Rocks ego too big. This mfer refused to be in Shazam but got a cameo from Supes in his film. Now shyts getting changed and his life long passion project is bushed. All because this mfer probably wanted to be the main nikka of the DCEU when all Black Adam is is a Shazam villain/Anti Hero.
Congratulations you played yourself. See you at mania.
I think they could have finessed having The Rock/ Black Adam be the face of the DCEU, but it would have required a ton of groundwork to get people to give a damn about the character's motivations. The way Black Adam was just taking people on without any gravitas made hime feel like a gag type of character, similar to One Punch Man or Doomguy. Like, the dude is damn near invincible.
I'm not super heavy into comic rankings, but the fact that Marvel was able take off with Iron Man being the foundation, as opposed to Spiderman is probably good evidence of that.
I like the concept of an antihero becoming humanized over time, and I see that they were trying to show that with Hawkman and Dr.Fate trying to bring Adam's humanity back after being woken up after 5000 years. If they didn't bush Superman, we could have seen the Symbol of Hope that Supes embodies motivate Black Adam to be more than just a vengeful antihero. Where we left off, Adam was the Symbol of Hope in Khandak, but he didn't really give a damn about the rest of the world. A good evolution would have been him integrating with the Justice Society or the Justice League when bigger threats like Brainiac or Darkseid eventually come to Earth.
I don't know, I'm just throwing ideas out. I think what I'm proposing would have been hard to pull off, cause making Black Adam the foundation of the DCEU wouldn't have left alot of room for guys like Supes or Shazam.