Shazam!
[ UPDATE : The Wrap ’s Umberto Gonzalez is currently refuting this account . The rest period of this clause has been left as it was originally print . ]
-
The tentative frontrunners to playShazam ’s namesake are actor John Cena and Joshua Sasse , concord to a unexampled story . Director David F. Sandberg ( Lights Out , Annabelle : Creation ) has confirmed thatpre - production onShazamis now afoot , in front of main photography getting started in other 2018 to make a leaping 2019 theatrical exit date . With the most recent handwriting draft for the DC Extended Universe movie having been discharge by Henry Gayden ( globe to Echo ) , the hunting is now underway to find the actors to play the film ’s eponymous superhero and the young boy , Billy Batson , who ( respectively ) transforms into him upon saying the magical worlds " Shazam ! "
While actors such asSmallvillealum Alan Ritchsonhave shed their hat in the pack to asterisk inShazam , Cena and Sasse are the first names reported as being proper candidate to actually land the job . The in - progress synopsis for Sandberg ’s DC Comics film adaptation evoke that the movie will be by and large faithful toShazamcomic ledger mythology , lending further credibleness to the idea that these two actors are among those being consider for the project ( which , as antecedently reported , in indeed poised to becomethe next DCEU film to accede product ) .
accord toThat Hashtag Show , Cena and Sasse are the current frontrunners to asterisk inShazam , after an unknown third candidate and fellow dark sawbuck contender decrease out of favor with the moving picture ’s manufacturer and originative team . Both Cena and Sasse are well - chiseled , sinewy actor who have demonstrated a bent for comedy of late with their work on the Amy Schumer comedyTrainwreckand the TV seriesGallavant , respectively , and scan as being square picks for related reasons .
Cena ’s acting life history in particular has been picking up swiftness of late , between his upcoming starring role in the animatedFerdinandand theTransformersspinoffBumblebee , severally . A role in a superhero tentpole likeShazamwould both further ensure that Cena ’s wrester - gone - Hollywood life history stays on its current trajectory and set up an eventual showdown between Cena ’s Shazam andDwayne Johnson ’s Black Adamin the DCEU , at the same time . While that wo n’t happen in Sandberg ’s film , we do now have a better idea of what the plot forShazamwill encompass thanks to this workings synopsis obtained byTHS :
base on the DC Comics fibre " Shazam ! " Billy Batson becomes Captain Marvel , the mankind ’s mighty deathly , when he says the magical word " Shazam ! The name is an acronym for six immortal and heroes of the ancient macrocosm as well as their attributes . The wiseness of Solomon , strength of Hercules , stamen of Atlas , business leader of Zeus , courage of Achilles and speed of Mercury .
The DCEU fully sweep up the mythological fantasy side of DC Comics lore with the tone ending of theater director Patty Jenkins’Wonder Womanearlier this year , so it stands to reason thatShazamwon’t be hesitant to comprise similar elements into its own narrative ( include , at least some of those that are cite in the in - advance precis ) . Providing more evidence of just that is the breakdown for Billy Batson in the celluloid - describing the character as being a 12 - 15 yr old male"granted access to unbelievable exponent by the wizard Shazam [ when ] he speaks the wiz ’s name and is struck by a lightning dash that gives him the power of the idol . "
Of course , the very nature of the Shazam character means that the movie ( like its namesake ) will combine sinewy action with light - hearted comedy , get it one of the more comedic installing in the DCEU to date . Variety is the spice of life , of row , and the playfulness ofShazamshould make for a squeamish compliment to the comparatively more unbent - face DCEU movies that are on the horizon - include , director Zack Snyder’sJustice Leaguethis surrender and theater director James Wan’sAquamanin December of 2018 . you may expect to get word more about Sandberg ’s own DCEU adventure ( and possibly , get ratification about who ’s starring ) before either of those other DCEU projection hit theaters .
John Cena and Joshua Sasse are reportedly in the running for Shazam!
NEXT: What is the Official Future of the DCEU?
author : That Hashtag Show[viaCBR ]
