Black Adam producer Hiram Garcia promises the movie will have a high body count. Starring Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam, the DC movie is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and co-stars Pierce Brosnan as Dr. Fate, Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Sarah Shahi as Isis, and Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher. The film's plot is unknown, but previous images, video, and tidbits shared by Johnson, both on social media and at the last two DC FanDome events, tease a good amount of time being spent on Black Adam's origin and how he came to be the anti-hero he is so well-known as.
The film will be Johnson's first foray into the big-budget superhero genre, having paved his way thus far with high-octane action films, comedies, and even a few family films along the way. Black Adam, however, will also be more than a simple superhero film, as the character is far from your standard-issue 'good guy,' like Superman or Shazam. He's commonly known as the arch-nemesis of Shazam and is often portrayed with evil, devious, or downright mean intentions. However Black Adam has been known to sometimes manage to do a good deed or two throughout his adventures, occasionally teaming up with the heroes when it suits his needs.
Producer Hiram Garcia has already said that Black Adam will be "fun and edgy," but while talking to CBR he revealed that it will also have a high body count. Garcia compares the film's PG-13 rating to be akin to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, which pushed the ratings' bounds; something DC is aiming to do with Black Adam. Garcia goes on to say that the film has "a very high kill count," which could be looked at in any number of ways, be it at the hands of Black Adam or of the supporting cast (or unnamed villains of the film). Read his full comment:
"Black Adam is edgy, right? That's gonna be a PG-13 movie where it was very much like, say, The Dark Knight, where that pushed the edges of PG-13. I think we do that very much with Black Adam. We have a very high kill count in our movie."
Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy did, in fact, have a stronger kill count than standard comic book films, but then again, it depends on perspective. 2013's Man of Steel tallied up a kill count in the thousands on the DC side, while Marvel killed off half the universe in Avengers: Infinity War, which accounts for at least 3.5 billion on Earth alone. However, according to Guinness Book of World Records, the highest "on-screen" kill count for a superhero movie is James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 with 83,871 deaths.
It's unclear how high Black Adam's body count will go or in what manner the deaths will occur in order to rack up such a big number, but Garcia seems to feel confident it's enough to warrant pushing the edge of a PG-13. Johnson is no stranger to killing off bad guys in movies, although it's rare that he ventures into the realm of R-rated kills these days, as his appeal tends to go for the broadest group of people possible, especially kids and teens. That said, Johnson and the filmmakers of Black Adam have constantly touted how the film will be different and edgier, so perhaps they have some genuine surprises in store.
Source: CBR
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