DC's 'Shazam!' April 5, 2019

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From MTV:

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Shazam! To Split Into Two Films: Dwayne Johnson To Star As ‘Black Adam’

[The Shadow]

William Goldman [author of A Princess Bride and it's screenplay] wrote a script for the movie early on. From what I've read since, everyone that had a chance to read Goldman's screenplay really liked it -- unfortunately his script was canned in favor of the current one. [Those involved with the movie keep referencing the movie Big in regards to the current script ]

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[Xenorama]

I love "BIG" but that's not what Captain Marvel and Shazam! were about. wish fulfillment.

I wish they'd just leave the comics alone. great comic characters and stories keep being turned into mediocre (at best) movies.

David

[GhostMachine]

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Maybe Devin could not smell what The Rock was cooking.

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As a 'Shazam' movie is rumoured to be on Warners/DC's schedule, we weigh up the evidence that this could be Dwayne Johnson's long-promised DC role

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Bleeding Cool:

[lhb412]

I actually think he'd make a fine Captain Ma... err, Shazam. Just find a kid with matching skin tone to play Billy Batson (since I always figured that the form Shazam takes is just Billy grown up).

[XvGojira]

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Variety:

[Dr Kain]

Why are they making a movie about an old ass wizard? We already have Lord of the Rings for that.

[klen7]

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[jellydonut25]

I thought The Rock was playing some other DC hero that I supposedly should have heard of but never have...Doc Savage?

[klen7]

Doc Savage is a classic pulp hero, not DC.

[The Shadow]

Doc Savage is a Street & Smith character, same publisher also printed The Shadow. Between the Knight of Darkness and the Man of Bronze (and S&S's own copycat characters of the two) it's pretty fair to say that S&S was the most immediate grandfather of the world of superheroes we have today.

[lhb412]

The Rock should just play Shazam. If he's the villain, who could they possibly get with more charisma to be the hero?

[klen7]

^ This is the DCU. Forget charisma and bring on the dark and brooding

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[The Shadow]

If the DCCU doesn't take full advantage of the death & return of Superman in the movies to bring movie-Superman's character fully inline with how Superman ought to be, introducing Captain Marvel could also serve as a the character who teaches DCCU-Supes & DCCU-Batman the invaluable lesson of "what it means to be a hero". I leave Wonder Woman out of this because between what I saw in BvS, the the WW movie trailer, she seems to already know "what it means to be a hero" -- which is funny considering considering the valid criticisms of Zack Snyder's Superman & Batman.

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