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Release: April 5 2019
Based on the popular 1939 - 1953 Fawcett comic. Once known as Captain Marvel, he was for a while more popular than Superman.
Think: Big crossed with Superman
Director: David F. Sandberg (Lights Out, The Conjuring 4)
Cast,
Billy Batson:Asher Angel
SHAZAM!: Zachary Levi (stage, Chuck (TV); Fandral in Thor: Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok, Less than Perfect (TV))
Freddy Freeman (foster brother 1): Jack Dylan Grazer
Mary Bromfield (foster sister 1): Grace Fulton
Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (villain): Mark Strong
Shazam (prime): Djimon Hounsou
Shazam's name is an acronym derived from the 6 "immortal elders" who grant him their powers: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury.
Synopsis: Billy Batson, a troubled 14-year-old orphan living in Philadelphia, moves into a new foster home - his seventh - with the Vazquez family and five other foster kids. One day, Billy gets on a subway car and finds himself transported to another realm where an ancient wizard grants him the power to transform into a god-like adult superhero by uttering the word "SHAZAM"
Based on the popular 1939 - 1953 Fawcett comic. Once known as Captain Marvel, he was for a while more popular than Superman.
Think: Big crossed with Superman
Director: David F. Sandberg (Lights Out, The Conjuring 4)
Cast,
Billy Batson:Asher Angel
SHAZAM!: Zachary Levi (stage, Chuck (TV); Fandral in Thor: Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok, Less than Perfect (TV))
Freddy Freeman (foster brother 1): Jack Dylan Grazer
Mary Bromfield (foster sister 1): Grace Fulton
Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (villain): Mark Strong
Shazam (prime): Djimon Hounsou
Shazam's name is an acronym derived from the 6 "immortal elders" who grant him their powers: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury.
Synopsis: Billy Batson, a troubled 14-year-old orphan living in Philadelphia, moves into a new foster home - his seventh - with the Vazquez family and five other foster kids. One day, Billy gets on a subway car and finds himself transported to another realm where an ancient wizard grants him the power to transform into a god-like adult superhero by uttering the word "SHAZAM"