{"id":3657,"date":"2025-07-12T07:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3657\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T07:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T07:20:03","slug":"superman-fans-troll-dwayne-johnson-thank-him-for-being-bad-in-black-adam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/3657\/","title":{"rendered":"Superman Fans Troll Dwayne Johnson, Thank Him for Being Bad in Black Adam"},"content":{"rendered":"

DC fans have hilariously thanked former \u201cBlack Adam\u201d actor Dwayne Johnson for James Gunn\u2019s \u201cSuperman\u201d success, which opened nationally in theaters Friday and raked in the year\u2019s best box office preview total<\/a> with $22.5 million.<\/p>\n

As TheWrap previously reported<\/a>, in 2022 Johnson and Seven Bucks co-founder Dany Garcia met with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav on not only inserting Superman back into \u201cBlack Adam,\u201d but according to four insiders with knowledge of the meeting, positioning Seven Bucks to run DC and replace then-chief Walter Hamada.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Garcia wasn\u2019t hired to run the unit, and Johnson and Seven Bucks were evicted from DC shortly after \u201cBlack Adam\u201d tanked and Zaslav hired James Gunn and Peter Safran to run the division<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now that \u201cSuperman\u201d appears to be having liftoff at the box office \u2014 and boasts a positive 82% fresh rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> \u2014 DC diehards had a field day on social media trolling Johnson and thanking him for pivoting the Warner Bros. plan away from Black Adam and Henry Cavill\u2019s Man of Steel return and into the arms of Gunn and \u201cSuperman\u201d star David Corenswet.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJust saw Superman \u2026 First and foremost, I want to say: Thank you Dwayne Johnson,\u201d one fan wrote on X in a viral post, seen at the time of publishing 3.4 million times.<\/p>\n

\u201cDwayne Johnson is the best thing to happen to DC,\u201d another wrote. \u201cHe was so bad we finally got the Superman movie we deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you think about it, we should all thank Dwayne Johnson. Because if it weren\u2019t for him, we\u2019d be stuck with his DCEU and wouldn\u2019t have James Gunn, the DCU and David Corenswet as #Superman<\/a>,\u201d wrote another. \u201cSo thank you Rock. The hierarchy of the DC Universe definitely changed \u2026 for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

When you think about it we should all thank Dwayne Johnson. Because if it weren\u2019t for him, we\u2019d be stuck with his DCEU and wouldn\u2019t have James Gunn, the DCU and David Corenswet as #Superman<\/a> so thank you Rock. The hierarchy of the DC Universe definitely changed..for the better<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jeremy Irizarry (@RealmOfFilmx) July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSuperman was fire,\u201d another fan gushed. \u201cI feel like I owe Dwayne Johnson a thank you letter for f\u2013king over the DC Universe. We wouldn\u2019t have gotten this peak Superman movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank Dwayne Johnson for putting the final nail in the coffin of trainwreck DCEU with the Black Adam movie he\u2019s been wanting for years and for paving the way for us to see this masterpiece,\u201d another wrote of \u201cSuperman.\u201d<\/p>\n

I thank Dwayne Johnson for putting the final nail in the coffin of trainwreck DCEU with the Black Adam movie he’s been wanting for years and for paving the way for us to see this masterpiece. <\/p>\n

This movie is exactly what Superman needs in cinema. James Gunn really nailed it \ud83d\udcaf https:\/\/t.co\/n8a4Nt5xBf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Berkant (@waythisis) July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Warner Bros.\/DC Studios\u2019\u00a0\u201cSuperman\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is off and flying at the box office with $22.5 million from preview screenings, the most for any film this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuperman\u201d has enjoyed heavy anticipation from fans of the Man of Steel since it was first announced more than two years ago, and Warner Bros. has looked to capitalize on the hype with special early fan screenings available exclusively to Amazon Prime subscribers.<\/p>\n

Here are more reactions to \u201cSuperman\u201d and Johnson\u2019s franchise that could\u2019ve been:<\/p>\n

Dwayne Johnson sacrificed himself so DC movies could be great again. Truly a generational talent.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Joe Winkel (@JoeTheShow365) July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Dwayne Johnson sacrificed his own reputation just to give us a better dc universe<\/p>\n

\u2014 transformersfanboy1 (@log99422) July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank the lord Black Adam flopped, and thank you Dwayne Johnson for making it so. <\/p>\n

The heirarchy in the DC universe did change\u2026without you. https:\/\/t.co\/q4yWtB3vhb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 James Prescott, Superhero (@JamesPrescott77) July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

I wanna thank Snyder fans and Dwayne Johnson for killing the DCEU so we can finally get good DC movies.<\/p>\n

\u2014 A.I. Mr.Bean (@_ZodiacZoro_) July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Ironically, the Rock’s Black Adam movie being so bad did fix DC and subsequently gave us the best Superman movie ever. So for that I say thank you Dwayne Johnson. https:\/\/t.co\/M6UQBLhWaG<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Caleb Suggs (@CalebSuggs2) July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Black Adam flopped because they didn\u2019t follow up on the end credit scene of Henry Cavill as Superman vs Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam <\/p>\n

You guys literally left us hanging for so many years\u2026 then boom, new Superman and everything https:\/\/t.co\/pe167tvxFf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 GH(O)ST\ud83d\udc3a (@TheColourBlack1) July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

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