Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson broke the news on Twitter that he'll play Black Adam in an upcoming DC Comics movie.

I’m certain The Rock was more that excited to finally reveal the character he was going to play, he’s been dropping major hints left and right these past months.

“Kneel at his feet or get crushed by his boot.” My honor to become.. #BlackAdam #TheAntiHero #DCComics pic.twitter.com/Qk55eNf3R7

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 3, 2014

I’ll admit I thought he would be playing Billy Bastion aka Captain Marvel/Shazam! However, The Rock playing Black Adam may be even better.  He’s such a charismatic person and I’m convinced that he will be a fantastic villain although his tweet nods at an anti-hero vibe.

Sources tell Variety that Darren Lemke is set to write the script with Johnson attached to star. Johnson will play Black Adam, who in recent issues of the DC comicbook, is more of an anti-hero trying to clear his name than a villain.

Johnson and Hiram Garcia are also producing.

“We Love Dwayne and have had nothing but success with him over the years,” said Toby Emmerich, President and COO of New Line. “When I look at Dwayne both off screen and on screen, he is such a larger than life character and it just made perfect sense to me that we put him in a DC comic movie. You look at these comic book characters and they have this certain swag and charisma that Dwayne carries with him where ever he is so that’s why this always made sense.”

Source: Variety