Dwayne Johnson Criticizes WB for Forcing Him Out of DC

Black Adam star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has slammed Warner Bros. for forcing him out of DC in favor of shifting focus to James Gunn's reboot.

Following James Gunn's DC Studios takeover, Dwayne Johnson confirmed, just two months after Black Adam hit theaters, his character would "not be in [the] first chapter" of the new DCU, bringing his franchise tenure to an end, for now.

Over the last year, Johnson has been fairly openly critical of Warner Bros., particularly in its handling of Henry Cavill's Superman who he stated had been "on the sidelines for too long" before his Black Adam return.

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