Black Adam 2022

In ancient Kahndaq, Teth Adam was bestowed the almighty powers of the gods. After using these powers for vengeance, he was imprisoned, becoming Black Adam. Nearly 5,000 years have passed, and Black Adam has gone from man to myth to legend. Now free, his unique form of justice, born out of rage, is challenged by modern-day heroes who form the Justice Society: Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Atom Smasher and Cyclone.
Black Adam is a 2022 American superhero film starring Dwayne Johnson as the titular DC Comics character. The film is a spin-off to Shazam! (2019) and the 12th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani. In addition to Johnson, the film stars Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell and Pierce Brosnan. Produced by New Line Cinema, DC Films, Seven Bucks Productions and FlynnPictureCo. with distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film follows an ancient superhuman as he is released from his magic imprisonment by a group of archeologists to free the nation of Kahndaq from the crime syndicate Intergang.
Johnson was attached to Shazam! early in development and confirmed to portray the villain Black Adam in September 2014, but the producers later decided to give the character his own film. Sztykiel was hired in October 2017. Collet-Serra joined in June 2019 with a planned release date of December 2021, but this timeline was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional casting took place over the next year, including four members of the Justice Society of America, along with the script being rewritten by Haines and Noshirvani. Filming took place from April to August 2021 at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, and also in Los Angeles.
Black Adam had its world premiere in Mexico City on October 3, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 21, 2022. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the acting and action sequences, but criticized the screenplay. It grossed $393 million worldwide against a production budget of $190–260 million, being widely reported as a box-office bomb after marketing and distribution costs were factored in, although Warner Bros. and Deadline Hollywood disputed this. However, it was later reported that Warner Bros. executives had come to believe that Johnson's team had leaked inaccurate information about the film's profitability to Deadline Hollywood as a way to counter earlier reports of the film's commercial underperformance.