Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has spoken out in regards to the cancellation of Black Adam 2 and stated it was all the way down to “new management” at DC Studios.

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Plans for the character, which included a sequel, have been dropped when co-CEOs James Gunn, and Peter Safran got here in final 12 months.

“James Gunn and I linked, and Black Adam is not going to be in [DC Studios’] first chapter of storytelling,” Johnson wrote on the time. “Nonetheless, DC and Seven Bucks [Johnson’s production company] have agreed to proceed exploring essentially the most invaluable methods Black Adam could be utilized in future DC multiverse chapters.”

He has now spoken additional in regards to the character on a brand new episode of Kevin Hart’s Hart To Hart speak present (through Selection).

“Black Adam obtained caught in a vortex of recent management. It was so many adjustments in management. Anytime you will have an organization, a publicly traded firm, and you’ve got all these adjustments in management, you will have folks coming in who, creatively and fiscally, are going to make selections that you could be not agree with,” Johnson stated.

Johnson in contrast dropping the character to “new possession coming in and shopping for an NFL workforce and going, ‘Not my coach, not my quarterback.’ It doesn’t matter what number of occasions you gained the Tremendous Bowl or what number of rings you bought, you’re going with someone else.”

He additionally stated he nonetheless can’t perceive why additional plans for Black Adam have been axed given its success.

Johnson continued: “That may all the time be one of many largest mysteries. You’ve the largest opening of your profession. Certain, no China, which may’ve been perhaps 100 or 200 million extra {dollars}. You’ve a superhero and also you need to develop out the franchise. You carry Superman and Henry Cavill, which the world went loopy. And we created a various superhero portfolio, the place we now have simply women and men of color in Black Adam.”

In a two-star evaluation, NME stated the movie’s “enjoyable moments” have been “overshadowed by the writers’ fixed have to over-explain every plot level”, and stated the character of Black Adam himself lacked charisma.

In the meantime, Gunn lately confirmed David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan have been solid within the lead roles in Superman: Legacy as a part of DC’s new movie universe. It’s scheduled to be launched on July 11, 2025.