Shazam!
David F. Sandberg is hard at workplace preparing the DCEU installment ofShazam , and a new study allege they ’re now casting members of the Marvel Family . Not to be disconcert with Marvel comics , Shazam ’s original name was really Captain Marvel before DC Comics purchased him from Fawcett Comics and eventually dubbed him " Shazam " in edict to avoid discombobulation - although the Marvel family name still stuck .
A number ofaudition tapes were recently leakedshowing potential actors for the function of bothBilly Batsonand his grownup - take care alter - ego , Shazam . Looking far and wide for the role of Shazam himself , it was even rumored at one period thatJohn Cena was being considered , although his involvement does n’t seem likely any longer . Regardless , with shot foretell to get early 2018 , the official casting decisions will hopefully be finalized in the coming months , including official annunciation .
In the former cartoon strip , the inclusion of other members of the Marvel menage as Shazam ’s crony made them the first superhero team of this nature , a concept that would by and by become much more prominent in DC comics with the Bat Family , the Superman household , and others . While these names intelligibly invoke up images of multiple members of the Marvel family fighting at Shazam ’s side , it looks like , at least for now , Shazamwill be using a post - Flashpoint inspiration , entail they ’ll be friends of Billy ’s , but likely wo n’t metamorphose as he does .
The report , thanks toThat Hashtag Show , state the young character descriptions in interrogation are as follows :
[ DANIEL]11 , Korean . Daniel is a bright kid , into video games and reading non - fiction . fend for
[ CARLOS]15 , Latino , heavy , with asthma attack . Carlos is very unsure and sweet . SUPPORTING
[ SUZY]8 - 10 , African American . A sweet , bubbly girl with glass and pigtail . SUPPORTING
The study say that each of these names are code names for the characters of Eugene Choi , Pedro Pena , and Darla Dudley , severally . We ’ve already seen other Marvel Family phallus Freddy Freeman teased , but Billy ’s duplicate sister , Mary Marvel , has yet to be razz ( although it ’s doubtful that they ’d consider the other children and not her ) .
Thanks to a character description for a character named " Frank , " whoThat Hashtag Showbelieves lay out Freddy Freeman , it also appear to be confirmed that Billy will be the only one with top executive this time around : " [ FRANK]11 - 13 , Caucasian . A kid at the group home with " Billy " , who becomes his friend and confident . Sarcastic and suspect . back "
you could see their full report in the video below :
The most noted thing about this news is that the movie will likely very much lean into Billy Batson ’s life history as a kid instead of dismiss that for the sake of super heroics , especially since the other Marvel family extremity may not be get the same powers as Billy this meter around . The young - and very diverse - mold of kids will easily make this one of the most unique movies in the DCEU so far , with all the other entries focus on grownup heroes and barely featuring kids , aside from occasional flashback to the hero ’s puerility .
With David F. Sandberg at the helm , this will intelligibly be the most tonally original movie on the DC ticket . While Sandberg is chiefly popular for his horror ground with hits likeLights OutandAnnabelle : Creation , he has a clear hold of tone and is agenuinely funny personin real life , so there ’s no understanding to believe he ca n’t also interpret that to the big screen with a write up about a kid that gets superpower to rival Superman .
Source : That Hashtag Show
