Noah Centineo who became a heartthrob with ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ is joining Dwayne Johnson in ‘Black Adam’, a spin off ‘Shazam!’
‘Black Adam’ is a popular DC comics antihero.
Jaume Collet-Serra, who directed Johnson in Disney’s forthcoming ‘Jungle Cruise’, will be in the director’s chair when the feature project goes before cameras, although with the pandemic the timing is unclear. Johnson’s longtime collaborator, Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo., is producing along with Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia via their Seven Bucks Productions.
Centineo will play Albert Rothstein aka Atom Smasher , a character who can control his molecular structure and is able to manipulate his size and strength.
Centineo made hearts throb with ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’, a smash hit for Netflix that made him a major player on the social media stage and opened doors in Hollywood for the actor. He has since starred in a sequel, ‘To All the Boys: PS. I Still Love You’, which debuted earlier this year, and has a third installment in post.
The actor is also heading ‘World War II’ drama The Diary, directed by Jackie Chan.
‘Black Adam’ is the second New Line Cinema- DC collaboration following 2019’s critical and commercial hit ‘Shazam!’ The titular anti-hero is Dwayne Johnson’s first superhero role and started preparing for this part last year.
The storyline of ‘Black Adam’ is still kept in the dark. The character first appeared in DC Comics in the 1940s as a villain corrupted by power. The character became an antihero in the early 2000s.
