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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- While he was playfully telling DC's superheroes to watch their backs as a marketing ploy, it seems Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was really attempting a DC takeover behind the scenes. Here's how that ploy hit rock bottom.
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Are you looking forward to the DCU reboot or does it have you worried?
Yes, if thats one good thing DC is good at is rebooting films no one wants.
Interesting perspective that it is eluded that Cavill was part of the problem...we see what you did here.
I'm not worried about it. I have no expectations at all. If they make something enjoyable I'll be pleasantly surprised, but I'm definitely not holding my breath.
@@MrTreraygibson bro💀💀💀
Henry should return.
I’m sorry but it’s hilarious how WB is trying to push The Rock as the “bad guy” when they’re literally protecting and coddling Ezra Miller
Who is coddling him? Last I heard the buck stops with James Gunn and he hasn't said anything about protecting Ezra Miller. There's no way he has a future in the DCU beyond this last film.
@@tronam granted they gave him the keys to DC but at the end of the day if they really want Ezra to stay and make that one of the few exceptions then it will happen. I don't see James and the other guy walking over this since they pretty much have been given the whole Kingdom of DC from games all the way down to the comics to make sure everything connects one way or another in this vision of theirs. I mean the screenings of the flash movie constantly gets a positive review everytime we hear about it,so if they really think it will earn them a bunch of money like they are predicting then it's a good chance they will make sure he'll stay but who knows
@@gingerninjer355 Whether that's true or not actually doesn't matter. There are no "WBD executives" above James Gunn. This isn't a Kevin Feige situation where there are several layers of management between him and Bob Iger.
@@dominicarroyo6269 With the way things have been going lately with DC they'll be lucky if this new Flash movie breaks even. Ezra is done. No one wants a walking disaster like that around; It wasn't just one incident. I could totally imagine a few random WB execs seeing positive feedback on test screenings and "forgiving" Ezra for short term profit. Gunn is focusing on the long term planning right now, not squeezing out the last remaining drops of the failed Snyderverse.
I agree. This is so wrong. Also, this is not a soft reboot.
It’s amazing that nobody has ever stopped to think that the reason some of these movies have bombed so bad isn’t because of the acting but because of terrible writing
Let's be honest. It is both.
Johnson was a producer. He should've got a better script from a better writer. They certainly had enough time.
THANK YOU 1. the movie was wayyyyy too long 2. the dialogue and action scenes were dragged out. like if your gonna make a 2-3 hour movie at least don’t make it boring…. IMMA HUGE super hero fan and hugeeeeee rock fan…. but that made me gts TWICE one at home and one in the theater
@@joshschwiesow9601 Even the best actors struggle with a bad script. After Star Wars, Natalie Portman couldn't get work because people thought she couldn't act. She eventually went on to get two Golden Globes and an Oscar.
Agreed, DC film has taken golden characters and made them trash. The first WW was the only decent movie they have made and even it is over sold because we want DC to compare with the first go around of the MCU. Now they are bombing but that has become a staple of fan service crap. Like most star wars these days (Accept Andor.... go figure)
I saw the movie and all I ended up watching was the Rock with superpowers
So basically Hobbs from FF lol
Dr. Fate stole the show for me.
😂
Brooooooooooooo😂
Which is exactly why it was awesome!
Dwayne Johnson made some alright movies. Then he joined the FF franchise and Hobbs became his default. Big strong guy who makes jokes and girls look when he flexes. He nearly doubled in size from Tooth Fairy to GI Joe Retaliation and from 2015 on he never loses any fight in any movie. The fact he needed his lawyers to be there for his films to make sure him and Vin diesel and Jason Statham all got the same amount of hits on one another so as not to look "weak"
he basically the rock'd himself. people got really tired of him playing the same ol' rock in every movies featuring him, now people are tired of him rock'ing in real life
Rock is an awesome guy, but he's the Rock in every film
So you want him to play a wuss !?
@James Denny that would mean The Rock would actually have to act, he can't do that to save his life lol
They used to say the same about Arnold Schwarzenegger
@@jamesdenny4734 thats what acting is, isn't it.. You can't just be the tough guy in every movie, which means hey Ill just be serious through the whole movie..
@@jamesdenny4734 at least he could do a accent for black Adam but no sound like average American
I love Henry Cavill's first Superman, it's an excellent character build, the story was awesome and relatable, sad they couldn't write like that anymore
Yes!!! I love the opening scenes on Krypton.
They got rid of all the original writers. Well most of them
There's nothing relatable about MOS
Y’all say that now, but in 2013, fans wrecked Man Of Steel. I enjoyed it, but in general, DC is all the better with James Gunn running the show, and not Zack Snyder.
Man of steel is the best Superman movie made. Period.
The Rock has been very successful the last 10 years, which lately was very easy to see his EGO growing & growing... this may be a blessing in disguise for him, might take him down a few pegs so to speak.
Agreed.
The higher their ego rise, the more it hurts when they fall. It'll be so sweet when it happens and it will come soon
Ppl telling him to run for president didn't help either
@@bls8959 I forgot about that
@@CBRN-115 you take pleasure in someone falling? You're worse than the person.
Honestly I didn’t think the film was that bad I found myself laughing a lot.
I enjoyed Black Adam a lot myself.
loved the movie
Hated the kid and his "rally the people scene" scenes Like that are fucking stupid and make me lose interest
I liked it as well - but still I can see why it failed at box office.
Is because it was a DC movie when you compare a extremely bad bad movie like thor love and thunder that made good numbers you know what the real problem is.
The fact that Gunn won't give us a solid answer on whether Miller remains or is officially gone speaks volumes. I'm not surprised if they decided to keep AH for future projects because Saffran loves criminals and abusers. But if they decide to keep Miller but cut out Cavill, Gadot and Johnson, I'm officially done with DC.
Too
Right he did give an answer. He said something to the effect of "He hasn't really done anything to warrant giving him the boot".
I guess assault, kidnapping, misconduct and public drunkenness as well as carrying a pistol and bulletproof vest in Miller's car when being pulled over doesn't constitute as 'Bad Behavior'!
Stupid politics, I think I am done with DC.
Amber Heard is a VICTIM, don’t you dare compare her to Miller.
@@Cauldron6 I'm sure on some planet AH is innocent and a victim, but this is Earth.
Johnson stepped on some toes and some egos got bruised. That was the reason they got rid of him
He tried to hijack the franchise though
@@LeoMajor1 Perhaps. Think most of that was just talk. He is a showman
@@LeoMajor1 he was actually hype up the movie.
The rock has a massive ego? He has it in his contract he cant lose a fight in a film 😂
@@PzShockz Source??
Apparently, Looper = TH-cam TMZ 🙄
The funny thing is that he did this with the fast and the furious franchise. The rock should step down his high horse.
Agreed. He's gotten really full of himself and needs a smack down to reality.
Exactly. But his fans have their heads so far up his a**, he's out of the stratosphere. He won't see anything wrong with anything he does, because they love his wet, sloppy farts.
He was right about the hierarchy changing
Definitely wrong in how he said the word though...
🤣🤣🤣
Yep...😏
Love it when rich ppl fight with each other 🍿
Lmao its not like they lose out on much.
I saw the Rock in the movie, not black Adam, just like other movies he played
Exactly 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Lol stop it! Dwayne hasn’t been the rock in over 20yrs 😂
Atleast he tried to bring back the old DC together
The Rock still nailed Black Adam pretty well. Black Adam was dark, gruesome and rough just like the Comics. His persona only made Black Adam more of a tough force. I went to see Black Adams in theater over Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. They need to make a Black Adam sequel!!!!
@@coolgamers2794 movie was 🗑 dude was sleep for thousands of years and woke up mad for nothing and the villain was even worse
@@coolgamers2794 Yet this black adam never seemed like an antihero. Batfleck in BvS was way more of an antihero than black adam
@@metallicnole4514 In the comics; Black Adam only cared about his family and kingdom. They need a Black Adam sequel because his darkness mirrored almost that of John Bernthals Punisher. Just brute strength, forward thinking, and kicking ass. Batman in BvS seems more of that anti-hero vibe as you stated. This Black Adam was more relatable than the comics.
@@coolgamers2794 A black adam sequel will not be happening. The movie underperformed and the rock's ego got in the way.
When they use a line over and over in interviews that means the studio told them to say it over and over. Nothing they say about their movies are genuine
Them keeping that sick freak Ezra is the last straw for me....i'm done!
You'll show them!
This happens all the time when companies change the upper level they usually get rid of projects started by others. The Rock and anyone else would try to make a franchise it's very lucrative. Its business, it's normal. You win some, you lose some.
Marvel is literally employing most of Hollywood at this point
@@ajjams4634 and would you not want a 3 movie deal making $20 million each time and the rights to your toys. Money money money moneeee
Exactly and the fact the Black Adam movie wasn’t anything special sealed his fate. Life goes on.
Not exactly if you're DC. Then you won once, a long time ago, for a short time, and lose ever since.
They better do something amazing...they burned so many bridges with fans and the actors...
I agree. They burned bridges, and now they are doing another restart. I would like to get to Darkside.
Whatever Gunn comes up with better be nothing short of spectacular. The way he deleted Cavill is pathetic.
@@joet7136True, pure disrespect...
I love Dwayne Johnson and enjoy majority of the movies he starts in. He is such a committed actor, been playing as the Rock most of his career.
trash comment
I actually liked the movie. I would have liked to see the standoff between Superman and Black Adam.
It wasn’t a bad film at all
Really, how much different would it be from Superman and Gen Zod? There are a lot Superman villains. Not enough really cosmic ones though. That's why Superman is at his best in the JLA. That could have set up a long ongoing battle with a team of villains. Could have explored backstory and ongoing tribulations on both sides. A treasure trove of building characters, a few deaths, retribution .. emotion... we could actually some day give a shit about some of them. Then at some point they could be galactacly be pressured or willingly combined to fight a massive threat, that the comics haven't even come up with yet.
That would have been worth watching. But, no now, we'll get yet another origin story, when even the non-comic reading public, likely already knows, since it's now the 3rd movie universe reboot. DC was/is my favourite comic and animation, but I have no faith it will ever be able to translate that to the screen.
What a joke Black Adam wanting to fight Superman ...he couldn't defeat Hawkman
@@ronwest2054 read the comics!
@@ronwest2054 Did you watch the movie? Hawkman was getting dog walked every encounter
Well nothing much Rock can do when DC films alway flop... Thats the trend..
Aquaman= $ 1 Billion Box Office
Joker=$1 Billion Box Office
BvS= $874 Million Box Office
Wonder Woman= $821 Million Box Office
Suicide Squad= $746 Million Box Office
The Batman= $770 Million Box Office
Man Of Steel= $670 Million Box Office
The Dark Knight= $1 Billion Box Office
The Dark Knight Rises=$1 Billion Box Office
Yea all DC does is flop 😂
if only black Adam did well there would have been an exciting future for DCCU
But it didn't
@@shannepatrickhodgsoncuthbe9322 thats why i said if only.
I liked Black Adam, idk what the problem with the movie was.. critics are professional cry babies with zero taste.
That movie watched like it was directed by the Taliban...
Banned from China, less gross pay
Black Adam sucked but it didn't have to. It had a lot of potential and Johnson was the perfect cast for Black Adam. Just like Cavill is the perfect cast for Superman. But all the DCEU movies suffer from horrible writing and no sense of direction or continuity, and usually no sense of urgency either.
It's just all a disjointed mess.
Lets see what WB did wrong:
1. Getting Christopher Nolan involved in Man of Steel created brand confusion since it came out right on the heels of the Nolan Batman trilogy. So that led to everyone wondering if MoS took place in the Nolan universe. It didn't. And left a lot of people disappointed which is a bad start for a brand new universe you're trying to build. They should have NOT included Nolan in MoS at all to avoid the confusion.
2. Tonally, MoS was just weird. Superman is supposed to be bright, and hopeful. Instead it was drab and dark and macabre. You can have a grounded superman without it being too gritty. They should not have had Zak Snyder direct a Superman movie. He would have been a great Batman director, or a great Black Adam director though.
3. When the DCEU started there were A TON of different ongoing DC/Batman projects. Gotham, Titans, numerous cartoons on various stations, the Arrowverse. This also led to brand confusion. It's gotten even more complicated lately now with Joker, The Batman, Batgirl, and Pennyworth. Too many different bats at the same time.
4. There was some great casting choices in the DCEU (Cavill as Supes, Gadot as WW, Johnson as Black Adam, and whoever that guy is that played Cyborg) BUT they had some very bad casting choices too, such as Eisenberg for Lex Luthor, whoever the Flash actor is, and Momoa as Aquaman.
5. Doing Batman V Superman too early in the DCEU. This was basically a Justice-League-lite type movie that introduced too much, too soon. Lex, Doomsday, Wonder Woman, and a inter-hero conflict all in one movie, two movies into the DCEU? That was destined to cause problems.
6. Doing Justice League too early in the DCEU. The same problem as before but to a greater degree. WB just couldn't hold it's load and was eager to do some thrusting. Avengers was the 6th movie in the MCU and had already done 5 solo movies, and 4 origin stories before the ensemble movie. WB fumbled this greatly. Plus, the movie wasn't any good and made zero sense.
7. Suicide Squad sucked
8. Wonder Woman was only good by the rest of the DCEU standards. That movie also sucked though.
9. WW1984 sucked way worse than WW.
10. Aquaman again, was only good by the rest of the DCEU standards. On its own, it was okay.
11. Shazam was actually a good movie. Nothing to complain about there. BUT, they should have made Black Adam a villain in a Shazam movie, NOT made him his own protagonist in his own movie. I think this was at the insistence of Johnson. Bad call, obviously.
12. THE Suicide Squad was actually a very good movie too, but too little too late.
13. Birds of Prey was hot garbage that no one liked and even fewer people watched.
So there have been 11 movies, of which 5 completely sucked, 2 were good, 4 were mediocre at best, half the original cast has been booted. Not a well executed plan.
Man I liked this movie, such a shame... I don't know why everyone hating on the rock, he pushed hard for fans and I think it paid off for us, tho not perfect it was entertaining and worth the wait. I just want to clarify I'm not a massive Johnson fan, I think alot of his movies are samey and he suffers badly from type casting, but dude realy put everything into it and listened to fans. I will agree on 1 thing the DC Universe needs 1 hell of a shake up! No consistency at all, unlike Marvel, up till this phase anyway...
Marvel isn't aimless, they're aiming for Kang and Secret Wars... why people dislike Marvel nowadays is because Marvel has gone back to the pre-Infinity War days, and with a lot of jocular aspects that doesn't suit many fans. But not all criticisms are fair. She-Hulk is lambasted for cracking jokes, what the hell? She-Hulk is just like that, but you can legitimately question the jokes that are SJW/woke-type.
Cavill was great. He will be missed as superman.
He's playing Hobbs in every movie
No, he is playing The Rock in every movie.
And you want him to be wussy in every movie !? 🎬
He still acts like he's in WWE. Cringy Lines he still thinks his lines are cool 😂
I want him cast as Hobbs in Calvin and Hobbs.
@@kizoro3909 he was way more entertaining in wwe.
Black Adam was an awesome movie....I loved it...Sad it won't get a sequel featuring Superman...That would have been epic asf.
Agreed
I heard they were planning the three super guys fighting each other
It was ok, I enjoyed certain aspects of it. I don’t know why DC keeps making movies with multiple super heroes where it’s literally our first time meeting them. Can’t really care about a character when you barely know who they are.
@@shaun5047 You don't know who the DC heroes are? DC's been around forever. Everyone knows superman, batman, flash, Aquaman, shazam, Wonderwoman, black Adam, and so on. Why do we need a movie for each hero?
Did you prefer the generic enemy or the skateboard kid? 😂
I really enjoyed the movie. I was wanting more of them. Im over All the others
He chose to play a comic book villain and completly neutered any story potential with a no lose clause
“Only $391 million” is crazy
it is crazy for movies with low budget but not for movie with 200million budget + reshoots + marketing. These types of movies needs to get at least twice their budget to be considered successful
Yeah got to think the rock movies never had any expectations always around 3 or 400 million. So this wasn’t a surprise it failed only movie he ever done hit a billion was the two fast furious movies and he wasn’t the reason it did so not surprising here
Black Adam failed because no one really cares about Black Adam the character
We may be experiencing “Rock Fatigue”
I don't hear anything wrong here, just that Johnson had ambitions to try and salvage the DCEU, how is that a bad thing? ...And now some people claim without evidence whatsoever that he was being a diva? Please.I know it's Looper not AP but c'mon now...
Being yourself in every movie may pay off for certain things. In a universe where the story telling should be front seat and action riding shot gun? Not so much. I actually forced myself to get into Black Adam's storyline. He's a great character and deserved better.
Maybe the reason Black Adam didn’t do so well is because what happened to the Snyder verse and the route DC took that upset fans. I didn’t see much of advertisement for the movie only one trailer and what Dwayne had on the can of his Zoa drinks. I do wonder if they purposely attempted to cause it to flop.
They put insane energy and money into marketing Black Adam. The Rock promoted it for 15 years and it still bombed 😂
I like black atom just wish they had different super hero Dr fate and Hawkman were good choices idk about the other 2
@@DABA2024 Well surely they failed to promote it because I didn’t see anything if it was actually that long.
Let’s face it, DC stinks. DC hasn’t made a decent film since “Man of Steel”.
Snyder fans don't really matter. Casual fans don't care about him.
Loved the film black Adam. And with his take over having crumbled, look at where we are now. Lost cavil and Ben. But still keeping the child grooming drug seller.
Sorry Dwayne, next time try Lex Luthor.
I just watched "Black Adam" last night and have to admit I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great SFX and story. Sad to say people aren't the movie goers they were in days past. Highly suggest watching it if you haven't yet. Refreshing.
you're VAGUE, which means insincere.
The movie looked good but story was trash and random shit was happening just the move the scenes along
The movie was lifeless visually look good but just lifeless
@@TraphousegamingceoAll of the DCU movies are lifeless except this one, the Snyder cut and suicide squad 2. 😒
@@rupturefarms21 nah, all the DCU movies are lifeless and boring. They try to "humanize" these outlandish and completely unrelateble characters. Even when we can relate to them we get reminded that they are gods among humans with the typical "im very powerful" moment. It's basically a meme, an inside joke, and you can't make a movie out of that.
Atleast batman works, not because he is human, but because we understand his motives. Superman should be the easiet to write, his motive is black and white cookie cutter, but they fuck it up trying to infer deeper meaning with convoluted plot points, when its a very straigthforward concept, but writers want to "break the mold".
The rest of DCU panders to edgyness or tries to hard to be more than they are. They are superheroe movies, not epic tales. Marvel works because they know they are a superhero movie. DCU doesn't because they think they are above superhero movies, and tries to be this grand epic story.
DC needs to wait at least 15 more years to do a reboot. Why? You may ask.. Because we're fresh off of the Synder Verse, vaguely fresh off of Nolan's Batman trilogy. It's too much in a short time span. Now they have another big wig, about to do another Universe in a span of a 3yr time gap. Let the superhero thing breathe it's last breath, then in 2028-2029 bring it back. We've just seen Cavil on Screen as Sups. Now we're getting another Sups late this year or next. We just got a new Batman after seeing Bale's & Affleck's. Too much too soon. We've had 4 Jokers, DKR, Suicide Squad, The Joker, and small scenes from the new Batman... CHILL. It's too much. What makes it worse is that they only focus on like 4 characters. CHILL!!
lol no
@@thisismarkbro Why respond with no substance.
I loved this movie. Man of Steel is my favorite of this genre. Now that my favorites are gone, I wish the studios the best. Unlikely they’ll get me to the theater. ✌🏽
please stop putting the rock on every single movie, im tired
I loved black Adam it was a badass movie I enjoyed it and brought the DVD
He demanded his drink at a bar? A BAR?!
Yeah I will take The Rock's side on this one considering he has never come across as anything but a professional and the DC film execs have shown nothing but years of incompetence and interference.
I think that the Rock's best movie was "The Tooth Fairy" with Julie Andrews and Billie Crystal. It was funny as hell and Dwayne actually acted really well in it. Maybe he's just gotten too full of himself over the last decade? Let me confess that I actually liked Black Adam. I can understand why others wouldn't. For the most part, Dwayne's acting in this film was way too wooden. But there were some funny interactions between him and the kid, Amon over the course of the story. Also, Aldis Hodge as Hawkman totally nailed the character. And Pierce Brosnan stole the film's spotlight with his portrayal of Dr. Fate. So, yeah. I liked it. Sorry to see all the arm-twisting going on behind scenes like this.
We are actually living in a time where John Cena has more acting range than the rock, especially when John cena was considered pretty wooden in his wwe days while the rock has charisma in his wwe days.
Everyone is hating for Rock aknowledging that Cavill is our generations Superman. C'mon man. He was a very fucking great Black Adam. I thought it was a movie that actually made me excited for the DC universe again.
@@urbnctrl Black Adam is not trash, it is way better than Morbius and The Flash. Henry Cavill is a good modern-day cast for Superman, but Snyder did Supes dirty.
Billie Crystal? Who's she?
Dude is the highest paid actor in Hollywood and has never acted a day in his life. He plays the same element role over and over. No range, no talent, just big arms and a bald head. He ruined Shazam fury of the Gods due to him ruining Black Adam.
He doesn't care. He's 60 years old and worth 100s of millions.
I understand where they are coming from,I just think it’s kind of nice to see someone excited about the role and wanting to do multiple movie deals. It sucks it didn’t work out but if it did seeing how black Adam went on in future movies would have been interesting. I do agree with the statement the rock plays as himself in every movie, but having him play as Black Adam could of possibly been his “Robert Downy is Iron Man” type roll 🤷🏾♂️
And unfortunately, his ego got the best of him
Yeah I agree. As a DC fan I like the history of Black Adam starts as a Shazam villain 1st. Then JL villain, then anti-hero. I honestly believe if he helped build up the Shazam IP 1st, Black Adam would’ve done much better at the box office. But eh, I’m just a fan.
@@samwest1097 I agree with you but it would of been interesting to see how the serious town would of meshed with Shazam
@@samwest1097 exactly what I have been saying since rock started pushing himself as the central figure of dc, he ignored shazam and didn't even bother pushing or promoting shazam and Zachary levi, imagine him challenging levi to push his boundaries for the showdown between them, but no he wanted to beat supes and be the main guy
@@metallicnole4514 anybody with a brain cell would know
It has nothing to do with his ego…😂
DC films are interesting, and there are no doubts. There is something they are not doing right behind close doors that mavel films are doing. I suspect... marketing, synergy among all the players to make a movie sell in the market, also not trying to out do themselves but working for one purpose.
Also they sold themselves as the "serious, darker" comic films, trying to be different than Marvel. Bottom line that gamble failed. People want to have a good time at the movies, so now they will have to basically become Marvel just with DC characters to Hopefully steal away the popularity.
@@alexl.4362 I call bullshit on this respectfully. The Batman was dark and brooding and all emo and was times better than Black Adam. Black Adams script was it's downfall. What we got vs all the hype was way below expectation.
DC films lack unity between them. Early on DC films were and still are a mixed bag in terms of quality. Marvel had mostly great films out of the gate and they have positioned themselves to where a lot of people will see Marvel movies just to stay in the loop with the universe since they're so interconnected. DC is all over the place in terms of cohesion between films so it really doesn't matter if you miss the latest DC film.
@@alexl.4362The Dark Knight and Man of Steel are two of the greatest Superhero solo movies since Spider-Man II in 2004.
@@dragonballsuper1519 I disagree..
So before WB hired Gunn and Saffran DC didn’t have much leadership and DJ went to the top to try and fix it with a plan he thought would work. So costs went up with Black Adam (as they have done in the past with other movies) and it wound up not making the money they thought. He took a shot and it didn’t work out. Now it looks like WB is looking to make him the bad guy. That’s what this looks like to me
The problem is Rock's "plan" seems totally egocentric and hamfisted. Nobody wants to see the Rock fight Superman for three movies straight. Black Adam is not and should not be the face of the DCEU.
His ego (thinking he could rebirth DC with bringing back Henry to the joy of fans) and wanting producing credits on films he barely promoted for DC was pretty bold. He thought he would take it all and DC would have no choice but to go with it. He was wrong.
He's really trying to find a franchise to take over and it's not working out. Hence the reason he created his own production company so he can pull the things he's doing that he normally couldn't if he didn't have that company. I wonder what franchise he's gonna try forcing himself into next
Vin Diesel has been able to do it a few times. The Rock's problem is that he's a terrible actor. He's really only good for kid's movies. He should try a "DC Babies" or "DC kids" series where he can be a prominent adult hero/villain. Even Teen Titans seems like too much mature content for his abilities.
He considering a cameo appearance in Deadpool 3.
No wonder Vin Diesel didnt like him on the set of F&F, he was probably trying to take over that franchise aswell. Ive been hearing alot of shady shit about Dwayne Johnson. He also played a part to why Brendan Fraser left Hollywood
You're replying to rumors with more rumors without knowing what really happened or what was said, yet you put it out as facts. Typical internet follower. In 2023 do better.
@@jay4you853 Making an assumption is not putting something out as facts its the internet kid you acting like im the only one with an opinion. foh
Trying to place blame strictly on the Rock as the source of WB/DC problems is like blaming the cook for not pushing more hamburgers at an all vegan restaurant. The point being, the prior WB/DC leadership and writers were trying to force feed bad material as being good. Stop chasing Marvel's formula and just simply create compelling stories/narratives around DC's characters.
Watch the Rock as Bambi on the SNL skit and tell me he's not the same character in everything he does
“I’m gonna make them pay……deerly.”
There are lots of actors like that and that's why we love their movies, because we know exactly what we're going to get. If their personality doesn't align with the character, then there's a big problem.
no wonder MCU never called him, his ego is overkill
I don’t believe that he is as fault as they are making him out to be. Why the hell would you get rid of cavil as Superman. The guy was exceptional in the role. I’m not sure what really happened but I’ll tell you this, WB had a huge part to play in it
I'm surprised all those battles with Vince McMahon would've prepared him for this
i'm glad that Dwayne Johnson's failed his take over. what i seen he always tries to take over every thing he in
I agree with the “takeover” idea but I do enjoy his role & presence in the film. Can’t think of a significantly better replacement. Just my opinion though 💯
L Movie
DC is and has been a mess for quite some… I doubt James Gunn without adult supervision (Feige or a Nolan type oversight) can do much more then jokes and letting loose
WB makes me nervous every day. How can you have such good characters and still screw up so badly?
Not surprised he tried to make everything about himself after what happened in the F&F franchise where he tried to do the same and that didn't go well with the other actors that were there longer.
You Looper guys are like 5 weeks behind on your news... lol but ok.
Better late truth than early lies.
I want Dwayne the rock Johnson to stay as black Adam.
Come on WB you have erza kidnapper who has been on the run from the police and you protect him.
IMO everyone loved the black Adam movie and it it gets rebooted everybody will be so disappointed.
The Rock is weasel. He tries to come across as a likeable guy in his rehearsed, pre-planned and conveniently filmed and uploaded charitable antics and it's always a marketing ploy for attention and to sell his brand. His ego and self-importance has made him a diva and not humble as he tries to portray himself.
Big facts! Pop pop goes the weasel the weasel.
It seems like Dwayne was trying to save DC’s current Universe since, you know, DC ruined it from the beginning.
This is just the latest hit piece against the rock you people think we are stupid and can't see it.
Facts!
Black Adam was more entertaining than Avatar 2... they will continue making those movies...
yeah dwayne overstepped but still not as bad as anything ezra miller and amber heard did, AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN FIRED YET
Amen
SORRY GUYS, but theres way more to this than just what is being said. Dwayne Johnson was/Is RIGHT.... NOT BLAMING THE VIDEOGRAPHER Putting this out there. I like them..Watch all the time..
THE NEW GUYS at Warner Bros., have cleared the SO CALLED Table, IS SO THESE New characters can be introduced and WOKE Crazy and make the actors work harder for LESS MONEY. WHAT I mean is, if you bring in Many Actors TO do smaller parts with the bullshirt Mixing Worlds (multiverse) together so they can make the Company THE BIGGER money. LOOK, It takes money to run the company, HOWEVER, crapping on Actors shoving them out the door AFTER THE FANS, and Public have admired their portrayal for spending money for their Kids and Adults alike. I'LL BET GOOD Money, that the next Superman will be LATINO or BLACK, and younger SO AS TO START OVER and ERASE Completely, The Original Supermans Legend. THEN A MAKEOVER of Superman that COMES to Smallville raised similar by a black family OR A FAMILY OF SOMEONE OTHER than A White Man. CALL IT WHATEVER Name YOU WANT.. THEY WILL CRAP ON WONDER WOMAN Too!! Look at Supergirl, with a Different Girl than what has been portrayed for 80 years with the Best of The Original characters the Comics had to offer. THAT MOVIE where the heck did it go.?? Look at Batgirl and Fraser, as a Villain Crapped on !!. YOU JUST WATCH AND SEE. HECK I'M A CHEROKEE NATIVE AND Loved the Smallville, and the Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, I'm sure there's NO WAY they keep them EXCEPT for a Cameo. Now just look around, you will see, plenty of Black and Latino, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Venezuelan, Australian, Mexican funded by the Chinese.. BUT NOT THE WHITE MAN.. Look It's gonna be a whole different storytelling and Warner Bros has NO conscience for the fans to keep the Originals..EVER AGAIN.. Henry Cavill and Dwayne Johnson, With Gal Gadot is just the beginning..
The Rock did not deserve this treatment. He wants the best for DC.
He wants whats best for himself
nice one XD
Definitely wasn’t The Rock. Movie was cool. The issue is DC. Literally EVERYBODY IS GONE! for them. Which is why they will fail unless they bring them all back. We already have a lineup. The people who are originally into it are getting older and older every year. They better learn from the fans like Paramount and Sony. It’s not that hard!!!
Honestly if we gave Dwayne a chance he does listen to the fans so I don’t doubt maybe a few minor mistakes but he would make dc the way us fans wanted it
Go check out how many straight up bombs The Rock has made. This was all about him and his own ego.
Amen!!! 🍻
He should listen to his wrestling fans and actually play the rock character Everytime he comes back
@@bls8959 for real his acting got stale. He was more entertaining in his WWE days because he actually has charisma
He doesn't care about the fans he cares about his reputation and legacy
Crazy thing, he was announced as black Adam nearly a decade ago and this movie gets released at the lowest point of DCEU. Heck technically the Flash hasn’t even had a single movie before the fall of the DCEU. Literally. Joker only appeared in one movie. The worse is that they really did Henry Cavil dirty with only one movie and he started the franchise. But yet Wonder Woman, aquaman and Shazam all got sequels. WB and DCEU was/is a mess. Any hope of a successful movie universe is long gone. Even the Conjuring franchise is more successful. Hope this new head can reroute the Titanic.
At least The Rock listened to the Fans
I used to be a superfan of The Rock, was happy he branched off into movies. At first it was great, with ones like The Rundown, Faster, even The Game Plan. Then he made some weird choices, did some corny movies and landed a role on a Fast & Furious movie. I can't pin it down, but sometime between getting into that franchise and jacking up his muscle mass the dude became a different person, at the same time as his acting....stopped. Now he's just Hobbs in every movie. And has a weird anti-hero fixation. It's been at least 10 years since I eventually actively avoided any movie he's in. Every now and then I give his movies a chance (like Black Adam) but nope, still playing Hobbs, still got an ego the size of Saturn. And don't get me started on the grotesque plugging of his alcohol at every opportunity, sheesh. This latest saga with DC and WB just confirms this man has lost his way. Or has the wrong people around him.
Yes the hierarchy of power is about to change and you're not in it😁
Johnson's ego is insufferable. He tried strong-arming execs to reshape an entire cinematic universe around him. He had 10 years to build and develop the film and this is the best they could come up with? And on top of all that, he had little to no interest in Shazam, preventing any BA character to cameo in Fury of the Gods? This man should be kept FAR away from any franchise
Black Adam was a good movie.
I'm happy this is happening. I've been a Rock fan since his late 90s WWF days, but the reality is he's just a jerk. He can shove his "7 bucks" crap at us all he wants, he's an incredibly greedy (yet very rich) person that seems to have forgotten that he isn't a good actor -- he just got a good start in Hollywood because of all of his wrestling-based fans flocked the movies to support him... but that just isn't good enough anymore, no matter how hard his agent wants to book him in everything.
Looks like a Guy working hard to make his Movie Popular and Successful.
How is this dark or Bad in any way ?
Bombing 😃 make just around half a billion and it's a bomb😃
He was right about the dc hierarchy change.they change everything now at dc.including him.
Odd as Suicide Squad only made 168 million and cost 175 million and was an utter flop which makes Black Adam in comparison (369 million cost 260 million) a storming success. I think The Rock would have been better in the job.
Rock did what he did when he was in the ring and that’s listen to us fans and gave us what we wanted in bringing back the best modern era Supes just for new ppl to scratch it all away and give false narratives into why it happened. Glad we got this and JL Zack Snyderverse.
To bad because dwayne had to change a bad guy to an anti hero it flopped.
Black adam ie a bad guy, and so was the scorpion king. Sorry dwayne your ridiculous
Slowly not being a fan of Johnson at all. He's that actor that likes to run the show. Just do your steroids and act because the franchises he keeps muscling into are getting so bad.
The Rock’s movies are always entertaining. But Black Adam’s constant hovering in the air got old early in the film. The deadpan humor of Black Adam was not funny. I picture The Rock going the way of Bruce Willis & Nicholas Cage’s B movie run.
If he's that obsessed, than make his own superhero characters, like Hancock or something
I'd watch a Hancock sequel.
Hancock was terrible! Don’t ever mention that film again!!🤬
I thought the movie was good. Not sure what all the complaints were about.
Dwayne as an actor, doesn't matter if his acting is good or bad, has all the rights to promote his movie and character. I don't see anything wrong here. He is one of the highest paid actor. And he did try to bring Henry Cavill back to please the fans. Jeez! grow up Looper and move on!
With Cavill gone, I’m done with the DCU. He was the perfect Superman. I liked Black Adam. I hate reboots of things. I’m done with it.
The Rock as…the Rock every damn movie lol. Still think he is cool asf.
Spoken like a true hater😂
@@realamerican8069 a hater wouldn’t say he is cool. Smh spoken like a true idiot 😂😂. Be well
@@tobydanger86 smh resort to name calling.. childish! Probably can’t express your thoughts anyway! Go read a book!
@@realamerican8069 sir I have two degrees I’ve read enough thanks. Also you called me a hater for having an opinion even though I see many others having the same one yet you are no where to be found. Please take that negative ish elsewhere champ.
@@realamerican8069 also calling someone a hater is name calling.. so stop bitching if you can’t take an insult back
Cutting Henry Cavill loose doesn't make any sense the rock was terrible Henry Cavill was good
That's to bad I like both superman and black atom actors they need to stop doing all these soft reboots....guess I'm not watching DC movie anymore back to marvel....
Hope there's a spot for Dwayne Johnson in MCU.
The movie was wack. They had to change up Black Adam to conform to the Rock's brand. I don't understand how people were down for the him to turn himself into the main character of the DCEU.