Dwayne Johnson to Play Black Adam in ‘Shazam,’ Darren Lemke To Script (Exclusive)

3 September 2014 8:47 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

Though Dwayne Johnson hasn’t been shy about teasing his potential involvement in DC and New Line’s “Shazam” movie, the superhero comicbook pic now looks closer to achieving lift-off.

Sources tell Variety that Darren Lemke is set to write the script with Johnson attached to star. Johnson will play Black Adam, who in recent issues of the DC comicbook, is more of an anti-hero trying to clear his name than a villain.

Hiram Garcia is producing.

Johnson confirmed the casting this morning by tweeting out which character he would be playing in the film.

"Kneel at his feet or get crushed by his boot." My honor to become.. #BlackAdam #TheAntiHero #DCComics http://t.co/Qk55eNf3R7—

Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 03, 2014

Johnson has been teasing the idea of playing Shazam or Black Adam for sometime now on his social media sites, and some thought Warners might introduce him as »

- Justin Kroll

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