We’re formally a month away from the debut of Black Adam, a movie that’s anticipated to be a brand new turning level within the superhero film panorama. Within the decade because the movie was first put into growth and Dwayne Johnson was first forged within the titular position, the live-action DC universe has ebbed and flowed a number of instances over — one thing that the movie’s newest tv spot performed off of. The spot, which was first launched earlier right this moment, opens with footage of a few of the heroes and villains that Black Adam predates, and it seems to be like one controversial facet of that has now been modified.

The unique spot featured a shot of Steppenwolf from the 2017 theatrical lower of Justice League — a call that upset some followers, because the scene really centered round Darkseid in final yr’s prolonged Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Amid the ever-evolving debate round which model of Justice League is basically canon, the thought of the theatrical lower being included in Black Adam’s advertising was not properly obtained. On Wednesday evening, Warner Bros. launched an up to date model of the spot that removes the reference to Justice League totally, as an alternative together with what seems to be footage from Black Adam itself. Johnson even addressed the change on Twitter, tweeting out the spot as soon as once more with the caption “Corrected.”

Corrected

Lengthy earlier than the world of heroes and villans, #BlackAdam dominated all of it.

A god with zero mercy and energy born from rage.

The #ManInBlack hits theaters worldwide…

ONE MONTH FROM TODAY.

OCTOBER 21 @SevenBucksProd @DCComics @wbpictures pic.twitter.com/KmNPDOk3Cx

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 22, 2022

“I’m 100% dedicated to not solely Black Adam however then increasing the Black Adam universe, the DC universe,” Johnson mentioned when requested by ComicBook.com if he sees himself on this position for years to come back throughout a current Q&A with press. “I’m an optimist from the phrase, ‘Go.’ So, to me and to all of us up right here, all universes exist in our heads. I’ll, all of us will, work very onerous to verify we’re honoring the mythology but additionally giving the followers what they need. I hear the followers, all of us do, and I decide up the whole lot they’re placing down. It would not get by me, it would not get by these guys [producer Hiram Garcia, producer Beau Flynn, director Jaume Collet-Serra]. That is the start, hopefully, fingers crossed, of a really lengthy storytelling street that Black Adam is the anchoring jet gasoline now that may then push and press this universe out.”

Black Adam is directed by Jungle Cruise’s Jaume Collett-Serra, and also will characteristic Aldis Hodge (The Invisible Man, Underground) as Hawkman, Quintessa Swindell (Trinkets, Euphoria) as Cyclone, Noah Centineo (To All of the Boys I Love Earlier than, Charlie’s Angels) as Atom Smasher, and Pierce Brosnan (GoldenEye, Mamma Mia!) as Physician Destiny, with Uli Latukefu, Marwan Kenzari, Mohammed Amer, James Cusati-Moyer, and Bodhi Sabongui have additionally been forged in at the moment unknown roles.

Black Adam is ready to be launched completely in theaters on October twenty first.