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In addition to causing problems behind the scenes of Red alert (Netflix) and Red One (Amazon Studios), Dwayne Johnson also had a troubled passage through A.Dwhere he starred in Black Adam.
And thanks to the report of TheWrap, previously unseen details were revealed. Sources consulted by the website point out that he actually planned to creatively control the division.
In 2022, Johnson and Danny Garcia met with David Zaslav (CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery) to “suggest” Hiram Garciahis frequent collaborator in Seven Bucks Productionsas head of the newly created DC Studios.
Obviously, it didn’t happen, with Zaslav announcing that james gunn It is Peter Safran would share the leadership role. Johnson and his company were “evicted” shortly thereafter.
The situation also affected Henry Cavillwhich was promised to return in a sequel The Man of Steel. When everything fell apart, he fired Dany Garcia as his agent.
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Black Adam he had Jaume Collet-Serra (Shallow Water, Jungle Cruise) in the direction.
Originally, Black Adam was expected to have a budget of $190 million, but everything became “excessively expensive” after poor test screenings.
After “twenty days of an expensive round of reshoots”this value rose to US$260 million.
Its box office was just US$393 million around the world.
Source: TheWrap
