Shazam!
The secondShazam!trailer features DCEU jokes and footage of Shazam battling Dr. Sivana . DC ’s partake in universe has sure enough seen its ups and downs since it launched withMan of Steelin 2013 , but it rally in a big agency with last December’sAquaman . The flick earned a interracial to convinced receipt from critics , but went over great with general audiences and has since becomethe DCEU ’s highest - gross flick worldwide .
Up next isShazam ! , a DCEU film inspired by the comics of the same name . The picture stick with the adventures of Bill Batson ( Asher Angel ) , a foster minor who ’s taken in by a new family and subsequently granted super - powers by a mysterious Wizard ( Djimon Hounsou ) . Now , Billy need only call out the name"Shazam!“and he ’s transformed into a grown superhero ( Zachary Levi ) , with military capability and fly power that rival those of Superman himself . fitly , given the film ’s premise , the newShazam!trailer is even prominent on comedy thanits San Diego Comic - Con previewwas .
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Levi teased the secondShazam!trailer as far back as December , before directorDavid F. Sandberg corroborate its freeing datelast week . Check it out , below .
Among other things , this trailer offers a better facial expression atMark Strong as the evil Dr. Sivana . As this footage show , the latter is just as strong as Shazam and can also fly , making him a proper friction match for the Heron . Beyond that , Shazam!appears to play out as both a Shazam origin story and a coming of eld film about Billy , who learns to embrace his new identities as a phallus of a familyanda superhero ( along with the responsibility they carry ) . That assumption - a kid matures emotionally by being turn into a genuine adult - has move Levi to likenShazam!tothe authoritative Tom Hanks comedyBig , and for valid reasonableness . Indeed , much of the humor in the 2nd trailer is based around Billy using his superintendent - top executive irresponsibly , before he comes to really appreciate all the secure things he can do with them .
All in all , the trailers suggestShazam!may keep the DCEU ’s pull ahead streak rifle afterAquaman . Interestingly , both movies were directed by filmmaker ( Sandberg and James Wan ) who ’re best known for their work in horror . This is n’t the first partake in universe the pair have collaborate on either , as Sandberg antecedently oversawAnnabelle : CreationforThe Conjuringfranchise that Wan kicked off in 2013 . With Wan expected to return forAquaman 2andShazam!shaping up to be a bang , he and Sandberg may end up working on the DCEU for years to come .
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