Black Adam is gonna walk down the people's ramp, into the people's theater and proceed to lay the smack down all over Marvel's candy ass. Cause he's the Shazam beatin', Justice League defeatin', trail blazin', eyebrow raisin'. The most electrifying name in ALL of comics. If you smeeeeeeeeellllllll, what Teth Adam, is cooking!
i think he is so powerful but one of the best villains ever created and i would like to see the new 52 version of black adam on the big screen. he is so underrated villain and even though he acts and rules brutally i think there are some redeeming qualities that make him compelling. i am glad that the rock got the role and i think he will do a great job playing him
Man, Black Adam is so darn cool, I hope Johnson is capable of making him come across as a sophisticated, unstoppable, despot like he is in the source material. That's when the character is at his best.
whiteout0111 Rock won't be a throw-away one time villainy as Dwayne implied he put all his Blood/Bones & Soul into this character. BA is going feature in reoccurring appearances throughout the DCU which i speculated
If this is still in the making and hasn't already been scrapped I would totally be down for them to use Black Adam's New 52 look like he had in Forever Evil. He got such good attention in that comic and his banter with Sinestro was hilarious.
In 2019 We finally got Shazam and Dwayne Johnson was a producer on the movie Hopefully the Black Adam will have a spin-off movie An updated version of this video would be nice
honestly to me shazam seems way cooler then superman i see why dc had to sue/buy him because if not in the long run he wouldve been a better superhero and todays kids/world wouldve thought shazam was better
General Zod (1961) is similar to Black Adam (1945), not the other way around. While CM was created to be an answer to Superman, his mythology created so many cool "first" (flight, bald mad scientist, evil twin, girl variant, true invulnerability, etc) since he was outselling Superman that Supes/DC comics started to copy Captain Marvel and his shazam mythos.
If comic book studios sued each other every time one of them makes a character "too similar" to another's... On a side note, they better do the "I have returned" scene and make it look epic.
Ps: JSA: Black Reign is easily one of my favourite comic stories. Also, Black Adam is definitely DC comics version of Namor, not Aquaman. They are far more similar personality wise, and even look alike, even both have the pointed ears...:)
The only thing I need to know about black Adam is that he is being played by the most overrated actor of all time, and that that actor, in reality, is complete shit....... giving me 1 more reason to dismiss dc as an actual competitor to marvel
Dwayne Johnson is 'black" or african american which he declares himself and by western society standards. His heritage is father is black and his mom is saomoan (asian). Ancient Egyptian is a african dynasty that lasted 3000 years over 3 major periods and multiple racial blending from Hyskos and Greeks. Its a perfect match in casting and his creation is only designated as "white" because of the time period he was created in (1945) where everything was white unless they were purposely trying to say something derogatory.
+Marlon Webb i know that at a fight between black adam and superman black adam was wining because of magic until shazam camed and fought with black adam.
They definitely should have mentioned that. I remember him MURDERING Terra and Frankenstein lol. Didn't it take the JSA, Great Ten, and a few Justice leagers to finish him?
Flying Spaghetti Monster Nah that kill was during Infinite Crisis. I remember because it was hilarious. Power Girl: Was that necessary Adam? BA: Absolutely. (with a straight face) XD
Black Adam didn't turn evil till his lady died in new 52 & was revered by his people up until her death.He other threw a tyrannical ruler & replaced him. this is the new 52 Adam which The rock will probably play so yeah he's more of an anti-hero than a supervillain
I'm still annoyed that DC changed Captain Marvel's name to Shazam. Makes no sense as the wizard's name is Shazam and his first champion went by Black Adam... no reason to think that his second champion should adopt the wizard's name. Shazam sounds too much like that Shaq movie about the genie, Kazaam.
TitanGT66 Maybe less confusing but it still irks me. Captain Marvel was around before Marvel decided to create a character with the same name. I grew up with Billy Batson as Captain Marvel and the wizard as Shazam. Shazam sounds like a genie's name or something, not the name of a super hero. And as someone who grew up reading comics I'm also not a fan of the direction DC has taken with the New 52 either.
Because people pay big money to see him.. He's the biggest and only relevant action movie star out right now. He's even been given the name "franchise savior" after he brought the Fast&Furious, Journey and GI Joe series back from the dead.. He also grossed 1.2 Billion in movies last year alone.. Plus I'm pretty certain he can take anyone's girl away from them ..
DoubleJumpa All you need to know about Black Adam is that he used to be a hero but when he lost his people and the ones he lost. He turned dark, his idea of justice is different than most heroes. He would eliminate any threat. e.g. he killed alot of villains and showed no mercy. He will create peace... by force.
if the rock grew his old hairline back he'd be a splitting image.. + rock is tan, od brolic, I can guarantee he'll do the peoples eyebrow at some point when the movie drops
I wonder who they'll cast as Shazam/Captain Marvel?, i find it funny though that another comic book had the name Captain Marvel before Marvel themselves but then again being creative is not Marvels strong point considering most of their creations are blatant copies of DC characters (do a check or just look on youtube if you don't believe me), this may anger some but it is the truth, i like both Marvel and DC i'm just not blind to the facts.
Yeah I've seen that, marvel may have ripped them off, but they made them better and made improvements..... like, oh man who was it.... I can't remember but he said "yeah marvel has really good hero's, dc has some interesting villians... hero's definitely aren't dc's strong suit.... (besides superman/batman)
whiteout0111 and wonder woman, flash and green lanturn (green arrow has become more popular as well due to the arrow tv series) marvel does good movies but before avengers and the movies that built up to it the only well known avenger was hulk, outside the avengers was spiderman and xmen, dc had more with justice league (and most of the heroes superman, batman, wonder woman, flash green lanturn, aquaman, martian manhunter etc) with the movie due to be made it will put DC back on top but thats at least 3 years away DC has got the better comics, tv series, animated movies and animated series and video games, only the movies are left which they lost after the dark knight rises they may never get it back unless batman vs superman does amazingly in the box office or the planned justice league movie (another marvel rip off, avengers is marvels attempt at the justice society/justice league and a very good attempt it is), i want a deadpool movie (deathstroke rip off) maybe include cable as well that would make for some awesome comedy segments, maybe a daredevil movie as well now that batfleck is not available, maybe it will be a good movie, i'm looking forward to the doctor fate copy movie (doctor strange) i hope they pick the right man for the job.
Marvel Should just Buy Out DC For 3 Reasons, First. DC Is No Competition,Second, Marvel Can Do A Better Job With DC Characters (Make them Better) And Last Making Movies With An Awesome Cast With Good Actors DC vs Marvel
Ok, I'm sure they'll make Blk Adam an antihero....I mean that's the new thing. If a villain isn't down out evil & has a compelling backstory, then he/she'll played as an antihero at least for a while. PS I always wondered why they didn't just call Cap Marvel, Shazam in the 1st place? That's what I've alwaybe s called him & now look that's officially his name. LOL.
Blackton Obvious "I always wondered why they didn't just call Cap Marvel, Shazam in the 1st place?" Uhhh....because that's the name of the Wizard that bestowed the powers on him..
blackadam06 Granted, but he's called Shazam now (I guess because the wizard is "dead"?). Even if they had to call the guy who gave him his powers "Wizard Shazam" or "Lord Shazam" to make a distinction between the two, the name Shazam could be used as a way of honoring his mentor. I mean there's how many "Green Lanterns"? They are distinguished from each other by a designation (depending on which sector is under their guardianship) or by a proper name (like GREEN LANTERN Hal Jordan). Much in the same way that Buffy Summers is known as "the Slayer" because there's only suppose to be 1 in every generation, yet when there were other Slayers active at the same time (like Kendra & Faith) she was still referred to as "the Slayer", as well as the other girls.
I have to agree mos was shit, complete shit.... all the actors they have so far are crap, but I like batman so I will have faith in Affleck..... I won't be going to see bvs.. I have no interest in superman (I have seen enough with mos) I am going to patiently wait for a batman stand alone, than hopefully we can see some bad Ass batman stuff (I love the arkham video game series, I hope we see something like that)
Black Adam is gonna walk down the people's ramp, into the people's theater and proceed to lay the smack down all over Marvel's candy ass. Cause he's the Shazam beatin', Justice League defeatin', trail blazin', eyebrow raisin'. The most electrifying name in ALL of comics. If you smeeeeeeeeellllllll, what Teth Adam, is cooking!
this was really nice
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Does he beat infinite Ultron?
All you need to know about Black Adam:
1.He is black
2.He will be played by The Great One
one black adam wasnt always black and 2 the great one has alot of shit movies
1.It doesn't matter
2.cause stone cold said so
DEADtoRISE08 the best comments!!! 😂😂 you sir have made my day
Chavez Jackson haha thanks dude
DEADtoRISE08 lol
This is the first I'm hearing of the shazam movie and I nearly died.
michael lentz just heard about it today.
Did u like it lol
All I could think of while this guy was talking was Al gore on south park
"Man bear pig"
we need a black adam and sinestro team up
+Timothy Mckee lol ur so right tho
Black Adam is my fav Villain from DC! :)
Dwayne will do well, I belive in that great actor.
Me too!! He's the best villain ever.
even though his movies are shit
Can't wait for what 2022 beholds
I find it extremely odd that Egyptian's are always portrayed as white people, especially since they weren't... white.
I hope Black Adam will be more of a villain than an anti-hero.
Well, the two aren't meautually exclusive
"Everything you need to know" except his powers, Google that sh*t yourself.
I wanna hear The Rock scream "SHAZAM" loud!
i think he is so powerful but one of the best villains ever created and i would like to see the new 52 version of black adam on the big screen. he is so underrated villain and even though he acts and rules brutally i think there are some redeeming qualities that make him compelling. i am glad that the rock got the role and i think he will do a great job playing him
this is perfect the rock even looks exactly like black Adam ..its like he was born to play the role
Man, Black Adam is so darn cool, I hope Johnson is capable of making him come across as a sophisticated, unstoppable, despot like he is in the source material. That's when the character is at his best.
I hope that they keep him around past the solo Shazam film. Black Adam has always been a favorite of mine.
is it possible that they won't even have a captain marvel, and instead give Adam a heroic arc?
no
I always thought of Black Adam as more of an anti-villain rather than an anti-hero.
Now now ,he will be the Loki of the DCU. That i can count on it
But he is played by the rock... that instantly takes him out of that position, lex luthor stands a better chance
whiteout0111 Rock won't be a throw-away one time villainy as Dwayne implied he put all his Blood/Bones & Soul into this character. BA is going feature in reoccurring appearances throughout the DCU which i speculated
***** hehe sadly Shazam is still 2019 ,5 years away =)
+Star Wars The Force Awakens:Episode VII so it's ant man and wasp vs Shazam
If this is still in the making and hasn't already been scrapped I would totally be down for them to use Black Adam's New 52 look like he had in Forever Evil. He got such good attention in that comic and his banter with Sinestro was hilarious.
In 2019
We finally got Shazam and Dwayne Johnson was a producer on the movie
Hopefully the Black Adam will have a spin-off movie
An updated version of this video would be nice
honestly to me shazam seems way cooler then superman i see why dc had to sue/buy him because if not in the long run he wouldve been a better superhero and todays kids/world wouldve thought shazam was better
The Rock is going to own as a villain. Can't wait for the DCCU.
black Adam is the first captain Marvel
Is it not Shazam's Black Adam and Shazam's Captain Marvel?
I thought he was the tenth
General Zod (1961) is similar to Black Adam (1945), not the other way around.
While CM was created to be an answer to Superman, his mythology created so many cool "first" (flight, bald mad scientist, evil twin, girl variant, true invulnerability, etc) since he was outselling Superman that Supes/DC comics started to copy Captain Marvel and his shazam mythos.
What if they was two black Adam's one white black Adam and another black Adam as Dwayne johnson
MICROSOFT HAS BOUGHT MINECRAFT EVERYBODY
It is funny that creator of Captain Marvel Shazam, Otto Binder later works with DC Comics in Superman book
I'm a Marvel Fan...but learning this history about Black Adam is making me want to go read Shazam.
*captain Marvel.... They both say Shazam
He's Shazam now.
If comic book studios sued each other every time one of them makes a character "too similar" to another's...
On a side note, they better do the "I have returned" scene and make it look epic.
Great review
wonder if black adam will cause ww3 in the movies
Ps: JSA: Black Reign is easily one of my favourite comic stories. Also, Black Adam is definitely DC comics version of Namor, not Aquaman. They are far more similar personality wise, and even look alike, even both have the pointed ears...:)
johnnyscifi black Adam was made as the corrupted counter part to Captain Marvel. Created by Fawcett comics he was nothing like namor
cool vid black adam is my favorite comic character and even though i already knew all this stuff i still found the vid entertaining good job
Great origin explanation IGN!
The only thing I need to know about black Adam is that he is being played by the most overrated actor of all time, and that that actor, in reality, is complete shit....... giving me 1 more reason to dismiss dc as an actual competitor to marvel
Look at the Fantastic 4 cast, give me a reason to even consider using Marvel comics as toilet paper lmao
whiteout0111 BOOHOOO. BvS will outsell EVERY Marvel movie to date.
Lol we will see about that
What will you do if it flops like Mos? 😂😂
Possible John cena as shezam
Haha.
Malik Khan Perfect
Honestly one of the best casting choices, better than Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, that's for damn sure.
Dwayne Johnson is 'black" or african american which he declares himself and by western society standards.
His heritage is father is black and his mom is saomoan (asian).
Ancient Egyptian is a african dynasty that lasted 3000 years over 3 major periods and multiple racial blending from Hyskos and Greeks. Its a perfect match in casting and his creation is only designated as "white" because of the time period he was created in (1945) where everything was white unless they were purposely trying to say something derogatory.
anyone else notice the way he is standing and holding his coat same like how bane used to in tdkr .
I really hope SHAZAM sees the light of day. I want Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam fight against either Affleck's Batman or Cavill's Superman.
+Marlon Webb i know that at a fight between black adam and superman black adam was wining because of magic until shazam camed and fought with black adam.
Just want to put this out there for the fans and IGN. Insider info. Mike O Hearn is Shazam.
The Scorpion King clip worked well
Nice resume^^
I'm mad that he didn't mention DC's WWIII, where Black Adam beat the living shit out of most of DC's superheroes and some villains.
They definitely should have mentioned that. I remember him MURDERING Terra and Frankenstein lol. Didn't it take the JSA, Great Ten, and a few Justice leagers to finish him?
I think so.
BA killed a few others as well. He shoved his fingers through Psycho Pirate's skull, but i'm not sure if it was during WWIII.
Flying Spaghetti Monster Nah that kill was during Infinite Crisis. I remember because it was hilarious. Power Girl: Was that necessary Adam? BA: Absolutely. (with a straight face)
XD
I'm so, god damn, mother fucking EXCITED to see a Shazam movie!!
Thoughts and opinions on the SHAZAM! movie?
Those comic book writer can't make their mind up with this guy
The Rock should've been Cyborg in the upcoming Justice League movie.
Best idea ever
Nah, I can't picture him being Cyborg.
Nah, not black enough. And I don't mean by skin color, either.
Too old to play Cyborg
Nah, it looks like they have a good enough actor to play him anyway, which looks like he would fit the role a bit better
IGN the shazam movie will not be connected to the dc cinematic universe. Shazam is under new line cinema
IGN, where can I find that photo shop image of the rock with the lightning bolt @ 0:13?
Black Adam aka Mr. Clean.
IGN, where can I find that photo shop image of the rock with the lightning bolt @ 0:13?
so he is like the magneto of DC
The only villain I ever liked! Sweet!
Capt. Marvel isnt confusing at all. Pretty straightforward. Whats confusing is Miracle Man...;)
the rock is the man, best actor of all time, really underrated
Black Adam didn't turn evil till his lady died in new 52 & was revered by his people up until her death.He other threw a tyrannical ruler & replaced him. this is the new 52 Adam which The rock will probably play so yeah he's more of an anti-hero than a supervillain
Actually well done. Well paced. Good writing. Solid end. OTHER IGN EDITORS. ..TAKE NOTES!!!
I DC movie I can watch without throwing up finally.
I hope Warner Bros. really develops Black Adam into a anti-hero with good intentions but goes about them through nefarious methods.
at 2:13 the cpt.marvel the r on power looks.like a question mark so when i read it it said Zues-Power?
3 years later... Won't see him next year either
We will be seeing him this year
I'm still annoyed that DC changed Captain Marvel's name to Shazam. Makes no sense as the wizard's name is Shazam and his first champion went by Black Adam... no reason to think that his second champion should adopt the wizard's name. Shazam sounds too much like that Shaq movie about the genie, Kazaam.
I got over it years ago. In New 52, the wizard is only refereed to as The Wizard, so there's less confusion.
TitanGT66 Maybe less confusing but it still irks me. Captain Marvel was around before Marvel decided to create a character with the same name. I grew up with Billy Batson as Captain Marvel and the wizard as Shazam. Shazam sounds like a genie's name or something, not the name of a super hero. And as someone who grew up reading comics I'm also not a fan of the direction DC has taken with the New 52 either.
Nice job IGN.
I think it is hilarious that Black Adam was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, yet he is not depicted as black; it actually makes no sense.
Thanks for that
What animated movie is that?
thanks IGN helped alot
oh please lrt it be the new 52 story for the movie, oh pleaseeeeee.
if they make a movie of him wonder if he will do the peoples elbow & rock bottom on the green lantern!
Dwayne cool but why is he EVERYWHERE??? It's like he's in 9000 places at one time.
Because people pay big money to see him.. He's the biggest and only relevant action movie star out right now. He's even been given the name "franchise savior" after he brought the Fast&Furious, Journey and GI Joe series back from the dead.. He also grossed 1.2 Billion in movies last year alone.. Plus I'm pretty certain he can take anyone's girl away from them ..
This is so fucking confusing
I lost track 2 mins into the video and started reading comments.. Too F-ing confusing!
Look up "Supervillain Origins: Black Adam" from the WatchMojo channel. Maybe that video is clearer for you.
DoubleJumpa lol ik everything about these guys....
DoubleJumpa All you need to know about Black Adam is that he used to be a hero but when he lost his people and the ones he lost. He turned dark, his idea of justice is different than most heroes. He would eliminate any threat. e.g. he killed alot of villains and showed no mercy. He will create peace... by force.
Just not bold black adam. Hair is important.
That wasn't complicated at all
I like The ROck.. But they should hv cast someone more middle eastern for this role
+Corey Anderson I'm just glad they didn't cast a generic white guy.
if the rock grew his old hairline back he'd be a splitting image.. + rock is tan, od brolic, I can guarantee he'll do the peoples eyebrow at some point when the movie drops
But black Adam is Egyptian.
Stephen Dunlevy
Black released in 2022
He's black and his name is Adam.
Does this The Rock is gonna grow some hair?
...this guy in the video always sounds like he is sick.
WatchMojo did this already.
I wonder who they'll cast as Shazam/Captain Marvel?, i find it funny though that another comic book had the name Captain Marvel before Marvel themselves but then again being creative is not Marvels strong point considering most of their creations are blatant copies of DC characters (do a check or just look on youtube if you don't believe me), this may anger some but it is the truth, i like both Marvel and DC i'm just not blind to the facts.
Yeah I've seen that, marvel may have ripped them off, but they made them better and made improvements..... like, oh man who was it.... I can't remember but he said "yeah marvel has really good hero's, dc has some interesting villians... hero's definitely aren't dc's strong suit.... (besides superman/batman)
whiteout0111 and wonder woman, flash and green lanturn (green arrow has become more popular as well due to the arrow tv series) marvel does good movies but before avengers and the movies that built up to it the only well known avenger was hulk, outside the avengers was spiderman and xmen, dc had more with justice league (and most of the heroes superman, batman, wonder woman, flash green lanturn, aquaman, martian manhunter etc) with the movie due to be made it will put DC back on top but thats at least 3 years away DC has got the better comics, tv series, animated movies and animated series and video games, only the movies are left which they lost after the dark knight rises they may never get it back unless batman vs superman does amazingly in the box office or the planned justice league movie (another marvel rip off, avengers is marvels attempt at the justice society/justice league and a very good attempt it is), i want a deadpool movie (deathstroke rip off) maybe include cable as well that would make for some awesome comedy segments, maybe a daredevil movie as well now that batfleck is not available, maybe it will be a good movie, i'm looking forward to the doctor fate copy movie (doctor strange) i hope they pick the right man for the job.
Ah man, Western comics are so convoluted. Why are there so many iterations of the same stories?
Hopefully its the new 52 version..I like the character models in there a lot more..but then again..Hollywood lives to change shot up alot..
anyone know where the intro music is from? very theatrical but i can't remember where i heard it before. :/
the last origin story was more interesting and realistic...
uh the song at the end...anyone know it? o0
ROFL, who is the dingbat that said Dwayne Johnson is white
i love love love black adam hes the best ever
The rock looks nothing like neither of the comic black Adams .... But neither does wolverine hulk ironman or anybody else for that matter
Why can't Dwayne be SHAZAM just whyy
i cant wait for shazam, too bad its in 2019 omg why so far away??
Marvel Should just Buy Out DC For 3 Reasons, First. DC Is No Competition,Second, Marvel Can Do A Better Job With DC Characters (Make them Better) And Last Making Movies With An Awesome Cast With Good Actors DC vs Marvel
Looking froward to that
Ok, I'm sure they'll make Blk Adam an antihero....I mean that's the new thing. If a villain isn't down out evil & has a compelling backstory, then he/she'll played as an antihero at least for a while.
PS I always wondered why they didn't just call Cap Marvel, Shazam in the 1st place? That's what I've alwaybe s called him & now look that's officially his name. LOL.
Blackton Obvious
"I always wondered why they didn't just call Cap Marvel, Shazam in the 1st place?"
Uhhh....because that's the name of the Wizard that bestowed the powers on him..
blackadam06 Granted, but he's called Shazam now (I guess because the wizard is "dead"?). Even if they had to call the guy who gave him his powers "Wizard Shazam" or "Lord Shazam" to make a distinction between the two, the name Shazam could be used as a way of honoring his mentor.
I mean there's how many "Green Lanterns"? They are distinguished from each other by a designation (depending on which sector is under their guardianship) or by a proper name (like GREEN LANTERN Hal Jordan).
Much in the same way that Buffy Summers is known as "the Slayer" because there's only suppose to be 1 in every generation, yet when there were other Slayers active at the same time (like Kendra & Faith) she was still referred to as "the Slayer", as well as the other girls.
DC stick to the t.v. Marvel has you hands down.
speak for yourself
DC also beats them in games
Not the biggest dc person. But isn't it black atom? Not Adam
Nope.
Nope
No
Nope. There's a character called the Atom which has nothing to do with Shazam/Black Adam, but that's it.
His original name was Teth Adam. When he got powers from the wizard Shazam he started to abuse them so the wizard dubbed him Black Adam.
check henry cavill "superman" instagram and youll se this is official for an upcoming movie
The only thing DC has going for it is batman. The rest is shit.
I have to agree mos was shit, complete shit.... all the actors they have so far are crap, but I like batman so I will have faith in Affleck..... I won't be going to see bvs.. I have no interest in superman (I have seen enough with mos) I am going to patiently wait for a batman stand alone, than hopefully we can see some bad Ass batman stuff (I love the arkham video game series, I hope we see something like that)
Awesome
Read a comic book.