Shazam!
Shazam!pays homage toMan of SteelandSuicide Squadin two fresh images . Due to hit theatre in April 2019 , the movie will followAquamanas a new installment of the unofficially - title DCEU franchise . asterisk Zachary Levi as the titular superhero and Asher Angel as his youthful alter - self-importance , it will reportedly attend to asthe next evolution of DC movie superheroes .
Directed by David F. Sandberg , Shazam!will tell the fib of Billy Batson ( Angel ) , a down - on - his - luck foster nestling who , following a chance meeting with The Wizard ( Djimon Hounsou ) , is granted the ability to transmute himself into a superhero . Beyond that , item remain scarce , except the fact that Dr. Thaddeus Sivana ( Mark Strong ) will dish up as the main adversary rather thanBlack Adam . And that the movie will have a light , more family - friendly tone , leaving many wondering how and where it will fit in alongside the franchise ’s previous installments .
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Easter eggs forMan of Steeland other DC movies have already been spotted in some of the early official images . Thanks to Instagram user , TrulyDC , however , even more of the parallels betweenShazam!and the rest of the DCEU have amount to sparkle . As see in the first image , the mitt of presumably Freddy Freeman , Billy Batson ’s acquaintance and possible surrogate - sidekick , can be seen touching the symbol of Shazam ’s chest . It ’s much in the same fashion Amy Adam ’s Lois Lane did to Superman ’s inMan of Steel . Unlike Superman ’s , however , in what could be an even more sly send - up , Shazam ’s symbolic representation lights up . In the mo , Shazam can be see blowing a house of cards - gum tree bubble that can only be described as Harley Quinn - esque . chink them both out below :
DC moving-picture show have invite adequate extolment and ridicule over the years for embracing a darker , grittier flavour than the films of their Marvel counterparts . While it affordedThe Dark Knightboth critical and commercial acclamation , maintaining a alike radiation pattern for their more recent film has n’t proven as successful . A certain section of devotee sustain outspoken support of the dark world establish by Zack Snyder - demanding , to this mean solar day , the press release of his vision ofJustice League . Others , meanwhile , will be happy to see DC speculation in this direction , with a poor boy that embraces and enjoys their superhero individuality rather than broods over it . Especially withShazam!,which is very much wish - fulfilment material , requiring a tone more akin toBigthanBatman V Supermanor evenWonder Woman .
There is plenty of stuff from which dramatic event and funniness can be mined , and without necessitate the overt quippiness many DC fans notice frustrative about Marvel . It could essentially serve as the gross middle - primer between Marvel and previous DC output , and be just what DC films need to plough thing around commercially and subvert expectation critically . Whether or not it does reap box office and critical success remains to be seen , especially with the aforementioned Snyder fans . Either way , Warner Bros. and DC have taken a bluff step . Not only are they switching up the note of the cinema at long last but reserve themselves a little ego - aware playfulness , seizing the chance to comically send up their own past film .
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