Black Adam star Aldis Hodge hopes to play Hawkman in the DC Extended Universe for a long time.
In an interview with /Film at 2022's San Diego Comic-Con, Hodge was asked if he would be open to exploring his DC character further in a solo Hawkman film. "The thing about Hawkman, you'll know if you look at the chronology of the comic book series, you have the Justice Society, you even have him dip into the Justice League a little bit, and then you have the standalone Hawkman comics, and there's so much rich history there," the actor explained. "His backstory, his curse, his history with Hawkgirl. There's so much there to fill out a standalone film — a few standalone films! I just hope we get to explore it."
Hodge joined Black Adam in September 2020 as Carter Hall/Hawkman, an archeologist who is the reincarnation of an Egyptian prince. He is the leader of the Justice Society of America in Black Adam. The other members of the JSA include Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher, Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone and Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate. Hawkgirl was originally set to appear on the team, but Dwayne Johnson explained that the film was unable to use the character and that her role in Black Adam was filled with Swindell's Cyclone. In July 2022, Luca Nemolato, who worked on Black Adam as a concept artist, shared an "old concept for a Hawkgirl that never happened." While Nemolato didn't disclose which film the unused concept art was created for, many fans speculated that the pieces were for Black Adam.
Black Adam Synopsis & Characters
Black Adam will follow Teth-Adam/Black Adam as he is freed from his earthly tomb 5,000 years after being bestowed with the almighty powers of the ancient gods (and imprisoned just as quickly) and ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world. In addition to Johnson, Hodge, Centineo, Swindell and Brosnan, the film stars Sarah Shahi as Adrianna Tomaz, Marwan Kenzari as Sabbac and Bodhi Sabongui as Amon, with James Cusati-Moyer, Mo Amer and Uli Latukefu cast in undisclosed roles.
Black Adam will mark the first DCEU film released in theaters since The Suicide Squad in August 2021. Other future films include Shazam! Fury of the Gods and Batgirl in 2022, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, The Flash and Blue Beetle in 2023. A third Wonder Woman film and a film centered on Zatanna are also in the works while Jurnee Smollett will return as Black Canary in a feature-length film of the same name for HBO Max.
Black Adam opens in theaters on Oct. 21.
Source: /Film