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Shazam! is a 2019 American superhero film based on the DC Comicscharacter of the same name. Produced by New Line Cinema and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the seventh installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Directed by David F. Sandberg from a screenplay by Henry Gayden, and a story by Gayden and Darren Lemke, the film stars Asher Angelas Billy Batson, a teenage boy who can transform into an adult superhero, played by Zachary Levi. Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Djimon Hounsoualso star.
Development of a live-action Shazam! film began at New Line in the early 2000s, but was delayed for many years. The film went into pre-production in 2009 with director Peter Segal and writer John August, and Dwayne Johnsonconsidered to star as the villain Black Adam, but the project fell through; Johnson acts as an executive producer on Shazam!. William Goldman, Alec Sokolow, Joel Cohen, Bill Birch, and Geoff Johns, among others, were all attached to the project as writers at various points. The film was officially announced in 2014, with Johnson attached to star as either Shazam or Black Adam.[6] He would later be cast in January 2017 to lead a solo Black Adamdevelopment project.[7] Sandberg signed on to direct Shazam! in February 2017 and Levi was cast that October, with Angel joining the following month. Principal photography began in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on January 29, 2018, with most of the film shot at Pinewood Toronto Studios, and wrapped on May 11, 2018.
Shazam! was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, and IMAX 3D on April 5, 2019. The film has grossed over $321 million worldwide and received praise from critics for Sandberg's direction and the performances of Levi, Angel and Grazer, as well as its light tone and sense of fun.[8] A sequel is currently in development.
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In 1974 Upstate New York, young Thaddeus Sivana is arguing with his father and brother during a car trip when he is transported to the Rock of Eternity, a magical temple hidden in another dimension. He meets the ancient wizard Shazam, the last of the Council of Seven Wizards, who has spent centuries searching for a new champion who is "pure of heart" after the previous champion went mad, releasing the Seven Deadly Sins upon the world. Thaddeus is tempted by the Sins, entrapped in statues, and is deemed unworthy and banished back to Earth. Upon returning, he makes a scene trying to go back which causes the car to swerve and crash; his father ends up crippled and his older brother blames the incident on him.
In present-day Philadelphia, foster kid Billy Batson runs afoul of the law while searching for his birth mother and is placed in a group home run by Victor and Rosa Vazquez with five other foster kids; Mary Bromfield, Pedro Peña, Eugene Choi, Darla Dudley and Freddy Freeman, Billy's roommate and superhero enthusiast. Meanwhile, an adult Sivana, embittered by his rejection as a boy, discovers a way to return to the Rock of Eternity. There, he steals the Eye of Sin, becoming the Sins’ vessel and besting the Wizard before returning to Earth to kill his father and brother.
At school, Billy saves Freddy from bullies and is chased into a subway, where Shazam magically summons Billy, chosen as the new champion. By calling Shazam's name, Billy is transformed into an adult superhero now endowed with the wizard's name; thanking Billy, Shazam the Wizard turns to dust, leaving behind his staff. Returning home, Freddy helps Billy explore the extent of his newfound powers: electricity manipulation, invulnerability, super strength, hyper speed and flight. Freddy's videos of Shazam testing his powers become a viral sensation, and Billy begins skipping school to use his powers for money and fame in Shazam form. Seeing Shazam save a bus on the news, Sivana challenges and easily defeats Shazam. Sivana demands Shazam surrender his powers, but Shazam transforms back into Billy to escape into a crowd. From the news, Sivana deduces Billy's identity and abducts Freddy to find Billy.
At the Vazquez home, the other children also deduce Billy's secret and tell him they have found his mother, who lives nearby. Billy meets his mother, learning she abandoned him when she was a single teenage mom. Sivana calls Billy, having taken his foster siblings hostage, and Billy as Shazam agrees to give Sivana his powers to spare his family's lives. Sivana and Shazam travel to the Rock of Eternity, where Sivana takes the wizard's staff, but the siblings follow and attack Sivana. Shazam uses the distraction to stun Sivana and realizes that Sivana loses his powers when all Seven Sins leave his body.
Sivana pursues Shazam and his siblings to a winter carnival, unleashing the Sins upon the crowd. As Wrath battles Shazam, the other sins capture his family, demanding his powers. However, when Sivana recalls the sins, Shazam uses the opportunity to take the staff and stuns Sivana. Remembering the Wizard's words, Billy uses the staff to share his powers, transforming his siblings into adult superheroes like him.[N 1] Shazam breaks the staff and battles Sivana, whilst his siblings distract the Sins. Shazam baits Envy out of Sivana's body, leaving Sivana powerless, and takes back the Eye of Sin which recaptures all Seven Sins. Billy and his family are hailed as heroes, and Billy embraces his foster family as his true family. Returning The Eye and the Sins to their prison, Billy and siblings realize the now vacant Rock of Eternity can be their new lair. Later, Billy arrives at school in his Shazam form to have lunch with his siblings, revealing he has invited Superman, much to Freddy's joy.
In a mid credits scene, the imprisoned Sivana is approached by Mister Mind with a proposal claiming he can give Sivana his powers back. In a post-credits scene, Freddy tests whether Shazam’s champion form has fish telepathy like Aquaman, which Billy dismisses as stupid.
Cast[edit]
- Asher Angel and Zachary Levi as William "Billy" Batson / Shazam, respectively: A troubled orphan boy who is chosen as the "Champion of Eternity". Given powers by an ancient wizard, he transforms into an adult with superpowers when he calls the sorcerer's name. Batson is chosen as the new Champion, eons after the Council of Eternity selected another hero, who eventually killed all of the Council except for Shazam.[9] The powers given from the ancient wizard to Batson include gifts bestowed upon the sorcerer from various others. These powers include: the Wisdom of Solomon, the Strength of Hercules, the Stamina of Atlas (near-limitless resilience), the Power of Zeus (lightning control and magical resistance), the Courage of Achilles (near indestructibility), and the Speed of Mercury (also provides flight).[10][11] The production team saw over one hundred candidates for Shazam before casting Levi, who originally auditioned for a smaller part before being asked to audition and test for the lead.[12] Angel, cast as Billy, shot his scenes for Shazam! in-between his commitments to the Disney Channel series Andi Mack.[13]
- David Kohlsmith as 4-year-old William "Billy" Batson.[14]
- Mark Strong as Dr. Thaddeus Sivana: A physicist who had grown up as an outcast in his wealthy family. Sivana himself was summoned by the Wizard Shazam as a child, but was not chosen as his champion, leading Sivana to spend his life trying to unlock the secret to return to the Rock of Eternity.[15][16]
- Ethan Pugiotto as Young Thaddeus Sivana.[17]
- Jack Dylan Grazer and Adam Brody as Frederick "Freddy" Freeman: Billy's adoptive brother and best friend, a disabled, nerdy superhero enthusiast who is the only person who knows that he is Shazam.[18]
- Brody portrays Freddy's adult superhero alter-ego.[19]
- Djimon Hounsou as Shazam:[20] An ancient wizard seeking a successor, who bestows his powers on Billy Batson so that he can magically transform into an adult superhero. Hounsou previously portrayed Ricou, the King of the Fishermen, in Aquaman.[21][21][22]
- Faithe Herman and Meagan Good as Darla Dudley: Billy's youngest foster sibling at his new home, an energetic and effusive little girl.[23]
- Good portrays Darla's adult superheroine alter-ego. [19]
- Grace Fulton and Michelle Borth as Mary Bromfield: Billy's adoptive sister at his new home, the "den mother" who helps take care of the other kids and is debating attending college in California.[24][25]
- Borth portrays Mary's adult superheroine alter-ego.[19]
- Ian Chen and Ross Butler as Eugene Choi: Billy's adoptive brother at his new home, an obsessive gaming enthusiast and budding techie.[26]
- Butler portrays Ian's adult superhero alter-ego.[19]
- Jovan Armand and D.J. Cotrona as Pedro Peña: Billy's adoptive brother at his new home, a shy, sensitive kid who has trouble opening up.[26]
- Cotrona portrays Pedro's adult superhero alter-ego.[19]
- Marta Milans as Rosa Vasquez: The adoptive mother of the group home where Billy and his friends live.[27]
- Cooper Andrews as Victor Vasquez: The adoptive father of the group home where Billy and his friends live.[28]
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