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MOVIES: Shazam! - News Roundup *Updated 28th March 2019*

29 Mar 2019

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28th March 2019 - Sneak Peek 2




20th March 2019 - 3 New Posters








13th March 2019 - Sneak Peek

Thanks to Ivan for the heads up.




5th March 2019 - Trailer 2

Thanks to Ivan for the heads up.




11th February 2019 - Meet Shazam! Featurette




20th January 2019 - In Theaters April 5 TV Spot




10th January 2019 - New Promotional Photo






6th December 2018 - New Poster; New Trailer Coming in New Year






24th July 2018 - First Details on Villain, Sivana

EW has now learned a little about the character Mark Strong will be playing. Comic fans already know Sivana is Batson’s arch-nemesis, but there have been different backstories for the character over the years. In Shazam!, 14-year-old orphan Batson is selected by a 3,000-year-old Wizard to inherit his powers due to his pure heart. The film’s version of Sivana also encountered The Wizard as a kid — but he was rejected to receive his powers. Ever since then, Sivana has spent his life searching for a way to gain the abilities that Billy now possesses in a desire to live up to the expectations of a domineering father.

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Read More on Entertainment Weekly


21st July 2018 - Comic-Con Teaser Trailer




18th July 2018 - Confirmed to Be in the DCEU

Next year’s Shazam! movie takes place in the same universe as the other DC films, EW can confirm, plus there are tentative plans to do more with the character in the future that could eventually involve other DCU heroes.

We asked Shazam! producer Peter Safran: Will Billy/Shazam be in a Justice League sequel? “I wouldn’t be surprised to see Shazam play a role in the DCU,” Safran replied carefully. “He exists in that world.”

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Read More on Entertainment Weekly


17th July 2018 - First Look at Young Billy Batson & Freedy Freeman


At the start of the film, Billy moves into a new foster care home where he’s befriended by Freddy, whose knowledge of comics and superheroes comes in handy. “Freddy’s a fanbody when it comes to Batman, Superman, the Justice League, so he becomes Billy’s mentor and sansei when it comes to being a superhero,” Grazer says.

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Read More on Entertainment Weekly


17th July 2018 - EW Cover




16th July 2018 - Second Promotional Photo


Source: Entertainment Weekly


11th July 2018 - First Look Photo


Source: Entertainment Weekly


10th July 2018 - Djimon Hounsou Joins Cast

Djimon Hounsou was quietly cast to play the sorcerer who gives young Billy Batson his powers in DC’s Shazam! film coming next year, EW has exclusively learned.

Previously, This Is Us actor Ron Cephas Jones was widely reported as likely getting the Shazam! role, but that didn’t end up happening due to a scheduling conflict.

Filming on Shazam! has actually wrapped, but this bit of casting remained under the radar until now.

Source:
Entertainment Weekly


21st May 2018 - Zachary Levi Shares First Look at Shazam




23rd April 2017 - Ross Butler Joins Cast

Ross Butler, who played Reggie in CW’s “Riverdale,” has joined the cast of New Line’s “Shazam!,” Variety has confirmed.

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Variety


20th March 2018 - Logo Revealed + Teaser Poster






27th February 2018 - BTS Photo




22nd January 2018 - Marta Milans Joins Cast

EXCLUSIVE: Marta Milans has joined the growing cast of New Line’s forthcoming superhero pic Shazam! She joins Zachary Levi, who will play the titular role in the David F. Sandberg-directed adaptation of the classic character from DC Comics.

Milans will play one of the foster parents at the home where Billy lives.

Source:
Deadline


12th January 2018 - Release Date Revealed

Warner Bros. already had April 5, 2019 RSVP’ed for a DC titles and today they revealed that movie will actually be David F. Sandberg’s Shazam!

Source:
Deadline


19th December 2017 - Cooper Andrews Joins Cast

EXCLUSIVE: Cooper Andrews, who currently co-stars as Jerry, loyalist to the Kingdom, on AMC’s The Walking Dead, has come aboard the DC comic universe in New Line’s David F. Sandberg-directed Shazam!.

Andrews will play the foster parent at the group home where Billy lives.

Source:
Deadline


12th December 2017 - Ian Chen & Jovan Armand Join Cast

Fresh Off The Boat actor Ian Chen and Jovan Armand (Bella and the Bulldogs) have joined the cast of New Line’s David F. Sandberg-directed DC superhero film Shazam!

Chen will play Eugene and Armand will play Pedro, friends of Billy’s from a group home.

Source:
Deadline


6th December 2017 - Jack Dylan Grazer Joins Cast

EXCLUSIVE: Following a breakout performance in New Line’s box office record-breaker It, Jack Dylan Grazer has been added to the cast of the studio’s DC Comic film, Shazam!.

Grazer will play Freddy, Batson’s best friend and the only person who knows the truth about Shazam.

Source:
Deadline


6th November 2017 - Asher Angel Cast as Billy Batson

Asher Angel, one of the leads on Disney Channel’s Andi Mack, has snagged the role of Billy Batson opposite Zachary Levi in New Line’s DC superhero movie Shazam!

The project is casting up as it heads toward a production start in early 2018, with Mark Strong already in talks to play the villain and Grace Fulton in line for a lead.

David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation) is directing Shazam! from a screenplay by Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke.

Source:
The Hollywood Reporter


2nd November 2017 - Grace Fulton in Final Negotiations to Join Cast

Grace Fulton is in negotiations to join New Line’s DC superhero film “Shazam!” starring Zachary Levi, sources tell Variety.

The film follows a boy named Billy Batson who can transform into an adult superhero by uttering the magic word “Shazam!” The name is an acronym of the ancient gods and historical figures Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury, who Batson derives his heroic attributes from when in adult form.

Fulton will play one of Batson’s friends.

Source:
Variety


2nd November 2017 - Mark Strong in Talks to Play DC Villain Doctor Sivana

Mark Strong is in talks to play DC Comics villain Doctor Sivana in New Line’s “Shazam,” TheWrap has exclusively learned.

Known as Shazam’s archenemy and most frequent foe, in 2009, Doctor Sivana was ranked as IGN’s 82nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. In the most recent run of DC Comics the New 52 that “Shazam,” is loosely based on, Sivana is depicted as a respected scientist desperate to save his family from an unknown plight. With science having failed him, he turns to magic. Doctor Sivana’s team finds what he believes to be the tomb of Black Adam; while attempting to open it, the scientist is half-blinded by magical lightning to the face (which has the side-effect of letting him see magic).

Source:
The Wrap


27th October 2017 - Zachary Levi to Star

Zachary Levi will star in the DC comic book adaptation Shazam!, which follows a boy named Billy Batson, who can transform into an adult superhero by uttering the magic word "Shazam!" The name is an acronym of the ancient world gods and historical figures Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury, from which the big Batson derives his heroic attributes when in adult form.

David F. Sandberg is directing Shazam! for New Line. The studio is high on Sandberg and sees him as a homegrown talent after putting out his first feature Lights Out in 2016, and releasing the director's Annabelle: Creation, the latest installment of The Conjuring universe. The $15 million horror sequel has earned a big $303 million worldwide since opening in August.

Other actors in the mix for the role in the last few months have included John Cena and more recently Jake McDorman, the star of TV's Limitless.

Source:
The Hollywood Reporter


25th October 2017 - Filming Dates Revealed

Filming Begins: February 5, 2018
Filming Ends: May 9, 2018

Source:
SpoilerTV


20th July 2017 - To Be The Next DC Movie to Film

Shazam!, the story about a crippled boy-turned-Earth's mightiest mortal, looks to be the next DC Cinematic Universe movie that will go before cameras, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.

David Sandberg, the filmmaker behind upcoming Annabelle: Creation, is directing the feature project that hails from Warner Bros.’s sister division, New Line. The project is looking to go before cameras in January or February 2018 with a likely release in 2019, according to sources.

Peter Safran, who worked with Sandberg on the Annabelle sequel and is also producing Aquaman, is in negotiations to board Shazam! as producer.

Dwayne Johnson, who has long been attached to play Shazam! villain Black Adam, is not involved with Shazam! but is attached as star and producer of the Black Adam spinoff that is being developed concurrently to Shazam!

Warner is feeing revived in its DCU with the stunning success of Wonder Woman and earlier this week slotted two DC movies in the release calendar for 2020. It has several movies teeing up on the runway but at this stage, Shazam! will take off first. Flash was delayed due to it lacking a director while a sequel to Wonder Woman is only in the early treatment writing stage. Joss Whedon is overseeing post-production and re-shoots on Justice League and won’t be ready to tackle a Batgirl film until after that movie is out the door. A sequel to Suicide Squad, which is closing in a on a director, is eyeing a mid-2018 start.

Source:
The Hollywood Reporter


19th January 2017 - Black Adam Spinoff in Development

New Line, which has been for over a decade developing a movie on the longtime DC character, will concurrently develop a movie centering on Black Adam, with Dwayne Johnson attached to star as Shazam’s arch-nemesis.

The move stems from last week’s high-level meeting with Johnson and DC Films co-head and comics author Geoff Johns, after which the actor took to social media to promise “hope, optimism & fun.”

But on a deeper level, the meeting led to a reconfiguring of the Shazam! movie. Johnson has been attached to play Black Adam since around 2008. Since that time, he has become arguably the biggest male actor on the planet. To execs, it made no sense to have a man of Johnson’s stature be just a villain and a supporting character in an expensive tentpole. Thus a decision was made to spin off Black Adam into his own film.

Source:
The Hollywood Reporter


15th October 2014 - Release Date Announced

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” directed by Zack Snyder (2016)
“Suicide Squad,” directed by David Ayer (2016)
“Wonder Woman,” starring Gal Gadot (2017)
“Justice League Part One,” directed by Zack Snyder, with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill & Amy Adams reprising their roles (2017)
“The Flash,” starring Ezra Miller (2018)
“Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa (2018)
“Shazam” (2019)
“Justice League Part Two,” directed by Zack Snyder (2019)
“Cyborg,” starring Ray Fisher (2020)
“Green Lantern” (2020)

Source:
Slashfilm


4th September 2014 - Dwayne Johnson Cast as Black Adam




3rd September 2014 - Film Announced

Sources tell Variety that Darren Lemke is set to write the script with Dwayne 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.

“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

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