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.
The trailer provides enthusiasts a glimpse of Black Adam’s backstory, revealing he used to be as soon as a slave and has damaged out of the tomb wherein he has been imprisoned for five,000 years.
Along with seeing Johnson as Black Adam, audience additionally get a primary take a look at different characters within the movie, together with Aldis Hodge’s Hawkman, Noah Centineo’s Atom Smasher, and Quintessa Swindell’s Cyclone.
Sharing some behind-the-scenes pictures, he wrote: “Your unwavering enhance and constant pleasure for this pastime venture of mine has intended the sector to me. Now it is my flip to ship for you. The hierarchy of energy within the DC Universe is converting.”
Revealing the venture in 2019, Johnson mentioned the function of Black Adam used to be “not like every other I have ever performed in my profession.”
“As a child, Superman used to be the hero I at all times sought after to be. However, a couple of years into my myth, I spotted that Superman used to be the hero, I may 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 way of magic with the powers equivalent to SUPERMAN, however the distinction is he does not toe the mark or stroll the road. He is a rebellious, considered one of a sort superhero, who’ll at all times do what is proper for the folk — however he does it his manner.”
“Black Adam,” directed by way of Jaume Collet-Serra (Jungle Cruise), is in cinemas from October 21.