How the Shazam! Director Is Dealing With Fan Expectations

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Shazam!director David F. Sandberg late discussed what it ’s like dealing with fan expectations . The upcoming comic book movie that follows the untested son Billy Batson , who have the power totransform into the adult superhero Shazam(formerly cite Captain Marvel ) , is Warner Bros. ' next movie that will shoot as part of their burgeoning DC Extended Universe . The next DCEU movie on the agenda stay James Wan’sAquaman , release in December 2018 and star Jason Momoa as the eponymous fictional character , andShazam!will follow lawsuit in April 2019 .

Although yield had been somewhat easy - going at first , the motion-picture show has n’t budge from its long - carry dismissal particular date , which the studio first announced style back in 2014 . It was n’t until last month thatLight ’s OutandAnnabelle : Creationdirector David F. Sandbergwas confirmed to be channelize the movie . Since the upcoming DCEU movie will bethe shared universe ’s most lighthearted installment yet , Sandberg will be get experience from his meter figure out in aliveness more so than he will from his clip go on horror films . Still , that does n’t mean he will get everything right , at least not in the centre of all fan .

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In an interview withFilm Riotpromoting his latest film , Annabelle : existence , the Swedish director in brief discussedShazam ! , namely how he ’s dealing with managing fan expectations . After all , he can not satisfy everyone who has and has n’t read the origin material .

" It ’s go to be interesting , just because of how hardcore the buff are . Like already , if I tweet a little something , suddenly there ’s blog posts and disputation , and no matter what you do , some people are just conk to be disappoint . I get so many tweet about , ' You should do this ! ' And then someone else is like ' No , you should do this ! ' , which is the complete opposite of that . And it ’s like , ' Well , okay , one of you bozo is going to be let down . ' "

fail from directing low - to - mid - budget repulsion film to big - scale comic book movies sure enough hail with its fair ploughshare of challenges , part of which is dealing with passionate fans . No matter what go on , someone will be disappoint ; that ’s the way of life the filmmaking manufacture work , peculiarly when it comes to seduce comic book movies . However , it ’s not something that ’s exclusive to superhero picture show ; it can affect anyone attempting to continue or make over past movies and franchises . For example , Jon Favreau latterly discussed managing fan expectations with hisupcoming CGI remaking ofThe Lion King .