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The Rock an action anti-hero

DWAYNE “The Rock” Johnson stars in the action adventure Black Adam.

The first-ever feature film to explore the story of the DC Super Hero comes to the big screen under the direction of Jaume Collet-Serra (Jungle Cruise).

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 5000 years have passed and Black Adam has gone from man, to myth, to legend. Now released, 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.

Johnson stars alongside Aldis Hodge (City on a Hill, One Night in Miami) as Hawkman, the main figure opposing Black Adam.

Also starring are Noah Centineo (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) as Atom Smasher, Sarah Shahi (Sex/Life, Rush Hour 3), Marwan Kenzari (Murder on the Orient Express, The Mummy), Quintessa Swindell (Voyagers, Trinkets) as Cyclone, Mo Amer (Mo, Ramy), Bodhi Sabongui (A Million Little Things), and Pierce Brosnan (the Mamma Mia! and James Bond franchises) as Dr Fate.

Collet-Serra directed from a screenplay written by Adam Sztykiel and Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, based on characters from DC created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck.

The film’s producers are Beau Flynn, Hiram Garcia, Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, with Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Chris Pan, Walter Hamada, Adam Schlagman, Geoff Johns, Eric McLeod and Scott Sheldon executive producing.

The director’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes Oscar-nominated director of photography Lawrence Sher (Joker), production designer Tom Meyer (Real Steel), editors Mike Sale (Red Notice, Skyscraper) and John Lee (Anyone Home?), costume designers Kurt and Bart (Deadpool 2, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 & 2), Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer (Life of Pi, Wonder Woman) and composer Lorne Balfe (Black Widow).

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