MUMBAI: The DC Comics adaptation Shazam will see the light of the day earlier than expected. Dwayne Johnson will be seen essaying the role of Black Adam, one of the villains in the movie.

Back in October 2014, Warner Bros set the movie’s release date as 5 April, 2019. However, it's not really surprising if the release date will be changed because Johnson had already teased about it in an interview at the 87th Academy Awards in February this year.

Produced by Johnson, Hiram Garcia, Michael Uslan, Peter Segal and Michael Ewing, the movie centers on young Billy Batson, who finds himself gifted with the power of the wizard Shazam to fight against the forces of evil. No director has been tapped for the movie yet.