{"id":1756228,"date":"2022-11-30T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1756228"},"modified":"2022-11-30T08:48:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T13:48:55","slug":"black-adam-star-dwayne-johnson-blasts-old-warner-bros-regime-for-inexcusable-decision-of-not-using-henry-cavill-as-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-adam-star-dwayne-johnson-blasts-old-warner-bros-regime-for-inexcusable-decision-of-not-using-henry-cavill-as-superman\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBlack Adam\u201d Star Dwayne Johnson Blasts Old Warner Bros. Regime for \u201cInexcusable\u201d Decision of Not Using Henry Cavill as Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblack-adam-star-dwayne-johnson-blasts-old-warner-bros-regime-for-inexcusable-decision-of-not-using-henry-cavill-as-superman%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1756228&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>What was first believed to be a scheduling problem and later a money issue did in fact turn out to be stonewalling by Warner Bros. and DC studio executives who did not want Henry Cavill as their Superman. The root of this fiasco was cleared up by Dwayne Johnson once <em>Black<\/em> <em>Adam<\/em> was in theaters and its post-credit sequence\u2019s details were revealed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_186721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186721\" class=\"wp-image-186721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.25-01.59-boundingintocomics-635742fdf3376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.25-01.59-boundingintocomics-635742fdf3376.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.25-01.59-boundingintocomics-635742fdf3376-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.25-01.59-boundingintocomics-635742fdf3376-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.25-01.59-boundingintocomics-635742fdf3376-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-186721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teth-Adam (Dwayne Johnson) is imprisoned in the Task Force X Black Site underwater facility in Black Adam (2022), Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/28\/david-zaslav-calls-rebuilding-dc-and-warner-bros-is-more-challenging-than-we-thought-we-have-an-awful-lot-to-do-and-an-awful-lot-to-undo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Zaslav Admits Rebuilding DC and Warner Bros. Is \u201cMore Challenging Than We Thought\u201d, Confirms Studio Has \u201cAn Awful Lot To Do, And An Awful Lot To Undo\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the film wrapping up a theatrical run and heading to VOD, Johnson isn\u2019t holding back about what it took to \u201cestablish\u201d Black Adam as a force to be reckoned with. Nor is he restrained about his feelings toward the pre-Discovery regime at WarnerMedia for their \u201cinexcusable\u201d shuffling of feet on the Cavill front. To say they were tepid doesn\u2019t cut it.<\/p>\n<p>In a Twitter video, the self-proclaimed \u201cGreat One\u201d laid everything bare. \u201cIf we\u2019re gonna establish Black Adam as the most powerful, unstoppable force in the DC universe, we have to bring back the most powerful, unstoppable force of all time in any universe,\u201d he said, hinting at the Man of Steel. \u201cAnd you guys know who I\u2019m talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sayin\u2019 thank ya so much from my ol\u2019 pick up truck for all the amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackAdam?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackAdam<\/a> support and reactions <br \/>#1 movie on iTunes \ud83d\udd25 <br \/>We\u2019ll remain in theaters as well throughout the holidays \ud83c\udf85\ud83c\udffe\u26a1\ufe0f<br \/>Also wanted to give ya some <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Superman?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Superman<\/a> info \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffe<br \/>Happy \ud83e\udd83\ud83c\udf7f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WyGa49J7Dr\">pic.twitter.com\/WyGa49J7Dr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock\/status\/1595517243831377921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/16\/rumor-new-dc-studios-co-chairman-james-gunn-reportedly-ignored-black-adam-in-twitter-address-to-fans-over-alleged-creative-differences-with-dwayne-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rumor: New DC Studios Co-Chairman James Gunn Reportedly Ignored \u2018Black Adam\u2019 In Twitter Address To Fans Over Alleged Creative Differences With Dwayne Johnson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He adds, \u201cOf course, that is Superman, and that\u2019s Henry Cavill. And at the end of the day, the studio was not bringing Henry Cavill back, inexplicably and inexcusably. But we weren\u2019t going to take no for an answer. Myself, my Seven Bucks co-founder and chairwoman, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia\u2026This has been years in the making regarding bringing Henry Cavill back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No was never going to be an acceptable answer but Johnson and his Seven Bucks crew were hearing it for years. However, he knew you can\u2019t build a new DC Universe without Superman. \u201cAnd also\u2026for us, there was no way, there\u2019s no viable, logical way\u2026to build out the DC universe without the most powerful force and the greatest superhero of all time\u2026\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188527\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188527\" class=\"wp-image-188527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.09-03.35-boundingintocomics-636bc8c575f9e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.09-03.35-boundingintocomics-636bc8c575f9e.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.09-03.35-boundingintocomics-636bc8c575f9e-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.09-03.35-boundingintocomics-636bc8c575f9e-1340x553-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.09-03.35-boundingintocomics-636bc8c575f9e-768x317-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superman (Henry Cavill) faces Doomsday in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Warner Bros. Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Johnson continued, \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to do. You can Venn diagram, business-wise, this whole thing 90 different times. But it all comes back to, \u2018Where\u2019s Superman?\u2019 You have to have Superman in the mix. So that\u2019s why we fought hard to bring Superman back, Henry Cavill,\u201d whom he and many consider the rightful Man of Steel in this generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd there was no other Superman, by the way, to bring back. Henry Cavill is our generation\u2019s Superman and, in my opinion, the greatest Superman. And I mean that respectfully to the other actors, especially Christopher Reeve,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the greatest Superman of all time. So again, bringing Henry back, now we build out the DC universe properly, strategically, smartly.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188528\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188528\" class=\"wp-image-188528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.09-03.35-boundingintocomics-636bc8c6e3806.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.09-03.35-boundingintocomics-636bc8c6e3806.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.09-03.35-boundingintocomics-636bc8c6e3806-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.09-03.35-boundingintocomics-636bc8c6e3806-1340x553-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.11.09-03.35-boundingintocomics-636bc8c6e3806-768x317-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-188528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A powered up Superman (Henry Cavill) is determined to fight Doomsday in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Warner Bros. Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a class=\"LinkSuggestion__Link-sc-1gewdgc-4 iyHtHS\" href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/10\/24\/black-adam-star-dwayne-johnson-hints-former-warner-bros-executives-declined-to-henry-cavills-return-in-favor-of-j-j-abrams-bipoc-superman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Black Adam\u2019 Star Dwayne Johnson Hints Former Warner Bros. Executives Declined Henry Cavill\u2019s Return In Favor of J.J. Abrams\u2019 BIPOC Superman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Johnson says they have made progress to that end by establishing Black Adam \u201caround the world as the most powerful and dominant, unstoppable force in the DC universe. That is a fact.\u201d Likewise, he believes they have elevated \u201cthe Justice Society around the world too.\u201d He added, \u201cAnd of course, we have new leadership at DC and at Warner Bros.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson reiterates his main mantra of the past two years: \u201cAgain, the hierarchy of power in the DC universe has changed.\u201d He then declares \u201cit\u2019s a new era in the DC universe.\u201d Maybe, but the place of Black Adam in it could be rethought after the film\u2019s paltry box office numbers, although digital home video rentals might salvage Seven Bucks\u2019 undertaking.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187095\" class=\"wp-image-187095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.10.27-09.45-boundingintocomics-635afbddef92b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.10.27-09.45-boundingintocomics-635afbddef92b.png 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.27-09.45-boundingintocomics-635afbddef92b-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.10.27-09.45-boundingintocomics-635afbddef92b-1340x553-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.10.27-09.45-boundingintocomics-635afbddef92b-768x317-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) is welcomed by the mercenary organization Intergang in Black Adam (2022), Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While there is a rumor of creative friction between Johnson\u2019s camp and James Gunn, who\u2019s now in charge at DC Studios, Gunn may still have plans for Black Adam. We can\u2019t confirm he\u2019s met with Henry Cavill yet but the latter is willing to sit down with him and discuss his hope for a joyful future with Superman in the DCEU.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/28\/jungle-cruise-star-emily-blunt-slams-hollywoods-idea-of-a-strong-female-lead-its-the-worst-thing-ever-when-you-open-a-script-and-read-those-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Jungle Cruise\u2019 Star Emily Blunt Slams Hollywood\u2019s Idea Of A Strong Female Lead: \u201cIt\u2019s The Worst Thing Ever When You Open A Script And Read Those Words\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What was first believed to be a scheduling problem and later a money issue did in fact turn out to be stonewalling by Warner Bros. and DC studio executives who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1711555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1756228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1756228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1711555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1756228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1756228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1756228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}