The next put up comprises spoilers for Black Adam. In case you’ve averted them to date, it’s essential to not take a look at social media, like, ever.
Dwayne Johnson was so excited concerning the information, he principally spoiled it earlier than Black Adam was even in theaters: After seemingly dropping his gig because the Man of Metal 4 years in the past within the wake of Justice League’s disastrous box-office efficiency, Henry Cavill is again within the DC Prolonged Universe as Superman.
And if the Black Adam post-credits scene — which options Cavill’s Superman confronting Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam for the primary time — didn’t make it clear, Cavill himself simply made it formally official on his personal Instagram account.
These had been the precise phrases he used, in reality: “I needed to make it official,” he stated, “that I’m again as Superman.” The video’s caption reads “The daybreak of hope renewed. Thanks to your persistence, it will likely be rewarded.”
“The picture you see on this put up,” Cavill added, “and what you noticed in Black Adam are only a very small style of issues to come back.”
Cavill debuted as Superman in 2013’s Man of Metal, which was then adopted by the two-hander sequel Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice, after which Justice League. When that movie bombed, Warner Bros. started exploring different potential Superman tales and castings, together with a mission (that’s supposedly nonetheless in improvement) from J.J. Abrams and Ta-Nehisi Coates.
In keeping with media studies, it was Dwayne Johnson himself who pushed for Cavill’s return in Black Adam; the star and producer even went across the then-head of DC Movies to plead his case to the heads of Warner Bros about why Cavill’s Man of Metal ought to seem in Black Adam’s post-credits scene. Johnson obtained his want, the top of DC Movies who tried to shoot the concept down is now not with Warner Bros., and now Cavill is again as Superman — though precisely the place he’ll seem subsequent shouldn’t be but clear.
Black Adam is in theaters now.
