Trivia about Black Adam.
- Dwayne Johnson once asked his fans which character he should play, superhero Shazam or supervillain Black Adam. His fans chose Black Adam.
- Black Adam was originally going to first appear in Shazam!, but it was later revealed that he will instead make his debut in his own film.
- Jordan Peele was originally offered the chance to direct the film when it was first announced in 2017, but Peele declined, saying "I'm not a fan of superhero movies and I'd hate to take that chance away from a director who is passionate about them."
- Jaume Collet-Serra was considered to direct The Suicide Squad but drooped out of the running to direct Jungle Cruise instead, that film also starred Dwayne Johnson.
- While Black Adam and Captain Marvel both speak the same name of the wizard Shazam as an acronym to activate their powers, in the case of Captain Marvel the acronym stands for the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury. In the case of Black Adam, the acronym stands for the stamina of Shu, the swiftness of Horus, the strength of Amon, the wisdom of Zehuti, the power of Aton, and the courage of Mehen.
- The eleventh film in the DC Extended Universe.
- Fady Elsayed was originally cast in the film, but due to COVID restrictions, his role had to be recast.[1]
- Isabela Merced, Leslie Grace, Thomasin McKenzie, Kathryn Newton, Haley Lu Richardson, Mackenzie Foy, Alexandra Shipp and Odessa Young were considered for the role of Cyclone.
- Dacre Montgomery, Eli Goree, Jacob Elordi and Matthew Noszka were the top choices for Atom Smasher.
- Nazanin Boniadi was locked for the role of Adrianna Tomaz before the part went to
Sarah Shahi.
- Bodhi Sabongui, who plays Amon Tomaz in the film, had previously starred in DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Necromancing the Stone as Behrad Tarazi, an alternate version of Amon Tomaz.
- Hawkman actor Aldis Hodge used Dwayne Johnson for gym motivation to improve his superhero physique during the workout & training prep for the film. He said, "The Rock is always throwing up videos on Instagram. Every time I see him I feel like he's gained 100 more pounds. And I'll just be up in the gym looking at myself with the little subtle flex and I'm not getting anything. Nothing is happening to me. It keeps me motivated because I'll be in the gym taking a minute on a bike or something like that, and then I see him in the gym all swole and I'm like, 'I must do better.'"
- Armie Hammer and Alexander Skarsgård were considered for the role of Hawkman.
- Eiza González was considered for the role of Hawkwoman before the character got cut from the script.
- Liam Neeson, who had previously worked with director Jaume Collet-Serra on four films (Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night and The Commuter, was considered for the role of Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate. Oded Fehr was also being eyed for the role as well.
- Quintessa Swindell took dancing lessons in preparation for her role as Cyclone.
- The first trailer was dropped on 8 June 2022, the 112th birthday of C.C. Beck, co-creator of Shazam and Black Adam.
- The fourth live-action appearance of the Justice Society of America after Smallville, DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Stargirl.
- There were plans for Black Adam to appear in The Suicide Squad, but those plans were scrapped when James Gunn took over that movie.
- Pierce Brosnan wore a motion-capture suit for his role as Doctor Fate.
- Hawkgirl and Stargirl were originally going to appear but were removed in favor of Cyclone.
- Uli Latukefu starred in Young Rock as Dwayne Johnson's 18-year-old counterpart.
- Originally the Justice League villain Eclipso was going to be in the film, with concept art featuring the Heart of Darkness diamond that contained Eclipso and being implied to have corrupted Teth-Adam. He was removed in favor of keeping Adam anti-heroic rather than villainous.
- Before this DC movie, Pierce Brosnan was considered to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman.
- Dwayne Johnson (Black Adam in this feature) had starred alongside Arnold Vosloo (Black Adam in Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam) in "The Mummy" films, where both had played magically empowered antagonists.
- This is the second comic-book feature for Dwayne Johnson (after Hercules (2014)), Marwan Kenzari (after The Old Guard (2020)), Sarah Shahi (after Young Justice: Terrors (2011)) and Bodhi Sabongui (after DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Necromancing the Stone (2018)).
- Pierce Brosnan is the fifth James Bond actor to appear in a comic book adaptation, after:
- Timothy Dalton - Flash Gordon (1980), The Rocketeer (1991), and Doom Patrol (2019)
- George Lazenby - Batman Beyond (1999)
- Sir Sean Connery - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
- Daniel Craig - The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
- In addition, David Niven, who played Bond in the non-Eon film Casino Royale (1967), was considered to play Alfred Pennyworth in a potential Batman film before his death in 1983.
- Cyclone's costume is a combination of her normal DC Comics green costume and her purple ribbon costume from the "Kingdom Come" comic.
- The film originally received an R rating due to several gruesome death scenes. A majority of these deaths had to be cut before the film could receive the more commercially viable PG-13 rating.
- Cyclone has a toy monkey in one scene. In the comics, she had as a sidekick a pet monkey named Frankie (named after "The Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum, who inspired Cyclone's "Wicked Witch of the West" costume).
- Atom Smasher's costume is a combination of his normal DC Comics costume (red and blue, mask) and his Nuklon costume (full-body suit).
- Despite being considered the archenemy of Shazam, Black Adam was absent for most of the hero's early history. Black Adam debuted in The Marvel Family #1 (Dec. 1945), published by Fawcett Comics, and he didn't appear again until Shazam! #28 (Apr. 1977), by which time Fawcett had been bought by CBS and DC had taken over publishing Shazam comics.
- The metal of Eternium, mined from the Rock of Eternity, originated in 1998 in the "Legion of Super-Heroes" comics, where it was used in the origin of Thunder (CeCe Beck), the future era's Shazam.
- This film is majorly inspired by Geoff Johns's "Justice Society of America" comic, where Adam is an anti-heroic character who joins and serves in the Justice Society.
- Teth-Adam gets his powers from his son Hurut, who was chosen to be the Champion and gave them to him.
- This comes from the DC "New 52" comics, where it was his nephew Aman and Adam killed him to take the powers for himself.
- Ismael Gregor/Sabbac in this film is based on his comic version (a crime boss who wields demonic powers), and contains traits of Ibac (a tyrant ruler of Kahndaq who enslaved Black Adam's family, and whose descendant tries to take over).