Dwayne Johnson in SHAZAM! Movie...

[ARNie]

But he's NOT playing SHAZAM!..

Though Dwayne Johnson hasn’t been shy about teasing his potential involvement in DC and New Line’s “Shazam” movie, the superhero comicbook pic now looks closer to achieving lift-off.

Sources tell Variety that Darren Lemke is set to write the script with Johnson attached to star. Johnson will play Black Adam, who in recent issues of the DC comicbook, is more of an anti-hero trying to clear his name than a villain.

Hiram Garcia is producing.

Johnson confirmed the casting this morning by tweeting out which character he would be playing in the film.

"Kneel at his feet or get crushed by his boot." My honor to become.. #BlackAdam #TheAntiHero #DCComics http://t.co/Qk55eNf3R7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;—
Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 03, 2014

The rest of the article at Variety:
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/dwayn ... 201294338/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

How does this make you feel?

[SnidelyOne]

This is exactly what I was hoping for. He's perfect for Black Adam, hell, he'd have been pretty great as Shazam too probably. Adam's a better fit though, and one where he can display a greater range of character than Shazam given Black Adam's atypical characterization.

[Aquarionoid]

Black Adam was from Egypt and the events of the first Scorpion King movie took place there as well. There is some pun or joke in this somewhere.