Dwayne Johnson is one of the biggest stars on the planet, and it's been clear for the last few months now that the ex-WWE man has been flirting with Marvel. Yes, he's been attached to the part of Black Adam since god knows when, but the prospect of him joining the MCU is one both the actor and Marvel are sure to appreciate.
According to Roger Wardell, who accurately predicted key details from Endgame including Thor's weight-gain, Johnson is merely trying to "build hype" in order to get face-to-face with Marvel. The main point here, of course, is that The Rock is interested in working with Marvel, and is clearly not content with eating up the box-office with just Fast & Furious and Jumanji.
Whether or not that meeting has been forthcoming in the week since Wardell's Tweet is clear, but it wouldn't be a huge surprise to learn that Johnson is angling for a Marvel move all the same. Production on Black Adam has remained static for a good while, and the MCU is practically unstoppable at this point.
As for who he should play? Well, he already portrayed Hercules once before - who's to say he couldn't do it again?
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
