Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Black Adam superhero movie delayed until 2021 after he caught coronavirus

DWAYNE 'The Rock' Johnson's Black Adam superhero movie has been delayed until 2021 after he caught the coronavirus.

Dwayne, 48, was to begin filming the DC Universe movie this summer when he and his family contracted the deadly bug.

Dwayne revealed his news in a video on social media last night, two days after Black Adam Producer Hiram Garcia said the coronavirus pandemic thwarted their filming schedule "in a big way" in a chat with movie site Collider.

He said: "COVID threw a curveball in a big way and readjusted everyone's schedule, but I think the easiest way to look at it is it simply pushed the entire industry's schedule a few months.

"We're planning to pick back up with Black Adam some time first quarter next year and hoping to lock that all down soon."

The 48-year-old actor said that contracting the virus was "a real kick in the gut."

"And I've gone through some doozies in the past. I've gotten knocked about and had my ass kicked in the past with some challenges, but testing positive for COVID-19 is much different than overcoming nasty injuries or being evicted or even being broke, which I have been more than a few times."

"The reason why I feel this is different is because my number one priority is always to protect my family and protect my children- my loved ones."

He added: "I wish it was only me that had tested positive, but it wasn't. It was my entire family, so this one was a real kick in the gut.

"But I am happy to tell you guys that we, as a family, are good. We are on the other end of it. We're on the other side. We are no longer contagious and we are, thank God, we are healthy.

"We've got through COVID-19 stronger and healthier."

Dwayne said that he was "counting my blessings" because "we all have been hit by this thing, whether it is people we know, family we know, loved ones we know, friends we know."

He continued: "We are counting our blessings right now because we're well aware that it isn't always the case that you get on the other end of COVID-19 stronger and healthier."

He added both both of his daughters- Jasmine, 4, and Tiana, 2- "had a little sore throat the first couple of days, but other than that they bounced back and it's been life as normal."

The family "isolated" themselves as Dwayne and his wife Lauren Hashian, 35, had "a rough go."

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