Dwayne Johnson "The Rock", an actor and professional wrestler, has been working on "Black Adam" for a while; in fact, he was first considered for the role more than 15 years ago.
But as Johnson has emphasised in the weeks leading up to the film's Friday release, Teth-Adam has since taken flight in order to change the DC Extended Universe's hierarchy of power.
With some talents in common with Shazam (Zachary Levi), Teth-Adam takes a totally different approach to being a superhero. Mostly because, in the name of defending the Kahndaq people, he isn't afraid to cross the line and murder opponents. He may not be quite as evil as Superman, but he is not far off.
The story of "Black Adam" isn't particularly complex. Black Adam, a young slave, is said to have rebelled against a harsh king who forced his slaves to mine for eternium so he could fashion a crown out of it, according to the movie's premise. After that, the film alternates between two distinct versions of Black Adam's past. However, the champion-making wizard Shazam and other magical elders save the young slave from being executed.
All of this is real, but the film seeks to deceive the audience into believing that the new Black Adam is still the child who has been transformed. The boy's father, Teth-Adam, received the boy's talents, however, after the monarch had murdered the boy's mother.
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