The Justice Society, Amanda Waller, and Sabbac are among those he won’t be kneeling before DC has released a full trailer for the Dwayne Johnson-led Black Adam movie, giving a clearer view of the forces that will be arrayed against The Rock’s rogue superhuman while continuing to stress the character’s edgy, antiheroic credentials.
Black Adam, directed by the Spanish genre specialist Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, Non-Stop, The Shallows, Jungle Cruise), will be released in theaters on Oct. 21.
The trailer spends more time with the heroes of the Justice Society, who are on a mission to “lock down” the “loose cannon” that is Black Adam: in particular, Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate, whom we get to see use his powers this time, and Aldis Hodge’s Hawkman.
Mostly, the trailer focuses on how moody and dangerous Black Adam is, and how he has the power to save the world or destroy it.