BLACK ADAM Star Dwayne Johnson Reportedly Turned Down SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Cameo When Asked

BLACK ADAM Star Dwayne Johnson Reportedly Turned Down SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Cameo When Asked

Perhaps confirming past reports that he has "disdain" for the Shazam! franchise, it's said Black Adam star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson turned down the opportunity to cameo in Shazam! Fury of the Gods...

By JoshWilding - Dec 15, 2022 03:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Black Adam

Dwayne Johnson has made no secret of the fact he pressurised Warner Bros. into making a Black Adam movie, despite them initially wanting his character to be part of Shazam!. The studio's approach actually makes more sense, particularly as establishing the anti-hero there would increase interest in any eventual spin-off with The Rock taking centre stage. 

Instead, the 2019 movie saw Shazam battle Dr. Sivana, while Black Adam arrived in theaters this past October to negative reviews and disappointing box office numbers. 

Shazam!, ironically, was deemed a hit and remains one of the DCEU's best-reviewed titles. 

Earlier this year, it was reported that Johnson is unlikely to be happy about Peter Safran being in charge of DC Studios because he produces the Shazam! franchise. Why would that be an issue? Well, the former pro wrestler is said to have "thinly veiled disdain" for those movies, something which doesn't surprise us when you look at how Black Adam compares tonally. 

Simply put, Johnson's approach to superhero storytelling is vastly different to what we've seen from Billy Batson's corner of the DCEU, and it doesn't appear as if he wants to be part of that jovial franchise in any way, shape, or form. 

That's his right, but seemingly confirming those "disdain" claims is a report that The Rock is said to have passed on a cameo role in 2023's Shazam! Fury of the Gods when offered. This is mind-blowing, particularly as Johnson has repeatedly promised fans he wants to eventually build to a crossover. 

Still, with the actor putting pressure on Warner Bros. to bring Henry Cavill back as Superman, it's obvious Johnson wanted to fight Superman, not Shazam (a character he may feel is beneath him). While comic book fans would like these three to share the screen, 99% of them would actually choose a Shazam/Black Adam meeting over Superman/Black Adam. 

How do you guys feel about this latest development? 
 

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DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 12/15/2022, 3:06 PM
That's good. The Rock's ego doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the most wholesome entry in this franchise, nor its sequel. Good f#ckin' riddance to his flop, and to the toxicity that it enables.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 12/15/2022, 3:08 PM
@DrReedRichards - Considering Zach Levi's low profile, I agree.
However, I cant help but imagine what would've happened if they casted John Cena as Shazam...
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 12/15/2022, 3:12 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 -

CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 12/15/2022, 3:37 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - Probably would have culminated in the very rare but very real WWE rivalries that actually happen because the guys involved genuinely hate each other (if his apparent disdain for Shazam still remained). But if you are suggesting if he would have disdain for the franchise if Cena was Shazam and want to get involved, then no. I think he definitely would want all up in that Cena vs Rock movie.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 12/15/2022, 3:40 PM
@CaptainFlapjaks - You think?
I'm starting to think he was the one who made the call to NOT cast Cena, he really wanted the role, and he was perfect for it.
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 12/15/2022, 3:46 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - It's possible but I was always under the impression him and Cena were good friends. Unless something changed.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/15/2022, 4:47 PM
@DrReedRichards -


Vin Diesel had to deal with the rock aka the diva💁



WB wanted no parts of his spotlight stealing, drama queen BS😂
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 12/15/2022, 5:12 PM
@AmazingFILMporg -

Honestly, we couldn't ask for a greater karma than for Dwayne's whole "hierarchy of power" and "too long in the sidelines" bullshit to blow up in his face like it has.

Plenty of people have already pointed it out, and I cannot help but agree that the reason Henry's departure hurts so bad is because he was just two months ago announced to return. Had that not been the case, had there not been those "leaks" (my ass), had there not been that much gloating from the all-too-eager Snyder Cult for their alleged comeback, this would not have hurt this much.

But they did do all that, so now they deserve all this ridicule, if not even more. The only one who deserves better is Cavill himself and while I'm sad he wont5get to honor the character he clearly respects, I'm also glad he's finally free from this shitshow.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 12/15/2022, 3:06 PM
James, FIRE THE GUNN
Comicbookart
Comicbookart - 12/15/2022, 3:29 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - lmao
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/15/2022, 3:08 PM
MrDandy
MrDandy - 12/15/2022, 3:11 PM
Shazam is a significantly better film than Black Adam. And it’s not like Dwayne Johnson hasn’t been in some goofy stupid movies lol! I don’t remember the Tooth Fairy being a gritty affair.
KWilly
KWilly - 12/15/2022, 3:13 PM
It's like he is incapable of understanding that Black Adam is part of the Shazam mythos. Dude gotta stop chugging raw eggs for breakfast, it's making him senile.
Toblakai
Toblakai - 12/16/2022, 5:08 AM
@KWilly - the HGH is making his skull get bigger and his brain smaller
dracula
dracula - 12/15/2022, 3:14 PM
This candy ass will for sure be one thing nobody misses

More time passes the more it looks like he was the problem not desil or tyreese
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 12/15/2022, 3:14 PM
@dracula - Disel is laughing his ass off at home, seeing how people are noticing Dwayne was the cause of the drama.
dracula
dracula - 12/15/2022, 3:17 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - heres hoping we can get shazam 3 and just retcon black adam and have a new actor
grif
grif - 12/15/2022, 3:15 PM
yeah because the movie was not about him
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 12/15/2022, 3:19 PM
I’m sure he wanted to crossover

Now when would that be?

Probably after BA was a roaring success (it wasn’t) and the next Shazam maybe didn’t do well (who knows, but my money is on Shazam) , and he (the rock) could say well the Shazam franchise needs me more than I need it so here’s all my notes on how to do movie 3 my way or the highway im the center of the room blah blah blah
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 12/15/2022, 3:19 PM
And it’s exactly because of that why I’ll never feel empathy for The Rock if we never see his Black Adam again. These two franchises should have been tied at the hip to the great benefit of each. Instead his movie bombed.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 12/15/2022, 3:58 PM
@TheUnworthyThor - Now their movie will probably bomb too, because they weren't allowed to use their second biggest villain. (having said that they didn't make any effort to use any of Shazam's other villains from the comics either and felt the need to make up new ones like it's the 1980s and their making Superman III, so they're not entirely blameless either).
kirbyfan
kirbyfan - 12/15/2022, 3:20 PM
Don't blame him, he wants to make more SERIOUS, HARDCORE MOVIES. The way they're doing Shazam it's for little children.
dracula
dracula - 12/15/2022, 3:27 PM
@kirbyfan - newsflash, the way they are doing shazam is how the character is suppose to be

He had no problem being in shazam before his ego inflated and he forced them apart
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 12/15/2022, 3:28 PM
@kirbyfan - Oh no Shazam the property explicitly made for children starring a child who becomes a superhero by saying a magic word is being made for children!?!
Comicbookart
Comicbookart - 12/15/2022, 3:33 PM
@kirbyfan - Black Adam was not a "serious hardcore" movie tho. It was goofy.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/15/2022, 4:09 PM
@kirbyfan -



@Drtragger

*Don't blame him, he wants to make more SERIOUS, HARDCORE MOVIES*


Blow a load of this guy...😂☝️
blitzkreg
blitzkreg - 12/15/2022, 3:25 PM
Dwayne had no respect for Shazam or Black Adam for that matter. If he did, he would have been in the first Shazam movie. Black Adam is shazam's #1 enemy. We could have gotten Black Adam's origin in the first shazam film or a sequel.... but no. The egocentric nature of Dwayne came out.Glad I didn't pay to see black Adam. It looks and feels like a 90s action flick.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 12/15/2022, 3:30 PM
@blitzkreg - I would argue that bother Dr. Sivana and Mr. Mind are bigger Shazam villains but Black Adam is certainly most high profile villain he has.
MasterMix
MasterMix - 12/15/2022, 3:28 PM
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 12/15/2022, 3:30 PM
More "reportedly" bullshit on this site, but I do lean towards believing this one.
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