Dwayne Johnson Made A Power Play For DC Control

[@Spider-ManHQ]

The way The Rock was speaking on the press of Black Adam, I absolutely believe everything in that article…he was speaking like he was in control of the DC Universe

[@jonfreeman9682]

Well he was promoting his own movie plus hinting a meetup with Superman but he wasn't in control cause frankly nobody was. Zach Snyder has left and Walter Hamada was on shaky ground and last few WB projects haven't done well. So Dwayne Johnson tried to do his part for his film that was all.

[@wilcee238]

As much as I like The Rock, maybe he was a bigger part the problem in the beef he had with Vin Diesel than we thought.

[@jaybling6687]

I’ve always maintained that notion, which is why I side with *neither* of them here.

[@johnlopez9014]

Gunn is all about family n The Rock isn’t

[@sandman45981]

I remember this being stated months ago before while Black Adam was in theaters. The Rock wanted the DCU to center around him.

[@joecamps1119]

Rooting for DC, really relieved The Rock failed in this regard and am hopeful for what Gunn/Safran have in store. DC deserves the best.

[@dominiquemason1228]

Well Dwayne Johnson Returns to play Black Adam make sequel

[@toddhundemer8614]

Everyone wants Superman vs Darksied not the Rock vs Superman

[@marcosdheleno]

man i love how well this story aged.

[@michealgiles]

The Rock is my favourite all time wrestler, so I mean no disrespect in this: it’s just how it sounds to me. DJ was taking a “Road to Wrestlemania” Icon-vs-Icon-feud pitch to Zaslav, the same as he would have done with Vince McMahon. It just wasn’t the right way to go about it in this environment. It’s not “Game of Thrones”. It’s WWE. I can’t blame him for going with the approach that worked for you in the entertainment biz before. Vince loved that pitch approach from up and coming talent. That’s DJ’s upbringing, and what worked for him in the past.

[@gfamily5881]

I think The Rock and Black Adam would have been more successful 10 years ago when they first had the idea for it. I feel like at this point Dwayne Johnson fatigue is starting to set in and comic book movie fatigue is starting to set in a bit as well. I'm a comic book movie fan and im at 90% of the early Thursday night showings, and i didnt see Black Adam until it was on HBO Max

[@gavinevans1687]

The fact that he refused to appear in Shazam 2 tells you everything you need to know about him. He's driven by ego not by any love or respect for the character like he pretends to be.

[@curtismcrae5579]

He wanted his movie out before crossing over and then his ego like nahh screw Shazam family lets get movie based on superman vs blackadam

[@zeke1171]

Add the fact that he was an executive producer on the Shazam films

[@darkgate33]

It’s might’ve been a narcissist of him not to appear in Shazam. Coming to think of that that movie would’ve made an Aquaman money if Dwayne Johnson was in it.

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

I think black Adam could have been better if he appeared in Shazam first. He probably didn’t like the idea of being a secondary character in a movie, should have humbled himself.

[@madddoggnogood1491]

@@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 I've been a fan of the rock since 96 when he debuted in the wwf. The rock acts like the booker of a promotion when choosing his roles. And there's a phrase in wrestling called "putting over". Meaning he had to lose. Rock as black adam didn't wanna lose to Shazam. If he was gonna lose he was gonna lose to superman or the justice league. The rock wanted black adam to become a Darkseid level threat

[@dageekynerd2898]

Black Adam should've been the villain in Shazam 2 instead of them inventing new ones imo. If The Rock's ego wouldn't allow such a move, then they should've hired someone else. Perhaps someone Egyptian or Middle Eastern. "What's the worst that can happen?" Ask Cavill

[@alexl.4362]

Man, looks like fame really got to The Rock's head.

[@jeebs621]

Maybe the Fast and Furious drama is not actually all on Vin Diesel 🤣🤣🤣

[@tambulee]

I never believed it was and this is strengthening that belief.

[@ez6888]

The apologetics for The Rock in this video is crazy as hell

[@EdwardNygma1980]

Thank you...I was thinking the same thing. I like the dude, but please understand where you stand in that hierarchy you always talk about. Maaaaabye do it if your movie is a huge succes (or any good 😉).

[@curtismcrae5579]

Yea for real

[@tambulee]

Henry is a victim of The Rock's ego.

[@ChrisMovieMisfit]

I want a Game of Thrones-like series based on the throne for the Warner Bros and DC and everyone fighting for it and the war that ensued within. Now THAT'S entertainment!

[@tambulee]

I bet he tried taking over the Fast Franchise too 😂.

[@alexl.4362]

Damn

[@atlien1988]

@J Vin Diesel has a history of being unprofessional on set with other star actors and producers. The Producer of Fast 5 walked away from the franchise even after he was offered 6-7 figures to stay. Also, Vin was literally on IG begging for Rock to come back. I think even Charlize Theron had issues with Vin Diesel.

[@johngrayson9218]

I do t get why everyone seemed so set on Superman vs Black Adam. The showdown that needed to happen was Shazam vs Black Adam.

[@PatTyploosion]

It blows my mind that it was never considered crossing black Adam over with Shazam. That's like making a movie a solo movie with Darth Vader and never having him in the original star wars trilogy, replacing him with like idk. The emperor or Luke's distant uncle

[@curtismcrae5579]

From my memory Shazam 3 was supposed deal with blackadam... that was the original plan.. but that was when dc was like house of cards

[@jaybling6687]

@@curtismcrae5579 But even then, why wouldn't Dwayne Johnson cameo in Shazam 2?

[@keyodi]

DC was dead in the water, so I don’t blame the Rock for thinking “ I can’t do any worse” also the MCU has shown secondary characters don’t have to STAY secondary characters, look at black panther/ doctor strange/IronMan/GOTG

[@qui-gonrick7002]

I like Capt Marvel (Shazam), but he is a secondary character. The problem is Black Adam is lower tier than that. Johnson needed to knock it out of the park for his plans to work and the movie just wasn't there.

[@deelovesamy]

Would’ve been awesome to see Rock as a straight up bad guy in a DC movie. Either a villain in Shazam or Superman. Coulda been like a heel turn for him as an actor.

[@curtismcrae5579]

Here the issue in his mind his always the hero in his movies so he will never be the main villain...

[@BaalBlade]

he's THE ROCK, he not playing Bad guy, this is new THE ROCK.

[@stormshadow75x]

More proof that Dwayne is more interested in maintaining and elevating his brand.... let's see how the XFL affects that. Tequila, energy drinks and gym gear feels like glass stilts holding up his empire

[@tambulee]

While he might be the biggest movie star, he is 100% a B-rated actor to be honest.

[@willemdafreind4994]

Honestly even though Cavill got done dirty I'd rather have James Gunn as the "Feige" than Dwayne Johnson, especially since he's just using Cavill as a bargaining chip to obtain control of the franchise.

[@Teatime7771]

Maybe that is why they got rid of Cavill. They didn’t like the power play

[@willemdafreind4994]

@@Teatime7771 I feel like they could've kept Cavill but they (understandably) don't want to make DJ's plans for Cavill reality so they just scrapped that

[@mitchjames9350]

Yet under Gunn there keeping Ezra Miller and ditching everyone else.

[@willemdafreind4994]

@@mitchjames9350 There is no proof of that whatsoever, how bout when that becomes a legit thing you complain about it?

[@flawlezzgenocide]

@@mitchjames9350 i dont remember any official announcement regarding ezra miller and the rest of dceu actors. With 4 dceu movies coming out this year confirming the fate of those properties that are yet to be released would only hurt the marketing of those films. WB still want to at least get their money back from these movies. If james and peter officially announced that the remaining dceu actors will not be part of dcu then what is the point of watching their films? James and peter saying they dont see any reason why those actors cant come back is just them saying we just want all the remaining 4 dceu movies to be released before we make an official announcment.

[@kendricmaine1234]

He should have focused on making a good movie with a successful box office first and then try to build off of that

[@mightywizard7475]

This just shows Dewayne Johnson's ego

[@petermatthews3729]

This idea didn't benefit anyone else except Dwayne Johnson, his ex-wife representing him and Henry Cavill by extension. Just because this is how you promote wrestling match doesn't mean it's how you run any other kind of business. I lost interest in what he was pitching when he ignored the comics to dismiss and distance his character from Shazam.

[@reggiebrown9508]

And then got his ex-wife fired by Cavill.

[@cmporkchop4575]

Maybe the stories about Dwayne and Vin Diesel having problems with each other might not all be Vin’s fault????????

[@tonileo9849]

Man, that james gunn slate announcment couldnt come soon enough. Im so sick of this unorganised, behind the scenes bs, with no good plan. The problem with DC for so long was that it was treated like every other franchise with a lot of people doing a lot ot diff things. Im so glad they started DC studios

[@SumerAshur]

Exactly! Gunn and Safran need to establish their selves quickly.

[@Kinginthenorth64]

He literally say that in trailer “The hierarchy of power is about to change” 😂 Well guess not

[@angrykramer]

What a complete narcissist, also when was the last time this guy was in a great movie, not a forgettable popcorn flick but something great that had a cultural impact, because we treat him like Schwarzenegger and Stallone, but his filmography just completely pales in comparison

[@smlshin]

I like the Rock, I respect his work ethic and success, but he has no business controlling and dictating DC. No way.

[@R1ch4d8]

The Rock built up the idea of Superman vs Black Adam as this mythical thing people had been waiting years to see. But who even cares about that idea? A superpowered flying man with lightning who doesn't mind killing, vs a superpowered flying man without lightning who doesn't mind killing sometimes. Who could possibly care? Instead of making another "Superman vs somebody" movie, maybe just make a good Superman film.

[@johnnyhazard6305]

I love they keep repeating that Johnson is the top movie star in the world. Well, is he ? Last hit was Jumanji and that were other stars in that film

[@ryhanon7]

Yeah it's absurd - DJ isn't even in the top ten.

[@hothotheat3000]

He’s top in terms of paycheck, not in terms of quality or box office numbers.

[@ryhanon7]

@@hothotheat3000 He's top 5 in terms of paycheck. 4 people are above him - Brad Pit, Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, and Tom Cruise all made more than him last year and Daniel Craig more than doubled him the year before that.

[@CarnageRulez469]

I don’t blame Dwayne for doing what he did. It’s not like the idiots running WB and the DCEU actually know what they are doing(not saying they do now, but still). They have an entire decade of franchise failure, and yet they got the gall to whine and complain about Dwayne going to Zaslav to pitch an idea he wants to do? Not even saying Dwayne’s idea would have been good, cause it wouldn’t have been. I still get why he skipped all the dummies at WB.

[@imperiusrex7693]

Let's not forget this film and promotion was all about ego. Shazam is a b-list hero in DC...no disrespect he is not the top tier of popularity or promotion. Black adam is shazam's villain. Him not being in either of the films is wild. Annnnnd not even having any mention of the shazam or cameos is even wilder.

[@ericdxfan511]

Tyrese warned people

[@randomcomment262]

Warned people about what?? Tyrese is a nobody

[@randomcomment262]

@@zachberry4742 why is doing a solo project bad because they’re not part of it ? Anybody would of taken that opportunity tyrese hasn’t done anything besides the fast and furious movies

[@JamieKennedi]

If he had that much clout, he should have had them release that movie in July. They would have easily made that 400 plus million. The studio killed their own movie but releasing it two weeks before Wakanda Forever. Marvel movies are guaranteed box office success; especially against a DC movie.

[@Vikas_N0]

It was delayed coz of reshoots for poor test screening and failed none the less coz of genetic average movie

[@dnice4145]

Overplayed his hand, yikes. Guys an ego maniac

[@uzumaki2689]

The Rock thinks he's in a wrestling faction again 😆

[@bkztopkilla09]

Why are we still talking about this

[@rizzlo1]

Did not like Black Adam….you can’t make that character more important then the main heroes. His character is not a major player in the DC universe.

[@chrisgoodworld]

I have no problem with Dwayne trying to take over DC but Shazam is your arch enemy and you don't want to be in the movie

[@thebatman8815]

Well then I think you do have a problem with him taking over DC, because that’s just it; he doesn’t respect the characters. Instead of embracing the awesome villain that Black Adam is in the comics, he just turned him into the most boring and flat anti-hero ever created, purely because he’s Dwayne Johnson, and his ego and brand can’t allow him to be a villain who loses. And instead of going up against his actual arch enemy, who the character was literally made to fight, and has the closest connection with, Dwayne Johnson was insistent of fighting Superman, because that’s the only character he thinks should be a match for him. I do think he “likes” the DC universe, at least to some extent, but it’s clear that he’d much rather have it be serving him, rather than him be serving it

[@alanguages]

@@thebatman8815 A short extent. Everythin you said was 100% on the nose. We know if he ever fought Superman, that Black Adam wasn't going to lose. It is in his contract afterall. The Rock would have had Black Adam and Superman team up to fight some other external force, that not one of them could possibly win against the said external force alone. Possibly a second Doomsday. lol Then have an uneasy alliance with Superman, that they leave each other alone, but will they? Leaving it open to more mindless sequels. Black Adam in the movie saying Shazam and not turning into dust was a notable injustice to the character, which the Rock probably had no idea that was suppose to happen.

[@KingOfMadCows]

It might have worked under much better writers. Rob is right, Iron Man was not a popular superhero before the MCU. But Marvel only used Iron Man because they didn't have the rights to X-Men and Spider-man. DC has their biggest heroes.

[@tonileo9849]

True, but there was stil a plan to build towards the avengers, with the other members having solo films. Dwayne was just thinking about his character and only his character. Iron man, in retrospective, was one of the pillars of the mcu alongside cap and thor. Sorry for rambling

[@JonnySuite13]

Dude's confusing Hollywood with the wrestling industry!!

[@jonfreeman9682]

Well a little self promotion can go a long way. Black Adam isn't exactly a tier 1 superhero so it can use all the WWE self promotion it can get.

[@ryenwthomas]

It’s like he was hyping up Black Adam vs Superman like some wrestling match.

[@benm5970]

After seeing Black Adam I can say that I’m very glad they didn’t decide to build the new DC universe around that movie

[@jokester3076]

It’s sad to see Dwayne Johnson be so dismissive of Shazam, because the character was the first superhero to get his own movie on the big screen back in 1941 with the adventures of Captain Marvel. There was a time when Shazam’s comics outsold superman

[@TheRaunz]

Black Adam was B movie, straight to streaming would of been too much for it...

[@emilyjaybeauty4269]

Just cause he is the world's biggest star doesn't mean he can get to do what he wants.

[@Spider-ManHQ]

I wouldn’t even call him the biggest movie star…that’s clearly Tom Cruise. What movie has The Rock been the only big star of that did over $200M domestically or a billion dollars worldwide? Fast & Furious is Vin Diesel’s and Jumanji had Kevin Hart, Nick Jonas and Jack Black.

[@Macreno1]

@@Spider-ManHQu really think fast n furious is successful because of vin diesel ? 😂 😂 but said jumanji is a hit because of kevin hart and nick jonas. U r just a hater .

[@Macreno1]

@@Spider-ManHQ and tell me how many tom cruise movies did people care other than his old franchises?

[@rubendacostaesilva8442]

@@Macreno1 Mission Impossible is going since 1996, and people are still showing to see them. What is the franchise that Dwayne's running, that can bring people to the theaters consistently? You would expect that a movie star as big as him, could have created a franchise around a character that would captivate the audience. Hell, even Keanu Reeves, that spent a decade without showing in something top notch, brought us John WIck, the best action movie character/franchise over the last decade.

[@Macreno1]

@@rubendacostaesilva8442 seems like u didn't read my comments properly. Yes u r right mi franchise is big hit even today I didn't deny that. My point is that stars no longer attract audiences just because of their presence in a movie, that era is over.

[@skytra7]

Black Adam is Egyptian / Arabic. When Dwayne first opened his mouth to speak and spoke like a typical north American that was the first sign that it was a failure at the start. At least get the accent right...

[@curtismcrae5579]

Thank you !, like I rememebr when moonknight showrunner threw shade at Blackadam for some choices .yes he went bit over board,but he definitely had a point

[@andrewwong2399]

Didn't watch the movie but I bet the rock sounded like the rock in black adam didn't he

[@stevengilley5107]

Lol he's a pro wrestler of course he went for the title

[@SecondTake123]

If I was in a room with Zaslav I would pitch him too 🤣

[@esl4058]

I'm sorry but I don't understand the appeal of the rock at all and I never have. He just plays the rock every time and it caters to the lowest common denominator. At least Batista and Cena (the other wrestlers turned actors) are making efforts to grow as real actors.

[@dnice4145]

Exactly, the guy plays the same dumb WWE persona in all his films.

[@madtitan0825]

I used to find his performance charming but overtime it’s just tiresome and boring as fuck, especially his recent role as Black Adam and Red Notice just…enrage me and it’s just so sad…lol

[@JawnLouis]

Same thing I’ve being saying

[@Akame4514]

Rock is awesome

[@moviereedviews]

John: "we're going off topic" a.k.a. Disagreeing with him

[@ruddiato]

Honestly I think black Adam should have been an evil character with a little glimpse of good in him, plus "the Rock" should've created an accent and use a foreign language in the movie

[@zultul7181]

Brother we all do. You know what annoys me is that the rock had a decade to bring layers to the character of black Adam and actually produce great work instead he tried to fool us with sfx and his muscle like bro the rock was already big enough could he atleast put a little effort on his acting.

[@lonewolfnh89]

Agree. Black adam accent, sophisticated way of speaking and pointy ears kinda define him. I was surprised they didn't include any of those qualities.

[@brandonp.6051]

@@lonewolfnh89 I wasn't. At this point in his career The Rock doesn't play, look, or talk like anyone other than The Rock. His ego probably couldn't even bear the idea of wearing a wig and some prosthetic ears.

[@zultul7181]

@@lonewolfnh89 it would of been nice even if failed at it. That’s the thing that rubs me fake about the rock he always saying the right things recently in his ig post he said basically he would rather fail hard because he tried and he’s not salty about Black Adam failing. It comes out like something he has to say because the rock is an “actor” or moviestar meaning his job is acting yet he never takes a risk in his acting to fail so I’m like are you apologizing because you don’t have more power and money in the franchise or your consistent shit to mediocre work.

[@zultul7181]

@@brandonp.6051 Forreal but for a little I thought he might actually do his job for once and put some effort. Considering how hard he promoted this and the powers of dc is about to change. Even that Black Adam v Superman was going to be shit we all know about the rock fucking hulk hogan contract that he can’t get beat up 😂 what a fucking joke.

[@yfz350twin]

Captain Marvel wasn't always a secondary character once upon a time he rivaled Superman.

[@yahyarajaee5883]

Robert and the late great Jon Schnepp are the only people from those movie review channels with actual knowledge about movie making and comic books. Campea loves every big budget movie and read only X-Men Age of Apocalypse. Here Robert explains this situation perfectly and John jumps in to add “I liked the movie.” Reminded me of when Robert was criticizing the character of Maz Kanata and others cut him off to say she was a really cool character! Laughable

[@TheParish702000]

Makes you 🤔 think…. Was it really Vin Diesel who was the butthead?

[@shanebennis6914]

Probably both of them

[@angrykramer]

Yeah I was gonna say both can be true, that’s how you get ridiculous contracts that say they each can hit and get hit equal amount of times, servicing their ego rather than the plot

[@ValiantDoesStuff]

Saying the Rock didn’t promote League of Superpets is bs, bro dressed up in a krypto cosplay just to promote the film 💀

[@rizzlo1]

It’s all about his ego.I like the Rock but his ego gets in the way sometimes.

[@sabirsal]

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Completely agree John. I’m not hating on DJ… but his idea sucked.

[@lutherfox5744]

"Success has many fathers, failure an orphan."

[@bigd4998]

Dwayne Johnson was miscast as Black Adam. He came off as Dwayne the Rock Johnson dressed as Black Adam.

[@ValiantDoesStuff]

He fits, the script didn’t

[@hothotheat3000]

He comes off that way in everything. He’s a lazy actor.

[@mmanzanozr1]

No I did work, the problem was Black Adam made no money. Had Black Adam made a ton of money they would have given Rock the control he wanted

[@mmanzanozr1]

@@rogueagent0191 I agree, but tell that to the Rock who clearly thought that his star power alone could bring in the cash.

[@certifiedchaos4643]

They didn’t promote the movie Dc knew they were moving in a different direction

[@mmanzanozr1]

@@certifiedchaos4643 no, they moved in a different direction after it bombed. The movie cost almost $300 Millon dollars no studios is paying that type of money knowing it would fail.

[@certifiedchaos4643]

@@mmanzanozr1 I get it but the movie okwas at when the movie was released and most ppl didn’t know the movie was coming out. The movie should have came out at the end of July and early august

[@grittyboyross7138]

He did the same thing with Fast and the furious.

[@DanielChannel89]

Does it really bother none of y'all the way that he was walking around talking about what DC was going to do going forward? Telling people Cavill was in the movie instead of letting the studio do it or keep the postcredits scene a surprise, strongly implying that the DC universe going forward would be largely focused on Black Adam, even though this story clearly shows that wasn't ever agreed to? I commented on one of these videos weeks ago about how it seemed Johnson was overstepping authority in order to build the narrative he wants, and this story seems to back that up, but y'all are falling over yourselves to defend him? I don't care how popular and liked he is as an actor. There are still structures in place for a reason. And Rob's comments about all the studio execs being unimportant, while I know he is speaking relatively and doesn't mean they literally don't matter at all, still come off as tasteless. Let's not defend egos here. Everyone could stand to be respectful of the people around them.

[@jonfreeman9682]

Yes he has an ego and yes he fancies himself a huge movie star but honestly the guy is passionate about his projects and really works to promote his film and the DCU even if he's overstepping a tad. The being said the DCU is a bit of a mess so having someone like Dwayne Johnson promote the film is expected. Dwayne himself given is WWE background is all about promotions and how he became such a huge star. You gotta respect the guy for his efforts.

[@LunarSpawnSerenata]

I understand that people are mixed to upset with the Rock’s action and reaction. He ain’t all to blame. He’s PART to blame however. I hate to break it to you but the DCEU was literally dying by the time Justice League was done. The Rock may have wanted to make Black Adam regardless after it was pitched back in 2007. But honestly, he made a big mistake in my opinion. He should have let the DCEU die. Everybody knew the slate was trash and it crashed and burned with Justice League. The Rock tried to take over the DCEU in order to save it and resume it’s work. I feel like bring back Henry was literally conditional on WB’s part. If Black Adam succeeded in a round robin (critically, audience wise, and financially) WB would let The Rock lead the slate and maybe even restore the Snyderverse. Keep in mind, The Rock eventually does listen to the fans. However, it didn’t even succeed whatsoever. So WB got James Gunn and wiped 80% of the slate clean. Cancelling Black Adam 2, firing HC and the other main DCEU cast excluding Ezra and even calling fans “minorities”. It’s not ego and narcissism that played a motive on The Rock’s part in DCEU. It’s honestly just him playing the salvation and discovering the consequences of his failure. In conclusion, he did this to himself. He failed us. He really failed the DCEU. He failed his team, he failed Henry, he failed himself. :/ He fucked around…. And he found out. Even still, he had guts.

[@NoirNameless]

You guys keep saying “shoot your shot, what’s the worst that can happen” forgetting that this caused the ripple effect that’s happening now. Getting Cavill before Dwayne had a true plan everyone was ok with completely sabotaged whatever DC’s future would become later. People are excited when Gunn was announced to run this. Sounds like originally he wanted to soft or full reboot. But bringing Cavill back early kinda threw a wrench in it because of Gunn’s plan for a new supes. So it made Gunn look bad for not moving forward with Cavill. When in reality, it wasn’t his fault and Dwayne’s ego is really to blame. Now since people think Cavill being gone falls entirely on Gunn, a lot of people don’t care anymore. I believe had Cavill not been brought back early, people wouldn’t mind Gunn’s plan for a younger Superman. But old wb and Dwayne kinda damaged things bringing him back without a plan.

[@darkangel15221]

How could Gunn possibly not know that Cavill was coming back? The change in leadership takes months and even years to finalize. Gunn and Safran would've had to know the status of every moving coming down the "pipeline" as they make their transition. Its not like Henry was snuck in the backdoor dressed in an overcoat and filmed his cameo in the prop room of a soundstage. THEY KNEW and signed off on his return likely without a contract, but a lot of promises of good things to come (remember Henry's statement on IG that he was told by the studio to say that he would be continuing as Superman....). WB is trying to save face and throw The Rock under the bus because they don't want to lose the fandom.

[@getreal2592]

@@darkangel15221 Gunn and Safran were not officially on the job until November. Contractually, they wouldn't have been allowed to make decisions until then. All of that would have to go through Zaslav first. Not that it matters. Cavill is gone and people need to get over it and move on.

[@DEMediaDrive]

The Rock didn't win all is matches in WWE he probably lost half of them but it was never about winning and losing for him it's the overall impact. He may be down off this loss but he's not out. People can talk all they want but he's resilient.

[@ramongalo5503]

WWE is scripted....

[@DEMediaDrive]

@Ramon Galo well we know that and he made the most out of many of those lousy scripts. Batista still didn't generate $300 million+ off a solo feature and neither has John Cena. The Rock went down twice in his Hollywood career. Can't deny he's a resilient guy. I don't understand the hate. Normal guys can be as big as the Rock if they put their mind to it. It's easy to criticize from the outside. Whats stopping anyone from being as big as or bigger than the Rock? Perseverance and resilience. He tried he failed and he'll be back. Guys like him and Tom Cruise never give up. I'm not giving up either until I land on that millionaires list in healthy condition.

[@Vikas_N0]

His plans : Black adam Black adam 2 Black adam vs electric boogaloo Black adam vs justice league blue beetle ( ft adam) where he squished blue beetle easily The flash ft. Black adam ( where he wins the race with flash) Superman ft Black adam( adam win) The batman vs Black adam ( adam win) Green lantern corps ft adam ( adam win) Black adam vs Darkseid ( where he takes down Darkseid easily coz he cant loose fight its in his contract) And there are people believing that Dwyane Johnson gonna save the dcu

[@jonfreeman9682]

Well that's his vision alright but it ain't gonna cut it with only box office of $400 million. If it hit $600 million then there's a good chance for a sequel.

[@Vikas_N0]

@@stormtraitor6545 yes easily manipulative power move

[@flawlezzgenocide]

This brings light to his feud with vin diesel.

[@v-trigger6137]

I mean Vin Diesel himself is pretty egotistical.. but yeah, now it's all makes sense, Rock tries to hijack every franchise, project he works on

[@ValiantDoesStuff]

Vin Diesel is a way more egotistical person than the rock, the only difference is he’s the lead in a blockbuster franchise

[@Yaboi89]

The man of steel is underrated and under appreciated, Henry Cavil is this generations best suited Superman. Dwayne Johnson didn’t play black Adam he played himself, playing a superhero playing him.

[@batsaubattler3200]

Yeah Johnson hasn't impressed me tremendously in a movie with his range since fast five especially because the only thing I had seen him in before that was in the game plan so seeing him play a somewhat badass antagonist in fast five made me think he was wanting to grow into an actor

[@niccomakk]

It was the lack of pointy ears that did him in!

[@johngrayson9218]

He went around the structure to get the Superman cameo. I’m not sure if Zaslav would have unappreciated this bypass too much.

[@roshieifra]

The reason he didn't wait for black Adam to be a monster hit before making these plays is bc he's egotistical and assumed that audiences were going to love this piece of crap movie just bc he was in it.

[@PariahRonin]

I'm going to correct you - the first time he had problems with his image was in WWF as Rocky Maivia - before he became the Rock...

[@ObiWann90]

The Rock couldn't even do a middle eastern accent. How does a dude who lived hundreds of years before the American accent was even a thing have an American accent. I doubt the rock has ever read a comic book in his life.

[@ericperry72]

The power from the wisdom of Solomon. It's why he can speak English in the first place.

[@madtitan0825]

@@ericperry72 nobody said he can’t speak English, we’re taking about his accent

[@ericperry72]

@@madtitan0825 so if his god power allow him to speak any language, wouldn't that be without an accent? You program a computer or ai to speak various languages, is there an accent or is the language spoken as intended?

[@dominiccampos3519]

Even if.......IF.......... we don't get the actors that have grown on us these past 10years. I believe we are in for something special.

[@davidsteel8324]

I was completely on side with Dwayne until I head he refused to appear in Shazam 2.

[@johnarcarese172]

Dwayne Johnson let his ego go out of control. The first film with Black Adam should have been a small budget and focused solely on Black Adam’s origin. End the film with him waking up in present day. Search a film of a visit made for $100 million and would’ve been heralded as a hit.

[@jaybling6687]

Or Black Adam's intro should have been in a Shazam movie.

[@67ervin]

The Rock makes a power play for a dying franchise... genius.

[@alexo82191]

I rather have Dwayne take control of the franchise Snyder universe.. after 7 years he got black adam on the big screen.. I wonder what else can he do. Every president in WB always wants to reboot Dwayne had no plans just to have Easter eggs.

[@jerry2968]

Black Adam should have never gotten a solo movie. If you want him to be the Shazam antagonist fine but a solo movie was a terrible idea.

[@derpfrog5625]

4:45 The highest paid most bankable star has a direct line to the top, he doesn't need proper protocols, were others egos hurt? Does he have to talk to the secretary? In my opinion he can talk to the top brass without consulting middle men. As far as decision making and trying to determine the path of the Dceu universe that's a weightier matter. A more collaborative effort might have been in order.

[@v-trigger6137]

but that's the point. mf is not a collaborative guy. he basically wanted Seven Bucks to run the entirety of DC, with his own bland boring black adam vs superman plan

[@harshckuk]

Vin diesel must be enjoying this

[@jurgenmathiae6682]

Iron man was secondary character before it all started

[@Mukation]

Not true, he was one of the founders of The Avengers. But he was never as popular as Spider-man and Captain America.

[@jurgenmathiae6682]

@@Mukation and popularity defines the secondary or primary characters, no?

[@Mukation]

@@jurgenmathiae6682 Yes and no. Captain Marvel (Shazam) was way more popular than Superman in the 1930s, for instance. But faded out over the years in favour of Superman. But since the MCU started with the exoressed intention of building the Avengers, Iron Man was essential.

[@jurgenmathiae6682]

@@Mukation Alex Ross has a nice book about him 😉when I was a child start reading comics, it was Superman Batman Spider-Man fantastic 4 and X-men (more or less) now I’m more of Justice league and avengers fan but still comics higher values as these movies

[@revealingtruth3329]

@@Mukation And therefore…..he was a secondary as he said

[@drasvader1]

The problem was the screenplay and his acting was pretty bad. Watching that all I seen was The Rock in Black Adam cosplay

[@alibabat.v9389]

wow that women said it perfect💯

[@emiliohernandez7214]

From Iron Man 2 "If you can make God bleed, then people will cease to believe in him. Then there will be blood in the water, and the sharks will come"

[@TheVibeCheque]

What an egomaniac.

[@frezling2442]

Dwayne's ego is so clear in all of this. There's no other reason to try and center Black Adam of all characters as the core of the DC universe, it just makes no sense. There's no reason to think this is a realistic strategy beside his own ego wanting to put himself in the center of everything

[@BlastBoyX]

I'm with you, I understand WHY the Rock did this, but it didn't work out. The Cavill return announcement seems like it was a hail mary to get the maximum numbers for Black Adam, and it sort of screwed everyone because the movie didn't make any more money than any of the rest of the old DCEU films. Now the audience seems to be blaming Gunn for all this and I feel like that's just ridiculous.

[@phillip_rogers]

He should’ve been in Shazam

[@GregoriusRooseno]

Well, you don't play as a Baller without picking up few tricks up your sleeves....

[@chrisbiggs5415]

I liked Black Adam. Had its problems but I still enjoyed the movie and it sucks that it didn’t do well. I don’t blame Dwayne one bit for trying to take control of the narrative of the DCEU. It was directionless and the other movies weren’t hitting home runs. He wanted to try something new and brought back Henry to play Superman. Might have been selfish but everyone wanted Henry back so it was a win win. Too bad we’ll never know what could have been.

[@lincoln2324]

I'm not saying The Rock is a bad guy but I'm getting the feeling that due to the success he has got over the years I think his ego is in the clouds believing his weight in the business is enough and it seems to me it's not.

[@randomcomment262]

Do you know him personally ?? You’re just assuming he has a big ego because DC fucked up with Henry cavill while he was trying to bring him back ? If other celebrities can make crazy demands why cant he ? He’s making 20 million a movie while you sit behind your little screen talking shit

[@lincoln2324]

@@randomcomment262 wow, someone's a little fragile this sunday. That's why I wrote "getting the feeling" I don't assume I'm right. I enjoyed Black Adam but Maybe the problem was that he wanted tje whole thing focused on him when probably it would've been smarter on his part to be introduced in Shazam, considering that black adam is a secondary character (like john said) but instead of that he behaved too ambitious and eventually the joke was on him

[@Alex-eq7uh]

Maybe someone has a bit of a ego issue...

[@xxreyoxx]

totally a fan of Erin for that great impression at 14:00 LOL! hit it on the head

[@PauloSilva-ep9ox]

The Rock is desilusional !!!