The Hollywood Reporter is confirming a fall report from The Illuminerdi that Aladdin and The Old Guard actor Marwan Kenzari is joining the New Line Cinema film Black Adam, a solo DC Comics film starring Dwayne Johnson in the titular role.
The original report from October claimed that Kenzari was being considered to play DC villain Sabbac, however, the new update isn’t mentioning the part actually is.
Marwan joins a growing cast that includes Noah Centineo as Al Rothstein aka Atom Smasher, Aldis Hodge as Carter Hall aka Hawkman, and Quintessa Swindell as Maxine Hunkell aka Cyclone.
Filming is set to begin this April in Atlanta, Georgia.
Yesterday, actor Dwayne Johnson took to Instagram to announce that his action film for Netflix titled Red Notice has finally completed production and posted a handful of images from the set including a nifty one with co-stars Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds.
In the world of international crime, an Interpol agent attempts to hunt down and capture the world’s most wanted art thief.
Ryan Reynolds has already started shooting his next Netflix film The Adam Project in Vancouver. Johnson is expected to begin shooting his DC Comics film Black Adam in Atlanta next year.
Earlier, it was reported by The Illuminerdi that actress Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest) was joining the cast of Black Adam which has now been confirmed by Deadline.
In the film, Shahi will play a university professor and freedom fighter leading the resistance in Kahndaq.
She joins Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam, Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher, and Aldis Hodge as Hawkman. Doctor Fate and Cyclone are also roles expected to be filled as confirmed at DC FanDome.
Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, and Adam Sztykiel have worked on Black Adam’s script with Jamue Collet-Serra set to direct.
Dwayne and Jaume recently worked together on Disney’s Jungle Cruise.
Filming on Black Adam is expected to begin sometime next year in Atlanta, Georgia and possibly in Los Angeles, California.
Matrix 4 recently took the film’s release date of December 22nd, 2021 and still hasn’t landed a new date.
Yesterday, there were multiple trade reports that actor Aldis Hodge (Straight Outta Compton, The Invisible Man, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back) was in talks to play Hawkman in the upcoming DC Comics film Black Adam. Dwayne Johnson has taken to social media to confirm the news and welcome Aldis to the film with the following post on Instagram.
JOHNSON: “A pleasure to welcome Aldis Hodge to BLACK ADAM. HAWKMAN is a critical leading role for our movie, as he is the fiery leader of the JSA (Justice Society of America) and one of the most beloved and legendary characters in the DC UNIVERSE. I called Aldis personally as I wanted to surprise him that he got the role and it wound up being one of the greatest conversations I’ve ever had. Can’t wait to work with this very talented brother. The perfect HAWKMAN. Let’s get to work.”
We already know that Dwayne Johnson will be playing the titular character Black Adam in the upcoming DC Comics film with Noah Centineo playing Atom Smasher.
During the DC FanDome event today it was confirmed by Johnson that Doctor Fate, Cyclone, and Hawkman coming together alongside Noah’s Atom Smasher to form the Justice Society.
Sadly, no new casting announcements were made.
Jaume Collet-Serra is set to direct the project sometime next year as Johnson still has to complete Netflix’s Red Notice, which is expected to resume filming in September.
There is an expectation that we’ll see Black Adam and Shazam! eventually crossover.
Black Adam is set for release on December 22nd, 2022.
Black Adam is one of the upcoming big DC Comics projects that will getting hyped-up at their event DC FanDome and there are some expectations that some casting/details will be revealed.
The Illuminerdi is now posting a rumor that New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. is “interested” in casting Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard in the role of Carter Hall aka Hawkman.
It’s worth noting that the Skarsgard Family has an established working relationship with Warner Bros. over the last couple of years.
Alexander recently led a Tarzan reboot for them a few years back along with roles on HBO shows True Blood and Big Little Lies. His younger Bill Skarsgard playing Pennywise in New Line’s IT and IT: Chapter Two. Their father Stellan Skarsgard is playing the villain Baron Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, which is being distributed by Warner Bros.
There have been plenty of fan speculation concerning the casting of the Hawkman role and a handful of shady rumors as well. Still, take with a pinch of salt as with all casting rumors.
They also mention they’re considering Scottish Sam Heughan (Bloodshot, Outlander) actor for the part as well.
Skarsgard plays the villain of the CBS All Access series The Stand from New Mutants director Josh Boone, based on the Stephen King novel.
Dwayne Johnson is set to play the titular Black Adam with Noah Centineo reportedly playing Atom Smasher.
Jaume Collet-Serra is directing from a script penned by Adam Sztykiel.
The film’s release date has been announced for December 22nd, 2021 but could easily be pushed to 2022 because of the production delays.
While it’s been ages since we’ve had an update concerning New Line Cinema’s DC Comics film Black Adam from director Jaume Collet-Serra. It looks like we have our first big casting addition since confirmation that Dwayne Johnson would be playing the titular character.
The Hollywood Reporter says that the studio has hired up-and-coming heartthrob Noah Centineo in the role of Atom Smasher, the DC character had been long rumored for the film.
Centineo will play Atom Smasher, a character who can control his molecular structure and is able to manipulate his size and strength.
Noah had been previously hired to play Prince Adam/He-Man in Sony’s long-delayed Masters of The Universe reboot film.
Black Adam is said to be shooting in Atlanta, Georgia. However, with the United States including Georgia seeing a massive uptick in new Coronavirus cases a production start anytime soon likely wouldn’t be smart or safe on the part of New Line Cinema.
I had also heard that a portion was expected to shoot in California, another state that is dealing with a wave of new cases.
Warner Bros. has given the film a release date of Decemeber 22nd, 2021. It remains to be seen if they’ll be able to stick that date if production is delayed into 2021.
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