Dwayne Johnson Thrills CinemaCon In Person To Show Off ‘Black Adam’ & ‘DC League of Super-Pets’

Comedy is back on NBC’s fall schedule with an hourlong Friday block — comprised by Dwayne Johnson’s Young Rock and new George Lopez series Lopez vs. Lopez — but The Blacklist is not, put on the bench until midseason only for the second time in its 10-season run. As expected, the Quantum Leap reboot, starring Raymond Lee, landed the post-Voice Monday slot while La Brea is back in the Tuesday 9 PM slot where it launched with a bang last fall.

Young Rock will be back for a third season.

More than eight months after wrapping “Black Adam”, Dwayne Johnson is back at work on the upcoming superhero flick.

Studios attempting to shoot massive blockbuster movies during the pandemic are facing risks of production pausing for days, weeks, or even months at a time due to safety protocols in the age of COVID. Many might assume that once a film wraps, delays and studio headaches are over, but when it comes to Dwayne Johnson‘s “Black Adam,” featuring the mega-star as the DC Comics anti-hero, the post-production process has another string of hiccups to navigate.

Tuesday’s episode of “Young Rock” is a special one. Not only does the installment chronicle Dwayne Johnson’s first-ever WWF match, but the episode was written by those who are incredibly familiar with the events chronicled within: Johnson, Hiram Garcia and Brian Gewirtz.The episode, titled “Corpus Christi,” marks Johnson and Garcia’s screenwriting debut, while Gewirtz was a longtime head writer for WWE.

wait even longer to see Dwayne Johnson’s superhero debut in “Black Adam,” but there’s a good reason why the film’s release date was pushed back from July to October.“I think we’re just in a world right now where there was a huge and understandable freeze-up when the pandemic hit and a lot of productions were put on hold,” producer and president of production at Seven Bucks Productions Hiram Garcia told TheWrap during a recent interview about NBC’s “Young Rock” series. “Now that the industry has really roared back, the pipeline for VFX is so jammed.

The Rock has hit the big 5-0.

You know who’s a good boy? The faithful and loyal pet that saves its master. That’s basically the premise of Warner Bros’/DC Films’ “DC League of Super-Pets” which stars Dwayne Johnson as the voice of Krypto the Super-Dog.

 is bringing in a new member of its creative family. Following Justin Lin's departure from the upcoming 10th installment of the franchise, ET can confirm that French filmmaker Louis Leterrier has been chosen to step in and direct the action-packed film.Leterrier is best known for directing the first two  films, as well as 2008's 2010's 2013's and the Netflix streaming series Lin announced his directorial departure last Tuesday, but shared with fans that he would be remaining on the project as a producer.

Gold House rings in Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month launching its 2022 A100 List featuring a number of impactful names including Michelle Yeoh, Dwayne Johnson  and Mindy Kaling.

Dwayne Johnson's at it again doing what he does best — making fans tremble with surprise appearances!The star shared video of an awesome encounter he had with a couple of fans who showed up to the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Las Vegas to visit the actor's latest wax figure, which celebrates his Teremana tequila. In video Johnson posted on Instagram, you can see a couple of fans posing with the wax figure as the actor hides in the background.As the picture's about to be snapped, Johnson races behind the fans, gets in the frame and raises a glass. Moments later, the fans turn around for the shock of their lives.

After spending the entire week trapped in the bowels of a smoke-filled, maskless, jam-packed Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for CinemaCon, and after sitting through the various studio presentations in search of possible clues to what might be in play for the 95th annual Academy Awards, I can say two of the names we are very likely to hear about might be two of the most unexpected: Tom Cruise and Harvey Weinstein. I am not hallucinating. I will get to both in a second, but first I have to say Oscar pundits don’t really travel to this annual exhibitors convention with any realistic expectations of seeing major awards contenders.

Some friendly competition. Khloé Kardashian joined in on the fun after Dwayne Johnson jokingly compared the butt on his wax figure at Madame Tussauds to her own.

Dwayne Johnson has one request for Madame Tussauds: give his wax figure some glutes like Khloé Kardashian‘s!

Khloe Kardashian is reacting to her new neighbor at the wax museum. On Wednesday, Dwayne Johnson made a surprise appearance at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Las Vegas to meet his latest wax figure, which celebrates his Teremana tequila.  In a TikTok video created by the star, he stands next to his statue — which wears a tan vest-and-pants set -- mimicking the pose of him holding up a glass of his famous tequila.

After two years of on-and-off theater closures, the studios and the stars came out to present their wares at CinemaCon 2022. Movies from ‘Black Adam’ to ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ to Olivia Wilde’s ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ — all Covid affected in one way or another — finally got to make their pitch to theater-goers, journalists and exhibitors.

, but will be remaining on the film as a producer.Lin's announcement comes just days after production had begun on the upcoming film — he also directed, which was released last summer, and was set to direct the upcoming 11th film.  «With the support of Universal, I have made the difficult decision to step back as director of FAST X, while remaining with the project as a producer,» Lin's statement read. «Over 10 years and five films, we have been able to shoot the best actors, the best stunts, and the best damn car chases.

All of Warner’s upcoming DC films were showcased in a presentation hosted by Aisha Tyler, including a surprise appearance by Dwayne Johnson to present his one-two summer punch of “Black Adam” and “DC League of Super Pets” and give shoutouts to several of the top theater execs in attendance. James Wan appeared to discuss next year’s “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” and the studio’s holiday offering, “Shazam: Fury of the Gods,” was also featured with a new trailer and a special appearance from Zachary Levi and the film’s cast, including Helen Mirren as the villain Hespera, leader of the daughters of Atlas.And as fans and industry insiders have expected, a sequel to “The Batman” was announced with director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson returning.

Warner Bros. brought a lot of DC — a lot — to its CinemaCon session today. In addition to a The Flash trailer, Dwayne Johnson showing up to push DC League of Super-Pets and Black Adam, the cast of Shazam: Fury of the Gods stopped by with a trailer, in addition to James Wan how had a sizzle reel of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.