Shazam! (2019)
- Rating
- Genre
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Release Date
- April 5, 2019
- Director
- David F. Sandberg
- Written by
- Henry Gayden
- Cast
- Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Ron Cephas Jones, Cooper Andrews, Asher Angel, Faithe Herman, Grace Fulton, Marta Milans, Ian Chen, Ava Preston, Andi Osho
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- Synopsis
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- distributor:
- Warner Bros.
- production company:
- DC Entertainment , New Line Cinema , Warner Bros. , DC Comics
- official website:
- http://www.shazammovie.com/
- producer:
- Peter Safran , David Witz
- assistant director:
- Kenn Fisher , Mousa Ghodratifard , Joe Gold , Rory James
- sfx supervisor:
- Asregadoo Arundi , Nikos Kalaitzidis , Pier Lefebvre , Blaine Lougheed , Kelvin McIlwain , Mike Wassel , Jonathan Weber , Aaron Weintraub
- budget:
- $90 million
- runtime:
- 138 minutes
- franchise:
- DC Extended Universe
- cinematographer:
- Maxime Alexandre
Synopsis
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's case, by shouting out one word - SHAZAM! - this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult superhero Shazam.
The film was officially confirmed in 2014 when Warner Bros. announced an entire slate of DC films. Shazam is part of the DC Extended Universe franchise, though it's been noted connections with other installments will be minimal. The plan originally called for Dwayne Johnson to portray Black Adam, but he instead is going to headline his own solo film. In 2017, the Shazam creative team fell into place, with David F. Sandberg directing and Zachary Levi starring. Production started in January 2018 and wrapped in May of that year.
Shazam, previously known as Captain Marvel, made his comics debut in Whiz Comics #2 in 1940.
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