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250 on First official look at Zachary Levi as Shazam from the movieAfter months of seeing Zachary Levi as Shazam in set photos and promotional banners, Warner Bros. has finally released an official still photo from the movie. Entertainment Weekly revealed the photo and spoke to Shazam director David Sandberg about the costume. “I wanted to keep the shorter cape as a throwback to the original because that’s something…
Earlier this year we learned that This Is Us star Ron Cephas Jones was in talks to play The Wizard in Shazam, but those talks didn't work out. According to Entertainment Weekly, Jones ran into a scheduling conflict and Guardians of the Galaxy star Djimon Hounsou was cast as The Wizard instead. In the comics,…
A lot has been said about Zachary Levi's Shazam costume ever since we saw the first set photos of it. This week on the Film Riot podcast, Shazam director David Sandberg was a guest and talked about how the suit was changed and improved, even during filming. "Yeah, there were a few iterations," Sandberg said…
Ever since Zachary Levi shared the first official photo of himself as Shazam last week it's blown up all over the internet. There's been a ton of memes created, putting the Shazam photo in various situations. Shazam director David Sandberg saw them and decided to create a meme of his own. "I love this!," he…
Our first official look at Zachary Levi as Shazam is finally here and its come in an unexpected way. The 2018 Licensing Expo is going on in Las Vegas this week and Warner Bros. has some official Shazam marketing materials up. Shazam star Zachary Levi is there and just shared a photo of himself next…
Cameras began rolling in Toronto for Shazam in January, and after a five month shoot production officially wrapped today. Shazam director David Sandberg took to Twitter to announce the news, saying "That’s a wrap on Shazam! Now onto months of post production." Meanwhile, Shazam star Zachary Levi took to Instagram to thank the cast and…
Henry Cavill was in Las Vegas last night for Cinemacon, and Fandango caught up with him to find out when he might be playing Superman again. "I can't answer that definitively right now," Cavill replied. "I'm hoping sooner rather than later. I've been talking to certain people and hopefully we're going to be talking to…
The rumors were true! We had heard that Wonder Woman 2 would take place during the Cold War in the 1980s, and director Patty Jenkins confirmed it tonight. Jenkins took the stage at Warner Bros.' CinemaCon presentation tonight in Las Vegas. While she didn't mention the Cold War, she did confirm that the movie will…
This weekend Batman News was tipped off that older actors had been cast to play adult versions of some of the kids in Shazam, and thanks to the community's Twitter detectives we know who is playing them. Adam Brody, best known for his role in The O.C. TV series, has joined the cast of Shazam.…
Today is Superman's 80th birthday. He made his debut in Action Comics #1 on April 18, 1938. DC celebrated with the release of Action Comics #1000, and Superman himself Henry Cavill and Shazam star Zachary Levi are celebrating as well. "Happy birthday, old man!," Levi wrote on Instagram. "You don’t look a day past 75.…
Some fans have criticized Zachary Levi for not being muscular enough after seeing photos of him in his Shazam costume, which appear to have muscles built in (as all superhero costumes do). Levi took to Instagram today to show off his body, which he's been working on for months in preparation of his Shazam role. Then…
The evidence of a Henry Cavill Superman cameo in Shazam keeps building. First there was the rumor, then Cavill started following Levi, then Cavill shaved his mustache and was photographed on a mystery set, and now he's continuing his superhero banter with Levi. Levi held a live Q&A on Instagram this afternoon and Cavill crashed…
Since Shazam started shooting in February we've seen a lot of set photos and videos of Zachary Levi in his costume. Some photos weren't that great, while more recent ones were very high quality. The reactions from fans about the suit have been mixed. Last night, during a live Q&A on Instagram, Shazam star Zachary…
It's April Fools' Day, which means you can't trust anyone on the internet... not even Shazam director David Sandberg. Sandberg posted a Shazam "teaser trailer" on Twitter this morning. It started off pretty serious (I think that's the Wonder Woman score in the background), but then cut to footage from the 1970's TV series. Check…
Earlier this year Henry Cavill was rumored to appear as Superman in Shazam. He fueled those rumors by having a humorous chat with star Zachary Levi about his costume. Then last week Cavill shaved his mustache, and today he's on some kind of set. Dany Garcia, manager to both Henry Cavill and The Rock, teased…
As announced yesterday, Entertainment Weekly is on the set of Shazam and will be doing a live Q&A with the cast on Facebook. It's scheduled to begin at 6pm ET and this post will be updated with the video as soon as it goes live. Update: After a delay, Shazam star Asher Angel now says…
Earlier today, Warner Bros. released the first poster for Shazam which gave us a look at the movie's logo. Director David Sandberg took to Twitter to reveal that he came up with the logo's design and used it in his presentations to Warner Bros.. "Shablam!" his logo said, and it's been his Twitter header photo…
Entertainment Weekly just provided us with the first look at the Shazam movie logo. The magazine is on the set this week and will be streaming a live Q&A with the cast tomorrow on Facebook. Warner Bros. released the first Shazam teaser poster too, which you can check out in hi-res above. They also launched…
The cast of Shazam features a lot of young actors, and director David Sandberg shared a sweet handwritten letter he got from one of them. "To: Mr. Sandberg," it read. "Thanks for having me on this set. This is what I want to do when I grow up. From: Elliott." The 37-year-old star of Shazam,…
Over the last week or so we've seen many photos and even some videos from the set of Shazam. They were all taken by fans at a distance, but today the first photos from a professional photographer with a DSLR camera have hit the web. In the detailed shots courtesy of eTalk, you can see…
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