Warner Bros.’ plans for its DC movies have shifted enough times that even Mystique would tell the company to chill, and last year’s Black Adamonly served to further complicate things. Prior to release, its claim to fame was that Dwayne Johnson would finally play a comic book superhero (that he had an iron grip on for 15 years) and bringing back Henry Cavill as Superman. And as we all know, the movie was going to be a powerful declaration that the hierarchy of power in the DC universe would forever change.
…Or rather, that was the intention with Black Adam. The actual film didn’t really land in a particular way with audiences and depending on who you ask, was either a bomb or a dud for WB, who really needed a win last year. In a recent clip for Kevin Hart’s Hart to Hart talk show , Johnson was asked what the deal was with Black Adam and why any Black Adam 2 plans (along with any future appearances) have currently been iced now that James Gunn is the creative head for DC Studios. In his eyes, the movie got “knocked down a bit” for a variety of reasons, from Covid to the ever-shifting regime over at WB.