New BLACK ADAM Trailer Taken Down And "Corrected" After Backlash For Using Footage From 2017's JUSTICE LEAGUE

New BLACK ADAM Trailer Taken Down And "Corrected" After Backlash For Using Footage From 2017's JUSTICE LEAGUE

A Black Adam trailer was recently taken down and revised with slight tweaks removing references to 2017's Justice League, following backlash about it including footage from the controversial film.

By DanielKlissmman - Sep 22, 2022 01:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Black Adam

Black Adam has faced controversy due to its reference to 2017’s Justice League. A new trailer for the Dwayne Johnson-starring film was recently released, featuring footage from prior DCEU entries: Aquaman, Birds of Prey, Batman v Superman and the original version of Justice League. However, the trailer was removed from social media and Warner Bros.' YouTube channel and later re-uploaded without any traces of the 2017 team-up movie. 

The move came on the heels of the trailer being met with criticism online due to it featuring footage from Joss Whedon's version of Justice League. Specifically, a shot of Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds) attacking Earth in ancient times, which was an assault carried out by Darkseid in Zack Snyder's Justice League.

Some were displeased by the trailer acknowledging that version of the movie, as can be seen in the following tweets: 

Following the backlash, Black Adam star Dwayne Johnson tweeted a revised version of the trailer, writing "corrected" in the caption alongside a "fist bump" emoji:

"Corrected. Long before the world of heroes and villains, ['Black Adam'] ruled it all. A god with zero mercy and power born from rage. The [Man in Black] hits theaters worldwide... one month from today. October 21."

As mentioned, the new version removes all references to Justice League. However, it doesn't include footage from Zack Snyder’s Justice League, either.

Instead, it replaces the Steppenwolf scene with a shot of a lightning bolt hitting people in a cave-like structure, which appears to be from Black Adam. The update was well-received by many users, as evidenced by the following tweets: 

The situation opens an interesting question regarding the broader DCEU: 

Is Zack Snyder's Justice League Canon To The DCEU? 

The canonicity of Zack Snyder's Justice League has been an intriguing topic since before its release in 2021. The film was much better received than its predecessor (it holds a 71% "Fresh" grade on Rotten Tomatoes vs. Justice League's 39% "Rotten" score). It also offered a more in-depth exploration of its titular team due to its four-hour runtime, which would make it seem like the ideal candidate to induct into the main DCEU. 

In spite of that, though, the film is not actually part of the franchise's continuity. This was confirmed by director Zack Snyder himself, who explained during a March 2021 interview with Deadline

"Warner Bros told me when I started this process that they consider the theatrical cut as canon to their DC Universe that they want to build out and that my version will always be like this outworld non-canon version. I’m like, fine, you know, it's your IP, it's your universe, of course, that's your decision. At the time we made the movie, when the story was written and sort of developed, the plan was to make two more 'Justice League' movies while these other solo films were spinning out."

Furthermore, Rolling Stone revealed in August 2022 that WB considers 2017's Justice League the official version of the film: "In a telling sign of how far the studio is looking to distance itself from Snyder, a source says documentary filmmaker Leslie Iwerks recently asked to license clips from the 2021 'Justice League' for a film on the history of DC and was told there is only one 'Justice League': the 2017 incarnation."

Black Adam flies into theaters on October 21, 2022.

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thereeljoefish
thereeljoefish - 9/22/2022, 1:25 AM
Pfft. Ok….
stephhurry
stephhurry - 9/22/2022, 1:26 AM
Terminally online
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 9/22/2022, 1:32 AM
Fans blaming DC for producing crappy films
Fans also being toxic Af and overreacting to anything and everything


DesiSpiderman
DesiSpiderman - 9/22/2022, 4:14 AM
@TheOtherOn - pimentoooo
ChimiFnChangas
ChimiFnChangas - 9/22/2022, 1:36 AM
Way to cave to the cult WB….
dagenspear
dagenspear - 9/22/2022, 1:39 AM
My goodness, what reason is there really to take legit issue with this?
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 9/22/2022, 1:40 AM
@dagenspear -


They're in a cult.😂
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 9/22/2022, 1:39 AM
This movie will flop and when it does everyone that praised zaslav will have egg on their face🤡
McMurdo
McMurdo - 9/23/2022, 9:53 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - I don't have a dog in this race but how is BA a Zaslav problem if he wasn't the guy who produced it? Do you mean simply because he didn't bury it like Batgirl?
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 9/23/2022, 11:22 AM
@McMurdo -


He said recently this film is the foundation of the new DC film future😬....
McMurdo
McMurdo - 9/29/2022, 12:45 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - [frick] me I hope not. Yikes
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 9/22/2022, 1:41 AM
This is why WB will continue to fail DC. They are reactionary AF🤡
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 9/22/2022, 1:48 AM
TheHummus
TheHummus - 9/22/2022, 2:43 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - zaslav inherited this. You can’t judge the guy for the mess he inherited. Have to give him like a few years to actually make a judgment call.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 9/22/2022, 2:56 AM
@TheHummus - What are the odds Zaslav is still going to be in this position over DC in a few years, though? Even if he stays put, it kind of feels like he's aiming to hot-potato these franchises to someone else pretty soon either by carving them out of the WB structure or leasing them out like Marvel did in the 90's (or something else I don't understand about business).
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 9/22/2022, 7:31 AM
@Spock0Clock - or sell wb again
Steel86
Steel86 - 9/22/2022, 1:49 AM
The stupidest complaints I've ever heard of. Also its called the Snyder cut for a reason. Like it or not Joss's is the official JL movie.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 9/23/2022, 9:57 AM
@Steel86 - not to the fans clearly
Himura
Himura - 9/22/2022, 1:53 AM
Dear lord I cant believe people cared that much about this
Darth258
Darth258 - 9/22/2022, 1:53 AM
Bullied into doing something by the Snyder Cult yet again..
Quinn
Quinn - 9/22/2022, 3:23 AM
@Darth258 - Oh no a faceless corporation worth tens of billions of dollars "bullied" by some Twitter users. The horror!
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