{"id":53294,"date":"2023-01-21T04:28:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T04:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/21\/dwayne-johnson-again-attempts-to-spin-about-his-future-at-dc\/"},"modified":"2023-01-21T04:28:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T04:28:14","slug":"dwayne-johnson-again-attempts-to-spin-about-his-future-at-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/21\/dwayne-johnson-again-attempts-to-spin-about-his-future-at-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson Again Attempts to Spin About His Future at DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Dwayne Johnson and his large ego can\u2019t appear to take the L on <em>Black Adam <\/em>and is once more trying to spin his personal narrative about his future at Warner Bros Discovery and DC.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson appeared on CNBC\u2019s <em>Squawk on the Street<\/em>, and tried to shoot down a latest report from  Variety when requested by CNBC host Morgan Brennan that Johnson pitched \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/dwayne-johnson-dc-exit-black-adam-superman-failed-plan-1235478867\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/dwayne-johnson-dc-exit-black-adam-superman-failed-plan-1235478867\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a multiyear plan for Black Adam<\/a>\u201d that apparently \u201cruffled feathers internally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is simply not true,\u201d Johnson mentioned. \u201cI had a great meeting with David Zaslav, myself and my longtime business partner Dany Garcia. Her and myself went in, we sat with David, and we did not pitch a ten-year plan at all. What our meeting was the future and how can we build across the entire platform of Warner bros. and Discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sounds like semantics. The future and and a so referred to as multiyear plan sound very comparable. Johnson went on to speak in regards to the challenges about not partaking \u201cin the sludge of media reporting.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Johnson added: \u201cYou know, I gotta tell you Morgan and David, one of the hardest things that I\u2019ve had to do \u2013 and it\u2019s one of the greater disciplines that we have to practice when we\u2019re in this position \u2013 is you want to be careful how much you get pulled into the sludge of media reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, that\u2019s not an overall criticism. but you do want to be careful about it. So it was very difficult \u2013 wait, let me rephrase that \u2013 it was challenging to exercise that kind of discipline. Just to let these reports come out,\u201d Johnson mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the embed under. The half with Johnson pertaining to DC begins at round 10:30.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ZgBoNL92o0E\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zoa Energy Drink has crossed over $100 million in retail sales, says Dwayne &#039;The Rock&#039; Johnson\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZgBoNL92o0E?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Previously, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock\/status\/1605322145768165376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1605322145768165376%7Ctwgr%5Ecadf2cc105e7b7f07603ca312ecc06601961ffba%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fheroichollywood.com%2Fdwayne-johnson-black-adam-future-dc-studios-meeting%2F\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock\/status\/1605322145768165376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1605322145768165376%7Ctwgr%5Ecadf2cc105e7b7f07603ca312ecc06601961ffba%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fheroichollywood.com%2Fdwayne-johnson-black-adam-future-dc-studios-meeting%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson mentioned <\/a>that Black Adam gained\u2019t be a part of the primary chapter of James Gunn and Peter Safran\u2019s DC Universe. However, Johnson says that there&#8217;s a gap for the character to return because of the huge storytelling alternatives of the multiverse. More spin. The Rock broke the information on his social media pages, following a latest dialogue with Gunn.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra,\u00a0<em>Black Adam<\/em>\u00a0has been dominating the HBO MAX streaming charts for weeks now, however the film had a disappointing run on the worldwide field workplace, incomes $390 million in opposition to a large $260 million manufacturing finances. For what it&#8217;s price, it\u2019s at the moment the highest rating title on WarnerMedia\u2019s HBO Max and Fandango\u2019s on-demand streaming service Vudu.<\/p>\n<p>Jaume Collet-Serra was working from a script by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, with a solid that additionally included Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Bodhi Sabongui and Pierce Brosnan. The film marked the large display screen debuts of Black Adam and the Justice Society of America, one of the crucial fashionable superhero groups within the pages of DC Comics.<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson had been attempting to get\u00a0<em>Black Adam<\/em>\u00a0off the bottom for years now, however the film was launched proper earlier than a large DC Universe shake-up at Warner Bros. Discovery, which noticed Walter Hamada\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heroichollywood.com\/walter-hamada-dc-films-warner-bros-discovery-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exiting his submit<\/a>\u00a0because the president of DC Films.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heroichollywood.com\/former-dc-films-president-walter-hamada-paramount-multi-year-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hadama is now at Paramount Pictures<\/a>, overseeing all issues horrror.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Black Adam<\/em>\u00a0information gained\u2019t come as a shock to many, as Gunn just lately introduced that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heroichollywood.com\/dc-studios-co-head-james-gunn-writing-new-superman-movie-without-henry-cavill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Cavill is not connected to the position of Superman<\/a>, one thing that has led many to consider that the DC Universe is being rebooted. Gunn is at the moment writing the script for the following Superman film, which is predicted to characteristic a brand new actor as a youthful model of the DC Comics icon.<\/p>\n<p>A latest article from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/why-henry-cavill-is-no-longer-superman-1235283791\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>\u00a0referred to as Henry Cavill \u201ca pawn in [Johnson]\u2019s failed attempt to control a piece of DC.\u201d The Rock had his personal plans for Superman, with the wrestler-turned-actor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heroichollywood.com\/dwayne-johnson-black-adam-superman-movie-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at one level teasing a showdown<\/a>\u00a0between the Man of Steel and his anti-hero Black Adam. Superman was most just lately seen within the post-credits scene of\u00a0<em>Black Adam<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Dwayne Johnson and his large ego can\u2019t appear to take the L on Black Adam and is once more trying to spin his personal narrative about his future at Warner Bros Discovery and DC. Johnson appeared on CNBC\u2019s Squawk on the Street, and tried to shoot down a latest report from Variety when requested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-53294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}