‘Black Adam’: Dwayne Johnson Wants a DC and Marvel Cross-Over
As part of the cover story for their new issue, Total Film Magazine had the chance to talk to the cast and crew behind the upcoming Black Adam movie.
First, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson explained what his main goal for the movie is:
“The goal is to really expand the universe, and introduce new characters, and spin-off, and be really strategic about the plan. We have a few ideas of what characters people are really going to respond to in Black Adam, and so we’re already thinking ahead to: ‘Let’s start thinking about that movie, and what that movie looks like for them.'”
Black Adam producer Hiram García explained how the movie plays into the overall DC universe:
“I think our ambition has always been that this is all a shared universe, you know?” adds producer Hiram Garcia. “While [Black Adam and Shazam] may not be crossing paths, everything exists in a big umbrella of the DC universe. And we want to be able to build out the universe as big as we can, and, you know, with those ambitions. If everything’s received the way we hope it will be, we have opportunities to potentially see crossovers in certain points.”
Johnson even added that DC should not only rival Marvel, but that the two cinematic universes should cross paths at one point:
“I am optimistic. Just my nature is optimistic. And especially when it comes to creative. Especially when it comes to movies. And especially when it comes to the pantheon of DC superheroes and supervillains. Across the street, we have the pantheon of superheroes and supervillains of Marvel. To me, they can not only exist, but they should, in my mind, cross paths one day.”
Needless to say, that would be an absolute nightmare to coordinate, but with the superhero genre trying to go bigger and bigger every year (the MCU is now heading into its biggest event yet with Avengers: Secret Wars, which could even factor in the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, in addition to the Avengers), Johnson could be looked back as a prophet in a few years, when such cross-over is seen as the next form of reinvention for the genre.
Black Adam will hit theaters on October 21.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as authors like Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
