Shazam!
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Newly released DC superhero movieShazamfeatures a special Edgar Guest cameo from Superman - but not from Henry Cavill . The Man of Steel gain an appearance at the very end of David F. Sandberg ’s film , express only from the neck down as he joins Shazam andthe Shazam Familyfor lunch at schooltime . While it ’s certainly a play and fitting way to terminate a movie that portrays the DC Extended Universe from the perspective of teenagers , Superman ’s cameo may also be confusing to fans who are wondering why the mavin of three previous DCEU movies does n’t show his face .
While the three late DCEU solo motion-picture show have been about an stranger with divine powers , a demigoddess , and the successor to the stool of Atlantis , Shazamhas a considerably more humble beginning story . Foster tiddler Billy Batson is a troublemaker and frequent runaway , and in his very first scene he locks two police officers in a instrument shop and then steals their lunch . He certainly falls short of the " pure of heart " champion that the wizard at the Rock of Eternity is searching for , and whenhe does get superpowershe utilise them to buy beer , rob ATMs , charge people money for selfies , and other decidedly non - desperate acts .
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Whenthe vicious Doctor Sivanaarrives on the shot with the intention to steal Shazam ’s power , however , Billy cypher out how to be a superhero with a little help from his newfound family . And once the junk has settled , Billy thanks his foster brother and best friend Freddy - with a little help from Superman .
Superman’s Role In Shazam
Shazamis set up in the same universe asMan of Steel , Batman V Superman , andJustice League , and it establishes just how commercialized superheroes have become . From T - shirts to action mechanism pattern to conflict souvenirs , a whole industriousness has build up around them and the members of the Justice League are basically reckon as celebrities - peculiarly by Billy ’s foster buddy , Freddy Freeman . Freddy , who thinks that the best superhero power is flight of stairs , is a in particular large fan of Superman , and owns a bullet that bounced off Superman ’s body … until Billy drops it into a grating .
Billy more than makes up for losing the bullet in the final fit of the film , however . Not only does he show up as Shazam to hang out with Freddy at schoolhouse lunch , he also says that he bestow a " champion " along with him . That ’s when Superman make his appearance , walk up to Freddy ’s lunch mesa with a tray full of intellectual nourishment - but he ’s only shew from the neck opening down . Yes , while Superman does have a cameo in Shazam , Henry Cavill does n’t .
Why Henry Cavill Isn’t Superman In Shazam
The Superman cameo was intended as the conclusion toShazam ’s story from the early draught of screenwriter Darren Lemke ’s script ( which was later given a revision by Henry Gayden ) . This was in late 2016 and early 2017 , when the DCEU had wobble a petty with the factious reply toBatman V Superman , but Warner Bros. was aiming to get things back on track withJustice League . By the timeShazamactually make around to filming at the get-go of 2018 , thefuture of the DCEUwas looking a luck less certain , Cavill ’s declaration only covered one more movie , and there were rumors of himattempting to renegotiate this contract . It ’s most potential becauseShazamwas film in such a period of uncertainty that Cavill himself does n’t have a cameo in the flick .
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Superman Has A New Suit In Shazam
We may not get to see Superman ’s face inShazam , but that just allows us to give more tending to his costume - which is ever so more or less dissimilar from the cause that he wore inMan of Steel , Batman V Superman , andJustice League . While the overall costume design is basically the same , Superman ’s suit inShazamhas two red and Au share at his hips , perhaps as a nod to the superhero ’s classic look of wearing red underwear on the outside of his costume . The comics pour forth the underclothes - on - the - international look with the New 52 relaunch , supplant them with a red belt , and Cavill ’s Superman case is unremarkably blue from the bottom of his " S " down to the top of his boot . Perhaps Warner Bros. is preparing interview for the red underclothing ’s eventual weirdo back into the pic … or perhaps we ’re over - thinking a nonaged costume change .
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Superman’s History With Shazam
Superman and Shazam have n’t always been friends , and behind the aspect they got off to a bumpy start . Shazam , in his original avatar as Captain Marvel , did n’t start out as a DC fiber . He debut in the Page of Whiz Comics , from publisher Fawcett Comics , a yr after Superman made his own debut in Action Comics . Captain Marvel was more or less a Superman rip - off by invention , with Roscoe Kent Fawcett instructing the faculty at Fawcett Comics to " give me a Superman " with the alter - self-importance of a untested boy . The role was a collision , outselling even Superman comic books at his peak , and DC ( then called Detective Comics ) launch a piracy lawsuit that would get behind on for more than a decade before finally being settled out of court in 1953 . As part of the settlement , Fawcett check to quit publication of Captain Marvel comics .
Captain Marvel pose dormant until 1972 , when Detective Comics ( now called DC Comics ) licensed the eccentric it had once essay to litigate out of creation from Fawcett . DC rebooted the Captain Marvel comics under the titleShazam ! , due to conflict with Marvel comics ' own Captain Marvel . In the spirit of their early behind - the - scenes clash , Shazam and Superman have frequently end up press one another in the comics - in part because Shazam is one of the few superheroes brawny enough to go toe - to - toe with Superman . This custom of fisticuffs goes all the way back to Superman and Shazam ’s very first assemble inJustice League of America # 137 , when Superman was turn temporarily evil by Red Kryptonite and Shazam finish up shoot him out of it by hit Supes with sorcerous lightning . Shazam and Superman ’s first coming together in the DCEU is , by comparison , far more mellow .
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Superman’s Future In The DCEU
Make the most of Superman ’s cameo inShazam , because it will likely be the last we see of Superman on the big blind for a while . Warner Bros. has been strike away from Justice League ’s sight of the DCEU and make full up its spillage schedule with more solo film forWonder WomanandAquaman(whose first solo picture show were immense winner ) , voiced reboots likeThe BatmanandThe Suicide Squad , and creatively diverse projects likeBirds of Prey ( And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn),DC Super Pets , andJoker . Henry Cavill is presently busy filming Netflix seriesThe Witcher , and while he ’s expressed exuberance for return to the function of Clark Kent , Warner Bros. does n’t appear to have any programme for him aright now .
The Rest Of The Justice League In Shazam
It ’s not just Superman who has a cameo appearance in Shazam - the rest of the Justice League show up as well ! That is to say , they show up in animated doodle form . Shazam ’s ending creditsreflect the moving picture ’s teenager worldview of the established DCEU superheroes , with fun phantasy scenario like Shazam using the Batmobile to take Wonder Woman to the schoolhouse prom , and Darla having a subspecies with The Flash .
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