[ad_1] <br><div><p class="sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv">A new report claims <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/black-adam-review-dwayne-johnson-the-rock-superman-dc-1849627545",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/black-adam-review-dwayne-johnson-the-rock-superman-dc-1849627545">Dwayne Johnson’s <em>Black Adam</em></a></span> may have actually changed the hierarchy of power in the DC universe as he claimed it would, but <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/shazam-2-sequel-fury-of-the-gods-dc-box-office-levi-1850241742",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/shazam-2-sequel-fury-of-the-gods-dc-box-office-levi-1850241742">not in the way<!-- --> it was originally attended</a></span>. Instead, he may have blown it up completely, whether he planned to or not<!-- -->.</p><p class="sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv"><span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","External link","https://www.thewrap.com/dwayne-johnson-black-adam-shazam-dc-universe",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://www.thewrap.com/dwayne-johnson-black-adam-shazam-dc-universe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Wrap</a></span> claims that Johnson, star and producer of <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/black-adam-review-dwayne-johnson-the-rock-superman-dc-1849627545",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/black-adam-review-dwayne-johnson-the-rock-superman-dc-1849627545"><em>Black Adam</em></a></span>, privately “vetoed a planned post-credits scene in <em>Black Adam</em>, which would have seen Shazam recruited by Aldis Hodge’s Hawkman, and other costumed heroes, into the <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/black-adam-noah-centino-quintessa-swindell-jla-dwayne-1849673262",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/black-adam-noah-centino-quintessa-swindell-jla-dwayne-1849673262">Justice Society of America</a></span>.” Such a <!-- -->scene <!-- -->would have crucially linked that film to the next one on DC’s plate, <em>Shazam: Fury of the Gods</em>, <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/shazam-2-spoilers-wonder-woman-gal-gadot-black-adam-dc-1850184611",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/shazam-2-spoilers-wonder-woman-gal-gadot-black-adam-dc-1850184611">which is now in theaters</a></span>.</p><p class="sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv">Instead, <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/dc-black-adam-box-office-flop-dwayne-johnson-the-rock-1849866587",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/dc-black-adam-box-office-flop-dwayne-johnson-the-rock-1849866587">Johnson wanted his character to</a></span> change the “hierarchy of power in the DC universe” and so he went <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/black-adam-superman-cameo-end-credits-dc-comics-twitter-1849683145",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/black-adam-superman-cameo-end-credits-dc-comics-twitter-1849683145">above and beyond</a></span> for his character to meet not his comic book rival, but a much more popular, iconic character in Superman, played by Henry Cavill. The move <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/dc-superman-henry-cavill-return-black-adam-cameo-1849693912",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/dc-superman-henry-cavill-return-black-adam-cameo-1849693912">was adored by fans</a></span>, but not so much by <!-- -->the higher-up<!-- -->s at DC—<span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/henry-cavill-superman-return-dc-james-gunn-black-adam-1849896018",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/henry-cavill-superman-return-dc-james-gunn-black-adam-1849896018">who quickly moved to announce</a></span> that despite the implicat<!-- -->ions<!-- --> of the <em>Black Adam</em> <!-- -->scene, Cavill would not be returning<!-- -->.</p><p class="sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv">io9 reached out to Warner Bros. for possible comment or clarification on this and will update the story if or when we hear back. But, if you’ve seen <em>Shazam: Fury of the Gods</em>, and <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/shazam-2-post-credit-scenes-explained-peacemaker-sivana-1850236838",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/shazam-2-post-credit-scenes-explained-peacemaker-sivana-1850236838">specifically its <!-- -->end-credit scene</a></span> which bears<!-- --> a more than striking similarity to the one described above<!-- -->, you know the evidence is there. </p><p class="sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv">There’s a lot to consider here (especially when <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/an-epic-timeline-of-the-rock-willing-dc-s-black-adam-in-1846528042",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/an-epic-timeline-of-the-rock-willing-dc-s-black-adam-in-1846528042">you go back and remember that it was Johnson</a></span> who pushed for a <em>Black Adam</em> solo movie in the first place),<!-- --> but one thing stands out above the rest. It’s the possibility that with this one move, Johnson may have unintentionally (or intentionally) dismantled the DC Universe moving ahead, and done a huge <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/shazam-2-spoilers-wonder-woman-gal-gadot-black-adam-dc-1850184611",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/shazam-2-spoilers-wonder-woman-gal-gadot-black-adam-dc-1850184611">disservice to <em>Shazam: Fury of the Gods</em></a></span> well before it was released. By vetoing a connection to Shazam, a character that was returning to theaters for sure, and teasing the return of Superman, who was not, he may been too focused on a film that was purely hypothetical (Black Adam vs. Superman) instead of being a team player and teeing up what DC already had planned for the next year, even before the <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","Internal link","https://gizmodo.com/james-gunn-dc-slate-revealed-batman-superman-green-lant-1850050974",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://gizmodo.com/james-gunn-dc-slate-revealed-batman-superman-green-lant-1850050974">new team of James Gunn and Peter Safran came in.</a></span> </p><p class="sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv">Now, would Shazam’s appearance in<em> Black Adam</em>, a film that was not a huge success, have improved the reception of <em>Shazam: Fury of the Gods</em>? Probably not. But you have to guess it wouldn’t have hurt it. You can read more about this over on <span><a class="sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 jCErAQ js_link" data-ga="[["Embedded Url","External link","https://www.thewrap.com/dwayne-johnson-black-adam-shazam-dc-universe",{"metric25":1}]]" href="https://www.thewrap.com/dwayne-johnson-black-adam-shazam-dc-universe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">t<!-- -->he Wrap</a></span> (though you’ll need to be a subscriber) but, below, tell us your<!-- --> best “What i<!-- -->f?<!-- -->” scenario: i<!-- -->f <em>Black Adam</em> ended with the JSA recruiting Shazam, what happens next?</p><hr class="sc-gcp5ez-0 gIZFVZ"/><p class="sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv"><em>Want more io9 news? 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