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After years of development and teases, Dwayne Johnson's 'Black Adam' finally has a release date – Dec. 22, 2021.

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00:00After being attached to play the DC character

00:02for more than a decade,

00:03Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam finally has a release date.

00:06Johnson took to Instagram on Thursday

00:08to reveal that the New Line film will open

00:10on December 22nd, 2021.

00:12He captioned the artwork,

00:13"'Like most kids growing up,

00:15"'I dreamed about being a superhero,

00:16"'having cool superpowers, fighting for what's right,

00:19"'and always protecting the people.

00:20"'Now, years later, as a man with the same DNA

00:23"'I had as a kid, my superhero dreams have come true.'"

00:26And although Black Adam has traditionally been a villain,

00:28Johnson is selling him as a hero.

00:30He wrote,

00:31"'Black Adam is blessed by magic

00:33"'with the powers equal to Superman,

00:35"'but the difference is he doesn't toe the mark

00:37"'or walk the line.

00:38"'He's a rebellious, one-of-a-kind superhero

00:40"'who will always do what's right for the people,

00:42"'but he does it his way.'"

00:43Johnson added,

00:44"'The role is unlike any other I've ever played in my career,

00:47"'and I'm grateful to the bone

00:48"'we'll all go on this journey together.'"

00:50Black Adam is a spinoff of Shazam,

00:52Zachary Levi's superhero film that opened in April.

00:55You can leave tall buildings in a single bound.

00:58I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.

01:01Now, the December 22nd release date puts it just days

01:04after the highly anticipated film Avatar 2,

01:07which comes out December 17th, 2021,

01:09which will be a packed year for DC films.

01:11Matt Reeves' The Batman,

01:13starring Robert Pattinson, opens on June 25th,

01:15and James Gunn's The Suicide Squad hits on August 6th, 2021.

01:19For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:21Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:23I'm Tiffany Taylor.