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102 on Zachary Levi wants Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman to cameo in 'Shazam'ET caught up with Shazam star Zachary Levi, who is currently promoting the season finale of Tangled: The Series. Levi spoke a bit about his upcoming superhero movie as well. “When this movie comes out in April of 2019, that will be 20 years to the month that I started auditioning in Hollywood, and that's…
Asher Angel was officially announced as Billy Batson in Shazam last month, and just a week later he was a guest on Circa News. The young actor spoke about his excitement around the official announcement, the Billy Batson audition process, getting to work with Zachary Levi, and more. Check out the interview in the video…
The Walking Dead star Cooper Andrews has joined the cast of Shazam, according to Deadline. Andrews will play the foster parent at the group home where Billy Batson lives. Shazam will be shooting at Pinewood Toronto Studios in Canada early next year. It stars Zachary Levi as Shazam and Angel Asher Angel as Billy Batson…
The Hollywood Reporter did an article about Pinewood Toronto Studios in Canada expanding their facility to make room for all of the big Hollywood movies and TV shows that are filming there, and one of those movies has been confirmed to be Shazam. The DC Comics movie is expected to start shooting by February of…
More kids have joined the cast of Shazam as Billy Batson's friends from a group home. Ian Chen will play Eugene and Jovan Armand will play Pedro, Deadline reports. Last week, IT star Jack Dylan Grazer was cast as Billy Batson's best friend Freddy Freeman. Billy Batson will be played by Asher Angel and Zachary Levi is Shazam. Shazam will be directed…
Young actor Jack Dylan Grazer is jumping from one New Line movie to another. The IT star has been cast in Shazam as Freddy, Billy Batson’s best friend and the only person who knows the truth about Shazam. In the comics, Batson can transform himself into an adult superhero by simply saying the word “Shazam!”.…
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Asher Angel, star of the Disney Channel's "Andi Mack" show, will star as Billy Batson alongside Zachary Levi. In the comics, Batson can transform himself into an adult superhero by simply saying the word "Shazam!". Shazam will be directed by David F. Sandberg and is expected to start shooting early…
According to The Wrap, Mark Strong is in talks to play the villain Doctor Sivana in Shazam. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed this story with their own sources. If a deal gets done, this will be Strong's second time playing a DC villain. He also played Sinestro in the 2011 Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern movie.…
We have our Shazam! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Zachary Levi will star in Shazam, which follows a boy named Billy Batson, who can transform into an adult superhero by uttering the magic word "Shazam!" The name is an acronym of the ancient world gods and historical figures Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury, from…
Way back in October 2014, Warner Bros. released a slate of DC Comics movies and release dates. Things have shifted around considerably since then, but one movie that appears to have held up is Shazam. Shazam was given an April 5, 2019 release date back in 2014 and according to director David F. Sandberg, that's…
If you follow Shazam director David F. Sandberg on Instagram you know that he's deep in the pre-production process right now. With Shazam expected to start shooting early next year, he'll need to cast his lead actor soon. Today, Omega Underground came across a Shazam audition video of Arrow actor Parker Young. The video was…
Shazam director David Sandberg is best known for his horror movies, and he's currently promoting his newest one, Annabelle: Creation. While speaking with the Toronto Sun, Sandberg explained what drew him to Shazam and how the tone will be different than the other DC Extended Universe movies that have come before it. “The big attraction…
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Last month we learned that Shazam would start production early next year, and David Sandberg confirmed at Comic-Con that he'd be directing. Sandberg was promoting his upcoming movie Annabelle: Creation with Moviefone today, and they asked about his upcoming DC Comics project. "This will be very different than what I've done in the feature space, because…
Last week we learned that Shazam will go into production early next year, but there were some conflicting reports as to whether or not Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would still star as the villain. Yahoo caught up with DC Films president Geoff Johns for an answer. “We haven’t announced any casting yet,” Johns said. “But Dwayne…
A Shazam rumor from earlier this week was just confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter. They say that Shazam is the next DC Comics movie that will go into production, and cameras are expected to start rolling in January or February 2018 for a targeted 2019 release. The bad news is The Rock, who has been…
Last month Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said that Armie Hammer would be a great choice to play Shazam against his Black Adam in the DC Extended Universe. CinemaBlend caught up with Hammer this past weekend while he was promoting his new movie Cars 3 and got his response. It sounds like he'd be open to it.…
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was officially announced as Black Adam in 2014, and since then fans have been wondering who would play Shazam. He needs someone to fight with, after all! In a new interview with We Got This Covered, The Rock threw out a name for the very first time. His pick? Armie Hammer,…
TheWrap is reporting that David F. Sandberg is in talks to direct Shazam for New Line, the sister studio to Warner Bros. Sandberg is a Swedish filmmaker found success with his 2016 debut Lights Out. He will release a horror film, Annabelle 2, for New Line later this summer. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has been…
Welcome to the latest episode of Batman News: Twitter Detective! Since who is following who on Twitter has proven to mean something in the past, I thought I'd bring up the latest gossip for us to speculate over. Last week, The Rock boasted about a very successful meeting at DC Comics about Shazam and the…
Last night, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's producer teased that "big things" were coming after a successful meeting with DC Comics, and just moments ago The Rock had some really interesting things to say about the meeting himself! Here's what The Rock wrote on Instagram: Had a very cool and strategic meeting with the heads of…
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