Dwayne Johnson is getting unexpected—and hilarious—credit for the success of the new Superman film.
As reported by The Wrap, it all started back in 2022 when Johnson and his ex-wife/producing partner, Dany Garcia, pitched a bold idea: insert Superman into Black Adam to position their Seven Bucks Productions as the future face of the DCEU. That move led to Henry Cavill’s surprise cameo as the Man of Steel… and also to Black Adam flopping hard at the box office.
The failure of Black Adam ultimately took Seven Bucks out of the running to steer the DCEU, which paved the way for James Gunn’s reboot—and the blockbuster Superman movie fans are raving about now.
That irony wasn’t lost on the internet. Fans on X (formerly Twitter) roasted Johnson with a wave of sarcastic praise.
“Dwayne Johnson is the best thing to happen to DC—he was so bad we finally got the Superman movie we deserved,” one post read.
Another chimed in, “We should all thank Dwayne Johnson. If it weren’t for him, we’d be stuck with his DCEU and wouldn’t have James Gunn, the DCU, and David Corenswet as #Superman.”
One fan even joked, “Superman was fire. I feel like I owe Dwayne Johnson a thank you letter for f**king over the DC Universe. We wouldn’t have gotten this peak Superman movie.”
The roast was so real that “Thank You Dwayne Johnson” and “Thank You Rock” started trending on X.
