217985
Also if you've never seen, quality "short" at nearly an hour
https://twitter.com/TheRock/status/492408070178217985
Also if you've never seen, quality "short" at nearly an hour
Megadragon15
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They are wasting the Rock's talents by having him play Captain Marvel or Black Adam. He should be playing Namor The Submariner.
Not svelte enough.
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