Black Adam adds Ramy actor Mo Amer to the Dwayne Johnson-led DC movie

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Black Adam's cast continues to grow in the best ways

Mo Amer in Ramy.
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Reminders that the Black Adam movie is finally happening seem to be coming daily. The most recent update: the Dwayne Johnson-led DC movie has added stand-up comedian Mo Amer. 

Amer is the second Arab actor to join the cast. Tunisian-Dutch Aladdin star Marwan Kenzari was confirmed to have joined back in February. The rest of the star-studded cast includes Pierce Brosnan as Dr. Fate, Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher, Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone, with James Cusati-Moyer, and Bodhi Sabongui. 

Amer, also a stand-up comedian, is best known as Ramy Youssef’s cousin Mo in the award-winning Hulu sitcom Ramy. He also has a Netflix comedy special Mo Amer: The Vagabond and makes up one-third of the comedy troupe Allah Made Me Funny. He is set to star in the upcoming comedy film Americanish. 

Stephanie Williams

Stephanie is a comic book historian and pop culture critic for publications including SYFYFANGRRLS, Marvel, The A.V. Club, Nerdist, Den of Geek, and Rotten Tomatoes. Stephanie is also a comic creator with three ongoing webcomics, Parenthood Activate!, But What If Though?, and Living Heroes. She made her Marvel debut with a short story featuring Monica Rambeau in Marvel’s Voices: Legacy. She recently made her DC Comics debut in Wonder Woman Black and Gold #2 and is co-writing the Nubia and the Amazons miniseries.