Another reason to be excited about Dwayne Johnson’s upcoming DC film Black Adam has just surfaced thanks to producer Hiram Garcia. He revealed that the creative team is using a brand new technology to showcase Black Adam’s awesome superpowers in the film in a unique way.
While talking to Collider in an interview, Garcia said:
“This is a character with amazing abilities. He has super speed, can fly, and has world breaking strength to name a few. We wanted to make sure moviegoers feel that throughout the entire movie. You’re not going to see him use super speed just once and then it stops, this is part of his arsenal. It’s common to see abilities fall to the wayside when dealing with characters like that but one of our many goals was to keep continuity there and push the bar in terms of how we do it. For example, the technology we’re using to make Black Adam fly has never been done before. It’s completely unique. It was critical for us to ensure that it felt special, authentic, and real. [director] Jaume [Collet-Serra] took that to heart. Our special effects’ team are Oscar winners, and we certainly put them to work.”
Garcia doesn’t offer any details or specifics on what this technology is and what makes it so unique, but I’m intrigued. I’ve always been interested in filmmaking technology and how it has evolved over the years. I’m especially interested in seeing what the tech will bring to the film visually. I’m sure we’ll get our first look at it in a trailer that will eventually be released.
Johnson is joined in the film by Aldis Hodge (Underground, The Invisible Man) as Hawkman, Noah Centineo (To All the Boys I Love Before, Charlie’s Angels) as Atom Smasher, Quintessa Swindell (Trinkets, Euphoria) as Cyclone, Pierce Brosnan (GoldenEye, Mamma Mia!) as Doctor Fate, and Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest, The L Word), Marwan Kenzari (The Old Guard, Aladdin), and Uli Latukefu (Young Rock) has been cast in an unspecified role.
Jaume Collet-Serra (Jungle Cruise) is directing Black Adam, the most recent script of which was written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani. Adam Sztykiel wrote the previous draft.
The movie will be released on July 29th, 2022.