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Dwayne Johnson’s reported DC Studios power play detailed

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If you were following the last few months involving the newly dubbed DC Studios, you know Dwayne Johnson played a very interesting part. For those who don’t know, it’s been long rumored that Dwayne Johnson wanted to be part of the “DC hierarchy” and pitched Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav a multiyear plan involving […]

Black Adam budget skyrocketed after $70 million reshoots

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Black Adam, starring Dwayne Johnson, is joining the ranks of some of the most expensive movies of all time. Sadly, the film won’t be as successful as entries like Avengers: Endgame or even the newly released Avatar: The Way of Water. In a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, the DCEU production saw its budget […]

Dwayne Johnson confirms Black Adam will not be part of DC’s immediate future

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Having fought to bring Black Adam to the big-screen for 15-years, only to deliver a seen-it-all-before movie with middling box-office returns, Dwayne Johnson has conceded defeat for a character he promised would change the hierarchy of power in the DCEU.  Despite spending the last few weeks defending Black Adam‘s $391 million haul at the worldwide […]

Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw sequel dead in the water?

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The hits keep coming for Dwayne Johnson, and we aren’t talking box office hits here. As Black Adam fizzles at cinemas, no matter what Hollywood math Johnson tries to pull out, it looks like another one of his franchises won’t be moving forward. There’s a new story that suggests any future Hobbs & Shaw movies […]

Dwayne Johnson shoots down reports that Black Adam will lose money

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We were promised that the hierarchy of power in the DC universe was about to change in October, and that certainly proved to be the case – although the appointment of James Gunn and Peter Safran as the new heads of DC Studios wasn’t quite what The Rock was referring to during his five-year-plus promotional […]

Shazam! trailer seemingly confirmed for Comic-Con, Dwayne Johnson reiterates that Black Adam won’t appear

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Warner Bros. has already announced that we’ll be getting our first look at Aquaman with the release of a trailer for the superhero blockbuster during the DC Films panel at San Diego Comic-Con a week from today, and now it seems we have confirmation that the Shazam! trailer will also be unveiled. In a now […]

Dwayne Johnson might not appear in Fast & Furious 9 after Vin Diesel feud

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During the build-up to the release of The Fate of the Furious, actors Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel got into a feud on social media, with it subsequently emerging that the duo had a falling out during production on the eighth instalment of the Fast & Furious franchise. During an interview with Rolling Stone to […]

Dwayne Johnson reveals Warner Bros. were “inexplicably and inexcusably” against bringing back Henry Cavill as Superman

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To celebrate Black Adam‘s position as number one digital movie in the download charts (you can check out the first 10 minutes here), Dwayne Johnson has released a thank you video in which he talks up the fact that the DC blockbuster is approaching $400 million at the worldwide box-office, despite wanting more from the […]

Dwayne Johnson announces Rampage has wrapped production

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Dwayne Johnson has announced via social media that production on the much-anticipated adaptation of the popular video game franchise Rampage has wrapped. He also comments on the experience working with his costar, Oscar-nominated actress Naomie Harris. Check out his Instagram post here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BWYXa-3F8sv/   Not surprisingly, Dwayne Johnson continues to prove that he is a rare […]