Shazam!
The first glimpse of Zachary Levi asShazaminspired many meme shaper to bemock the poster , which depicted the superhero drinking soda through a bendy husk . Now , film director David F. Sandberg has joined in the playfulness , grow a mash - up picture that ties the poster into a central scene fromBatman V. Superman : Dawn of Justice .
At the altitude of his popularity in the 1940s , the submarine who became sleep with asShazamwas the only other superhero whose adventures outsoldSuperman . Originally , a noble - hearted son name Billy Batson translate himself into the superhero Captain Marvel by shout the magic word " Shazam " - both the name given by the wizard who give Billy his magical powers and an anagram for the mythological figures who loan their exponent to Billy . The 2011 reboot of the persona in the comics , which was part of DC Comics ' New 52 Initiative , officially changed the name of Billy ’s superheroic alter - ego to Shazam . This was done because most people already tended to call the character Shazam , due to an agreement with Marvel Comics that interdict DC Comics from using the name " Captain Marvel " in any publicizing involving the part .
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Sandberg posted the parody picture to his officialTwitteraccount ( see below ) . The video reimagines a classic minute from the early DCEU film with a humorous twisting .
The abbreviated clip starts with a view where we see a family trapped on a roof by rise floodwaters . They have painted the peak of The House of El - the stylized S - similar symbolisation that means " Leslie Townes Hope " in the Kryptonian language - on their roof in the manifest promise of getting Superman ’s care . The mother of the kinsfolk then becomes awestruck , await up at a familiar cap soma who make out into view , oscillate overhead . We then move to a close - up of the figure , only to see that it is Levi ’s Shazam and the spectacular medicine fades to be replaced by the noise of someone loudly slurp sal soda through a straw , as the at a loss Shazam expect on .
While this funniness may be lost on some , it can not be deny that if anyone has the rightfield to link up other alert cut-up in mockingthe poster of Zachary Levi asShazam , it is Sandberg . If nothing else , it predict well that Sandberg is assert a mother wit of wittiness about the whole thing and can express joy at his own body of work . Given thatShazamis a more light - hearted character than most of DC Comics ' heroes and care over how the tone of the film might suit in with the generally blue vibe of the DC Extended Universe , it seems that Sandberg was the right human being to bring the fabled wedge to the big silver screen .
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Source : David F. Sandberg
