‘The Rock’ Interested In Playing Black Adam?
Billy Batson will have his work cut out for him if "Shazam!" director Peter Segal has his way.
According to this report on IGN, the "Get Smart" director likes the idea of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson donning the pointy ears of Captain Marvel nemesis Black Adam. And Johnson doesn’t sound opposed to the idea, either.
According to Segal:
We were looking for something else to do together. [Johnson] said, ‘What are you working on?’ And I told him among other things Shazam!. And he said, ‘Do you think I can read a draft when you’re ready?’ And I said, ‘Yeah.’ John August is writing it and then we went on strike, so I don’t have a draft to show him yet. But I just started telling him the story and I thought that he might be a great Black Adam.
Segal also teased that "Shazam!" wouldn’t be the light-and-fluffy affair that "Fantastic Four" turned out to be. Instead, he said Batson’s desire to avenge the loss of his parents would provide a more serious
tone to the film.
Just don't by pass Dr. Sivana completely.It's like Superman without Luthor.
I can use a Superman movie without Luthor. And with an original plot, too.
That's only because we've had a bunch of real BAD Superman movies WITH Luthor.This is our (possibly) FIRST modern Captain Marvel film.
Mr. Mind. Maybe cast Patrick Stewart.
This one's been bouncing around the internet for months, and it still seems like a good idea. I'd like to see the Rock play a bad guy – be interesting to see if he can turn down the charm.
Billy avenging the death of his parents? So, he's young Bruce Wayne all of a sudden? Since when were his parents killed by a bad guy?
Jerry Ordway in Power of Shazam. His parents were killed digging artifacts in Egypt.It's when they tried to make Captain Marvel serious.
I think Jerry did a great job. Not to compare his to Smith's, which addressed the essence of the original Parker-Beck concept. But for a super-hero orientation that fit into the DC universe at the time, Ordway's GN was quite good.