In 2021, his biographical comedy-drama series Young Rock began airing on NBC. A film centered around Teth-Adam/Black Adam, a part of the DC Extended Universe, was announced to be in development in January 2017. Originally cast in the role as early as September 2014 as the antagonist, in a film centered around the superhero Billy Batson/Shazam, his villainous role for Shazam! was reworked into two separate films. Johnson did not appear in Shazam!, but he served as a producer and his likeness was used through special effects in flashback scenes.
In 2021 his biographical comedy-drama series Young Rock began airing on NBC A film centered around Teth-Adam/Black Adam, a part of the DC Extended Universe was announced to be in development in January 2017. Originally cast in the role as early as September 2014 as the antagonist, in a film centered around the superhero Billy Batson/Shazam, his villainous role for Shazam! was reworked into two separate films. Johnson did not appear in Shazam!, but he served as a producer and his likeness was used through special effects in flashback scenes.