dwayne johnson has finally addressed henry cavills superman exit from dc after he made a cameo appearance at the end of black adam johnson was instrumental in bringing cavill back to the dcu for the part but new dc studios coceo james gunn later confirmed cavill would not be playing superman anymorevariety asked johnson what his reaction was when he heard this on the oscars 2023 red carpet all that i can do and all that we could do when we were making black adam was to put our best foot forward and surround ourselves with the best people and deliver the best movie we could johnson said our audience score was in the 90s critics took a couple of shots but thats just the business of itbut i think its almost like when you have a pro football team and your quarterback wins championships and your head coach wins championships and then a new owner comes in and says not my coach not my quarterback im going to go with somebody newjohnson is seemingly referring to gunn and coceo peter safran who have outlined their dcu chapter one god and monsters plan their slate includes a new superman movie and a new batman film but one thing that is still up in the air is johnsons return as black adamin december johnson said james gunn and i connected and black adam will not be in their first chapter of storytelling however dc and seven bucks have agreed to continue exploring the most valuable ways black adam can be utilized in future dc multiverse chaptersfor more on dcu heres how to watch the dc movies in order and all of the upcoming dc movies and tv shows you need to know about