Warning: This story contains spoilers for Black Adam.
Black Adam is clearly building towards a face-off with Superman, but the plan is for this to be much more than a one-off moment.
During an interview with CinemaBlend, producer Hiram Garcia explained the long-term goal of putting Black Adam and Superman together on screen.
“It’s never been about a one-off or just about a fight,” he said. “No, it’s about so much more than that. We really want to craft a long form of storytelling and show that these two characters exist in the same universe and are going to have to deal with each other often, either on the same or opposite sides.”
It’s no secret that Henry Cavill appears as Superman in Black Adam. After all, Dwayne Johnson himself has been spoiling that particular nugget of story info while doing press rounds to promote the film. But it looks as though it’s more than a mere cameo.
“Hopefully they’re going to clash at some point,” said Garcia. “But it’s not just about a ‘one fight’ situation. That was never our dream. That does not reward the fans. Fans want to feel a journey between these guys knowing that these guys exist in the same universe.”
Clearly, Johnson and his fellow producers want this more than anything. Whether or not DC Films and Warner Bros. Discover are on the same page, remains to be seen. After all, a recent change of leadership has seen Black Adam executive producer and DC Films boss Walter Hamada ousted from Warner Bros. Discovery.
Since this was his final film, it’s unclear where that leaves Black Adam and Dwayne Johnson’s lofty ambitions for the character.
Johnson has been clear – Black Adam and Superman will fight. At least, if he gets his way. “That is the whole point of this,” he said. “There's a new era in the DC universe that's about to begin.”
What’s more, Johnson has even referred to Black Adam as DC’s new “Phase 1” – mimicking the Marvel Cinematic Universe and sending a clear message that this is a fresh start for Warn Bros. Doscovery’s DC universe.
“Black Adam will serve as our phase 1 of storytelling in our DC Universe,” he said via Twitter. “Exciting times for the brand to build up and build out.”
But Black Adam hasn’t exactly taken the world by storm… yet. IGN’s review gave it 5/10 and said: “Black Adam overindulges to the point where it’s hard to enjoy the DC anti-hero’s debut. It’s packed with undeveloped characters and an excessive number of repetitive action scenes, to the point where its half-baked debate on what it means to be a hero is lost in all the noise. Try as it might to capture lightning in a bottle, Black Adam never manages to find its spark.”
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Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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