{"id":5848,"date":"2021-10-16T20:48:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T18:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1390408"},"modified":"2021-10-16T20:57:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T18:57:07","slug":"dwayne-johnson-reveals-first-look-black-adam-footage","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/dwayne-johnson-reveals-first-look-black-adam-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson reveals first-look Black Adam footage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 16 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Dwayne Johnson has shared a sneak-peek video of his upcoming DC film <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/black-adam-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Black Adam<\/a>, teasing that he was \u201cborn to play\u201d the \u201cruthless\u201d antihero.<\/p>\n<p>The Jumanji star, who\u2019ll be playing DC supervillain Black Adam in the project, revealed one of the opening scenes from the upcoming film during the DC FanDome event, telling fans that it explains \u201cwhy the hierarchy of power in the DC universe is about to change\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson introduced the clip with a short featurette, in which his co-stars Pierce Brosnan (Dr. Fate), Aldis Hodge (Hawkman), Quintessa Swindell (Cyclone) and Noah Centineo (Atom Smasher) spoke about their characters, before describing Black Adam as a \u201cgigantic passion project\u201d of his.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have worked so hard, worked these hands, these callouses, my fingers to the bone on this project because it\u2019s the kind of project that I know comes along once in a lifetime. And the truth is, I was born to play Black Adam.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Ladies &amp; gents\u2026<br\/>Enjoy your WORLD EXCLUSIVE first look\u26a1\ufe0f<br\/><br\/>He is ruthless.<br\/>He is unstoppable.<br\/>He is the reason the hierarchy of power in the DC UNIVERSE is about to change.<br\/><br\/>He is <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLACKADAM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#BLACKADAM<\/a><br\/><br\/>The Man in Black has come around\u2026<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DCFanDome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#DCFanDome<\/a><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/SevenBucksProd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@SevenBucksProd<\/a><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/flynnpictureco?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@flynnpictureco<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/nv4oRmaLlq&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/nv4oRmaLlq<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock\/status\/1449422941142196224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>\u201cThe film has without question some of the biggest action sequences I have ever been a part of, and I am so proud and excited of our incredible team who are working away to create breathtaking, holy s**t scenes that I know you\u2019re really going to love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went onto say that the clip to follow was one of the film\u2019s opening scenes, \u201cwhen Black Adam is first revealed\u201d, adding: \u201cNow, what you\u2019re going to see here, is why the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the sneak-peek, we watch as explorers activate a tablet, causing a hooded Black Adam to appear and begin killing them, before catching the bullets heading towards him and floating upwards into the air.<\/p> <p>The upcoming DC film, directed by The Shallows filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra, is set for a 2022 release, with Black Adam set to become the villain of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/shazam-fury-of-the-gods-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Shazam<\/a>\/Billy Batson in a future Shazam film.<\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><strong>If you\u2019re looking for something to watch tonight, check out our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">TV Guide<\/a>. 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