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Friday, April 5, 2019
SHAZAM! MOVIE REVIEW VIDEO! (extempore, no spoilers)
Here is my on-the-spot review of the movie SHAZAM! I will probably write something more thorough with spoilers later.
We will finish up our Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) movie review first.
We will finish up our Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) movie review first.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
TWO NEW TRAILERS! ONE FOR SHAZAM! ONE FOR CAPTAIN MARVEL!
So MovieAccessTrailers seems to like to put together videos of "coming attractions," book-ended by recent trailers. This is great because it gives us the opportunity to see a whole bunch of footage of the movies in one convenient video. So without further ado, here is the one for DC's upcoming "SHAZAM!" movie:
In it we see Sivana shooting lightning from his fingers, money flying out of an ATM into the hands of the hero and Freddy Freeman, a new member of the "Shazam Kids," and repeated viewings of what is possibly the coolest shot in any Superhero movie, Billy Batson jumping off a building, saying the word, and, in a flash of lightning, transforming into the hero.
Here is the one for Marvel's "Captain Marvel" movie:
The heading is a bit misleading. We don't see any Minerva-Ronan fight, What we do get is Annette Benning as a maternal figure, a brief look at Korath with laser wings, more Brie Larsen/Samuel L. Jackson banter, a Jude Law/Brie Larsen fight/training sequence, some air force buddy-banter between Lashana Lynch (Monica Rambeau's mom) and Brie Larsen, and footage of Brie Larsen jumping on a train and crashing a plane.
I am going to update this post with some analysis later.
In it we see Sivana shooting lightning from his fingers, money flying out of an ATM into the hands of the hero and Freddy Freeman, a new member of the "Shazam Kids," and repeated viewings of what is possibly the coolest shot in any Superhero movie, Billy Batson jumping off a building, saying the word, and, in a flash of lightning, transforming into the hero.
Here is the one for Marvel's "Captain Marvel" movie:
The heading is a bit misleading. We don't see any Minerva-Ronan fight, What we do get is Annette Benning as a maternal figure, a brief look at Korath with laser wings, more Brie Larsen/Samuel L. Jackson banter, a Jude Law/Brie Larsen fight/training sequence, some air force buddy-banter between Lashana Lynch (Monica Rambeau's mom) and Brie Larsen, and footage of Brie Larsen jumping on a train and crashing a plane.
I am going to update this post with some analysis later.
Saturday, October 28, 2017
IT'S OFFICIAL! ZACHARY LEVI AS THE HERO OF "SHAZAM!" (Captain Marvel?)!
Hi Friends. I am sitting on a Greyhound but to the Armored Combat League's New World Cup, where I am going to be doing the play-by-play of the live streamcast, and I forgot to bring my laptop charger, so I am going to have to make this brief.
The role of the hero of the "Shazam!" movie has been cast, and it is someone who shares my initials: Zachary Levy!
Zachary Levy starred as a reluctant secret agent in the successful TV series "Chuck" (of which I had a T-shirt that I got at San Diego Comic Con years ago. Wish I still had it. It has just gone up in value in my esteem) and played Fandral the Dashing in the "Thor" movies. He was also in such movies as TV shows at "Heroes Reborn," "Tangled," and "Alvin and the Chipmunks." He's got the eyebrows and the smile, but is going to have to go on a Christopher Reeve-style bodybuilding program to match the traditional build of the World's Mightiest Mortal.
You will notice I did not call the hero "Captain Marvel" right of the bat. There is still some confusion and ambiguity as to whether that will be the hero's name in the movie. Most of director David F. Sandberg's Instagram lg of his production process has shown the traditional Fawcett-DC version of Captain Marvel, but one New 52 "Shazam" action figure did show up. The clickbait press has been reporting that the "Seven Deadly Sins" may be a villain and that characters that may be the adoptive family of Billy Batson in the New 52 have been showing up in casting notices.
Since Marvel Comics/Disney owns the trademark "Captain Marvel," DC/Warners cannot use that name in the title or on the poster. They can, however, call the original Captain Marvel by his name in the scrip and on the comic book page. It is my contention that the New 52 character is a separate character from the original Captain Marvel or any other versions of him that DC has produced (see my video "Captain Marvel History" for an explanation). It has been established that there is a "multiverse" in DC, and that on Earth-5 exists the original.
I did talk with Dan Didio at NY Comic Con about this briefly, and I will be making a video with his answer to the question soon. It may shock some people!
Lots of websites seem to be using the New 52 version interchangeably with the classic version, and the description of the character in every one of these newsposts I have seen describe the character generically enough that it sounds like the original, but might not be incorrect if applied to the New 52 version.
But until I see a piece of footage or read a bit of script in which the hero is named, I will continue to be ambiguous and hold out for the classic version of the Big Red Cheese.
And now, the traditional "clickbait roundup" of the story:
It all started here:
Variety
And everyone else...
Comicbook
Deadline
Hollywood Reporter
Vulture
iO9.Gizmodo
Silver Screen Beat
EW
Heroic Hollywood
Movie Pilot
Ace Showbiz
Digital Spy
ecartelera
Omelete
L'Info Tout Court
Lo Spazio Bianco
That's all I have time for today. Keep an eye on this post, for I will update it with more clickbait links this weekend!
The role of the hero of the "Shazam!" movie has been cast, and it is someone who shares my initials: Zachary Levy!
Zachary Levy starred as a reluctant secret agent in the successful TV series "Chuck" (of which I had a T-shirt that I got at San Diego Comic Con years ago. Wish I still had it. It has just gone up in value in my esteem) and played Fandral the Dashing in the "Thor" movies. He was also in such movies as TV shows at "Heroes Reborn," "Tangled," and "Alvin and the Chipmunks." He's got the eyebrows and the smile, but is going to have to go on a Christopher Reeve-style bodybuilding program to match the traditional build of the World's Mightiest Mortal.
You will notice I did not call the hero "Captain Marvel" right of the bat. There is still some confusion and ambiguity as to whether that will be the hero's name in the movie. Most of director David F. Sandberg's Instagram lg of his production process has shown the traditional Fawcett-DC version of Captain Marvel, but one New 52 "Shazam" action figure did show up. The clickbait press has been reporting that the "Seven Deadly Sins" may be a villain and that characters that may be the adoptive family of Billy Batson in the New 52 have been showing up in casting notices.
Since Marvel Comics/Disney owns the trademark "Captain Marvel," DC/Warners cannot use that name in the title or on the poster. They can, however, call the original Captain Marvel by his name in the scrip and on the comic book page. It is my contention that the New 52 character is a separate character from the original Captain Marvel or any other versions of him that DC has produced (see my video "Captain Marvel History" for an explanation). It has been established that there is a "multiverse" in DC, and that on Earth-5 exists the original.
I did talk with Dan Didio at NY Comic Con about this briefly, and I will be making a video with his answer to the question soon. It may shock some people!
Lots of websites seem to be using the New 52 version interchangeably with the classic version, and the description of the character in every one of these newsposts I have seen describe the character generically enough that it sounds like the original, but might not be incorrect if applied to the New 52 version.
But until I see a piece of footage or read a bit of script in which the hero is named, I will continue to be ambiguous and hold out for the classic version of the Big Red Cheese.
And now, the traditional "clickbait roundup" of the story:
It all started here:
Variety
And everyone else...
Comicbook
Deadline
Hollywood Reporter
Vulture
iO9.Gizmodo
Silver Screen Beat
EW
Heroic Hollywood
Movie Pilot
Ace Showbiz
Digital Spy
ecartelera
Omelete
L'Info Tout Court
Lo Spazio Bianco
That's all I have time for today. Keep an eye on this post, for I will update it with more clickbait links this weekend!
Saturday, July 22, 2017
SHAZAM! Director Announced! REAL NEWS!
Part two of a three-part post series.
This is not a full-service "clickbait roundup," but in my research I could not avoid finding a few articles and posts about the news and thus are linking them in the body of this post. I hate the Interwebs.
In my previous post, I talked about the apparent news from four days ago of the start date of DC's "Shazam!" movie and how it relates to Marvel's "Captain Marvel" movie. This post is about the announcement the day after that of the director announced for "Shazam!"
Comparisons between the "Shazam!" and "Captain Marvel" movie projects are inevitable on this blog for several reasons. For one thing "Shazam" is the trademark by which DC markets the original superhero named Captain Marvel and his several reboots and reinterpretations under their watch. For another, these movies were announced and are scheduled to be released at about the same time. Finally, of course, this blog is about all those superheroes that have gone by the name of "Captain Marvel."
So now, about a month or so after Marvel announced that Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck will be directing their "Captain Marvel," DC has announced that David F. Sandberg will be directing "Shazam!"
I had never heard of this guy before, but that proves nothing, so after I saw the this news on CinemaBlend , I decided to look up this guy a little bit. IMDB shows that apparently he has directed a bunch of shorts and documentaries and a couple of horror features, has also served as writer, producer, cinematographer, composer, and even actor on a bunch of those projects. Wikipedia describes him as a "freelance animator and maker of documentary and short films" before his breakout film, "Lights Out," which was a short from 2013 that became a feature in 2016. Now he is going to be directing a big superhero movie.
The most notable example of someone with a limited resume being given a big genre project somewhat outside of his previous experience that comes to my mind is David Lynch with his version of Frank Herbert's "Dune." David Lynch is a very deliberate director who had displayed a "quirky" sense of filmmaking, but he had never done a movie with more than a half-dozen people and more that a half-dozen dollars before, and it showed. Though the movie was moody and visually arresting, the battle scenes were awkward, the acting was uneven, the script was confusing (especially after the movie had been edited down by the studio for a shorter running time), and had an ending payoff that was different from the book, with a result that would have made continuation of the series impossible. It really seemed like Lynch's brilliant previous efforts, "Eraserhead" and "The Elephant Man," had ill-prepared him for a sprawling, quasi-mystical, stellar-political epic (I personally thought that David Lean would have been a good choice, not just because he had directed a great epic film in a desert but because he understood how to make sprawling, geopolitical epics).
However, I have zero familiarity with Sandberg's work, so I am going to have to spend some time watching his films to pass a preliminary judgement on the wisdom of this decision. He has his own website with a lot of videos, so that seems like a good place to start. Maybe there is something about his visual style, his sense of humor, his understanding of children, his sense of wonder, or some other characteristic that I imagine should be a part of a "Shazam!" movie that makes him ideally suited for the job.
For his part, he has made a few statements in public about this. Heroic Hollywood shared his announcement confirming his assignment. In this announcement, Sandberg said nothing disappointing or even surprising at all:
Apparently, he also chats on Reddit, and ComicBookMovie dutifully reported that he said essentially the same thing all over again.
"To keep it general and not go into script details I'd say the core thing that's appealing to me is the wish fulfillment," said Sandberg. "What kid doesn't want to be Superman? This is a kid that basically gets to become Superman."
...and in searching for more of what he has said on Reddit, I found a San Diego Comic Con interview with him. I am going to have to watch that and comment on it later.
One thing I have noticed, though, is how it still seems uncertain whether the hero is going to be named "Shazam." The CinemaBlend article referenced above says, parenthetically, that "the hero was known as Captain Marvel before the New 52 relaunch." On the DCEU Reddit board, the "Shazam!" movie is illustrated by a picture of the New 52 character.
On the other hand, on IMDB, in a description written by "Hellfreezer," it says "he is the holder of the power of S.H.A.Z.A.M; he is Captain Marvel." In an interview with Kevin Smith for IMDB posted on BleedingCool, when Smith asks if Sandberg if he is doing any comic book movies soon, Sandberg relpied "Shazam." Smith exclaims "Captain Marvel?" and Sandberg answers, "yes." Then, of course, in Den of Geek's article about the Sandberg announcement, Dwayne Johnson is quoted as saying:
"What we decided to do was to create a scenario where Black Adam has his stand-alone movie, and Captain Marvel, Shazam, has his stand-alone movie," he told MTV. "We're building our world that way, and then we can come together at some point."
Wait, what? Is there more real news? Stay tuned...
NEXT: The Rock lays down the news!
If you want to see David F. Sandberg's previous work...
This is not a full-service "clickbait roundup," but in my research I could not avoid finding a few articles and posts about the news and thus are linking them in the body of this post. I hate the Interwebs.
In my previous post, I talked about the apparent news from four days ago of the start date of DC's "Shazam!" movie and how it relates to Marvel's "Captain Marvel" movie. This post is about the announcement the day after that of the director announced for "Shazam!"
Comparisons between the "Shazam!" and "Captain Marvel" movie projects are inevitable on this blog for several reasons. For one thing "Shazam" is the trademark by which DC markets the original superhero named Captain Marvel and his several reboots and reinterpretations under their watch. For another, these movies were announced and are scheduled to be released at about the same time. Finally, of course, this blog is about all those superheroes that have gone by the name of "Captain Marvel."
So now, about a month or so after Marvel announced that Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck will be directing their "Captain Marvel," DC has announced that David F. Sandberg will be directing "Shazam!"
I had never heard of this guy before, but that proves nothing, so after I saw the this news on CinemaBlend , I decided to look up this guy a little bit. IMDB shows that apparently he has directed a bunch of shorts and documentaries and a couple of horror features, has also served as writer, producer, cinematographer, composer, and even actor on a bunch of those projects. Wikipedia describes him as a "freelance animator and maker of documentary and short films" before his breakout film, "Lights Out," which was a short from 2013 that became a feature in 2016. Now he is going to be directing a big superhero movie.
The most notable example of someone with a limited resume being given a big genre project somewhat outside of his previous experience that comes to my mind is David Lynch with his version of Frank Herbert's "Dune." David Lynch is a very deliberate director who had displayed a "quirky" sense of filmmaking, but he had never done a movie with more than a half-dozen people and more that a half-dozen dollars before, and it showed. Though the movie was moody and visually arresting, the battle scenes were awkward, the acting was uneven, the script was confusing (especially after the movie had been edited down by the studio for a shorter running time), and had an ending payoff that was different from the book, with a result that would have made continuation of the series impossible. It really seemed like Lynch's brilliant previous efforts, "Eraserhead" and "The Elephant Man," had ill-prepared him for a sprawling, quasi-mystical, stellar-political epic (I personally thought that David Lean would have been a good choice, not just because he had directed a great epic film in a desert but because he understood how to make sprawling, geopolitical epics).
However, I have zero familiarity with Sandberg's work, so I am going to have to spend some time watching his films to pass a preliminary judgement on the wisdom of this decision. He has his own website with a lot of videos, so that seems like a good place to start. Maybe there is something about his visual style, his sense of humor, his understanding of children, his sense of wonder, or some other characteristic that I imagine should be a part of a "Shazam!" movie that makes him ideally suited for the job.
For his part, he has made a few statements in public about this. Heroic Hollywood shared his announcement confirming his assignment. In this announcement, Sandberg said nothing disappointing or even surprising at all:
“I’m very happy to say that is true and it’s really awesome. I’m really looking forward to it.”
“Yeah, just because it’s the ultimate wish fulfillment, you know? Every kid wants to be Superman and here’s the kid who gets the chance to be Superman and, you know, finds out that it could also be a challenge.”
“I definitely plan on doing more horror […] but it’ll be fun to try something that’s a little bit different.”
Apparently, he also chats on Reddit, and ComicBookMovie dutifully reported that he said essentially the same thing all over again.
"To keep it general and not go into script details I'd say the core thing that's appealing to me is the wish fulfillment," said Sandberg. "What kid doesn't want to be Superman? This is a kid that basically gets to become Superman."
...and in searching for more of what he has said on Reddit, I found a San Diego Comic Con interview with him. I am going to have to watch that and comment on it later.
One thing I have noticed, though, is how it still seems uncertain whether the hero is going to be named "Shazam." The CinemaBlend article referenced above says, parenthetically, that "the hero was known as Captain Marvel before the New 52 relaunch." On the DCEU Reddit board, the "Shazam!" movie is illustrated by a picture of the New 52 character.
On the other hand, on IMDB, in a description written by "Hellfreezer," it says "he is the holder of the power of S.H.A.Z.A.M; he is Captain Marvel." In an interview with Kevin Smith for IMDB posted on BleedingCool, when Smith asks if Sandberg if he is doing any comic book movies soon, Sandberg relpied "Shazam." Smith exclaims "Captain Marvel?" and Sandberg answers, "yes." Then, of course, in Den of Geek's article about the Sandberg announcement, Dwayne Johnson is quoted as saying:
"What we decided to do was to create a scenario where Black Adam has his stand-alone movie, and Captain Marvel, Shazam, has his stand-alone movie," he told MTV. "We're building our world that way, and then we can come together at some point."
Wait, what? Is there more real news? Stay tuned...
NEXT: The Rock lays down the news!
If you want to see David F. Sandberg's previous work...
Friday, July 21, 2017
SHAZAM! Shooting Dates! Yes, REAL NEWS!
In that hazy realm in which Clickbait resides, somewhere between news, rumor, speculations, wishful thinking, and misinterpretation based on wishful thinking after a rumor gets started based on a scrap of news, lay the fate of DC's "Shazam!" movie. All that was certain, for the longest time, was that Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson would play Black Adam in this movie. This was announced way back in 2014. But after several scripts and directors had be lined up in the stillborn attempt at producing this movie in the previous decade, there seemed to be no further developments for this one now.
My previous posts have reported on things that may or may not have been baseless rumors or legitimate news, but today I am just too busy to go on my traditional "clickbait roundup" to find all the angles on all the elements of the story that have broken in the last few days.
We will start with the report from Cinema Blend three days ago that the "Shazam!" movie has a production start date. This date would be in February of 2017, putting it in line with the start date for Marvel's "Captain Marvel" movie.
In case you just started reading comics and following them on the Interwebs four days ago, the reason we are tracking these two movies here on "Captain Marvel Culture" is because "Shazam!" (complete with exclamation point) is the trademark by which DC markets their character known as Captain Marvel. This character was originally produced by Fawcett Publications in comic books dated from 1940-1953. The reasons for his demise are too complex to get into here, but twenty years later DC licensed the character from Fawcett. Marvel, in the meantime, had created their own Captain Marvel (again: long story) and trademarked the name, so DC had to come up with something different. Since the source of Captain Marvel's power's were the magic word "Shazam!" it was decided to make that the title of the comic book, and it has been the trademark by which DC has marketed the character. He was still called "Captain Marvel" inside the books and on the TV shows and in the View-Master Slides, but never on a cover or box. This led to confusion. finally DC, who had fully acquired the rights to the character in 1991, re-interpreted him for their "New 52" reboot of their entire universe, and that character is named "Shazam," ending the confusion...not really. It just led to more confusion.
But confusion aside, Marvel had scheduled their "Captain Marvel" movie for a release date slightly before DC's "Shazam!" Could that have been so that their "captain Marvel hero would hit the big screen before DC's Captain Marvel? Conspiracy theorists have had fun with this. In fact, there are theories, rumors, speculation, and other claptrap about Marvel finally "winning the rights" to the name for DC or something, or there being some sort of deal whereby DC agreed never to use the name "Captain Marvel" again...
...but I am not buying most of it. Marvel can be perfectly justified in protecting their copyright by making sure there is always a Captain Marvel in the MCU, and DC can decide to finally create a superhero with the same name as the title of his comic book without there having been some sort of apocalyptic "deal" or anyone doing anything underhandedly competitive. It's all just business-oriented decisions, for better or worse.
for the Record, right now, as it stands, Marvel's "Captain Marvel" is scheduled to start shooting in February of 2018, and be released on March 8, 2019, and DC's "Shazam!" is said to be starting production in February 2018 for an April 5, 2019 release.
Next: SHAZAM! A Director is Chosen!
My previous posts have reported on things that may or may not have been baseless rumors or legitimate news, but today I am just too busy to go on my traditional "clickbait roundup" to find all the angles on all the elements of the story that have broken in the last few days.
We will start with the report from Cinema Blend three days ago that the "Shazam!" movie has a production start date. This date would be in February of 2017, putting it in line with the start date for Marvel's "Captain Marvel" movie.
In case you just started reading comics and following them on the Interwebs four days ago, the reason we are tracking these two movies here on "Captain Marvel Culture" is because "Shazam!" (complete with exclamation point) is the trademark by which DC markets their character known as Captain Marvel. This character was originally produced by Fawcett Publications in comic books dated from 1940-1953. The reasons for his demise are too complex to get into here, but twenty years later DC licensed the character from Fawcett. Marvel, in the meantime, had created their own Captain Marvel (again: long story) and trademarked the name, so DC had to come up with something different. Since the source of Captain Marvel's power's were the magic word "Shazam!" it was decided to make that the title of the comic book, and it has been the trademark by which DC has marketed the character. He was still called "Captain Marvel" inside the books and on the TV shows and in the View-Master Slides, but never on a cover or box. This led to confusion. finally DC, who had fully acquired the rights to the character in 1991, re-interpreted him for their "New 52" reboot of their entire universe, and that character is named "Shazam," ending the confusion...not really. It just led to more confusion.
But confusion aside, Marvel had scheduled their "Captain Marvel" movie for a release date slightly before DC's "Shazam!" Could that have been so that their "captain Marvel hero would hit the big screen before DC's Captain Marvel? Conspiracy theorists have had fun with this. In fact, there are theories, rumors, speculation, and other claptrap about Marvel finally "winning the rights" to the name for DC or something, or there being some sort of deal whereby DC agreed never to use the name "Captain Marvel" again...
...but I am not buying most of it. Marvel can be perfectly justified in protecting their copyright by making sure there is always a Captain Marvel in the MCU, and DC can decide to finally create a superhero with the same name as the title of his comic book without there having been some sort of apocalyptic "deal" or anyone doing anything underhandedly competitive. It's all just business-oriented decisions, for better or worse.
for the Record, right now, as it stands, Marvel's "Captain Marvel" is scheduled to start shooting in February of 2018, and be released on March 8, 2019, and DC's "Shazam!" is said to be starting production in February 2018 for an April 5, 2019 release.
Next: SHAZAM! A Director is Chosen!
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
RUMOR ALERT! Post on Reddit, Dwayne Johnson Interview Lead to Inferences that "Shazam!" Movie is Cancelled, Black Adam will be in "Man of Steel 2," More.
Sometimes setting a Google Alert pays off.
It seems to have started with a post on Reddit, one that was denied on Twitter, but built upon by an interview on MTV and now the future of the Shazam! hero and related characters in the movies appears to be some thing like this:
Black Adam, played by Dwayne Johnson, is definitely going to appear in movies.
Black Adam will probably have his own stand-alone movie.
Black Adam might face Superman in a movie.
Black Adam might face Superman in "Man of Steel 2."
The "Shazam!" movie might be "off the table," but might still happen, depending on how you interpret the anonymous sources and Dwayne Johnson's interviews.
Captain Marvel or Shazam (whichever version of the hero they decide to use) might or might not appear in anything currently scheduled.
Billy Batson might appear as an "Easter Egg" in something.
As a fan of the Big Red Cheese, I have been hoping for not just a Captain Marvel movie, but a GOOD Captain Marvel movie since one was first announced back in 2003. However, from what little I have read of the scripts that have been written, seen what has been done with the character in the comics, and what I have experienced of what happens to superheroes in movies, it is likely that the concept of the character will be used as a jumping-off point rather than the material of the character be adapted into a good movie.
If that is the case, I won't mind if Black Adam gets all the press and screen time. But maybe, just maybe, someone will figure out a way to handle the character as he deserves. Something like the purity of Captain America with the sense of fun of Ant Man and the youthful enthusiasm of the latest Spider-Man. I know those are all Marvel characters, but it would be a breath of fresh air to bring that sort of stuff into the DC Cinematic Universe.
One thing is pretty much certain: If and when he does come to the big screen, Billy Bsatson/Captain Marvel will be a boy who transforms into a grown-up superhero, but keeps his own mind. That has been the standard interpretation since Roy Thomas wrote "Shazam! A New Beginning" in 1986, and it has stuck. I liked the original concept, that the boy and the hero were two distinct personalities with shared memories, but that is just too confusing for today's audiences.
Here are other websites spreading the news/rumors/clickbait:
MoviePilot
MovieWeb
ScreenRant
Cosmic Book News
Xania News
Rincon-Celebnews
It seems to have started with a post on Reddit, one that was denied on Twitter, but built upon by an interview on MTV and now the future of the Shazam! hero and related characters in the movies appears to be some thing like this:
Black Adam, played by Dwayne Johnson, is definitely going to appear in movies.
Black Adam will probably have his own stand-alone movie.
Black Adam might face Superman in a movie.
Black Adam might face Superman in "Man of Steel 2."
The "Shazam!" movie might be "off the table," but might still happen, depending on how you interpret the anonymous sources and Dwayne Johnson's interviews.
Captain Marvel or Shazam (whichever version of the hero they decide to use) might or might not appear in anything currently scheduled.
Billy Batson might appear as an "Easter Egg" in something.
As a fan of the Big Red Cheese, I have been hoping for not just a Captain Marvel movie, but a GOOD Captain Marvel movie since one was first announced back in 2003. However, from what little I have read of the scripts that have been written, seen what has been done with the character in the comics, and what I have experienced of what happens to superheroes in movies, it is likely that the concept of the character will be used as a jumping-off point rather than the material of the character be adapted into a good movie.
If that is the case, I won't mind if Black Adam gets all the press and screen time. But maybe, just maybe, someone will figure out a way to handle the character as he deserves. Something like the purity of Captain America with the sense of fun of Ant Man and the youthful enthusiasm of the latest Spider-Man. I know those are all Marvel characters, but it would be a breath of fresh air to bring that sort of stuff into the DC Cinematic Universe.
One thing is pretty much certain: If and when he does come to the big screen, Billy Bsatson/Captain Marvel will be a boy who transforms into a grown-up superhero, but keeps his own mind. That has been the standard interpretation since Roy Thomas wrote "Shazam! A New Beginning" in 1986, and it has stuck. I liked the original concept, that the boy and the hero were two distinct personalities with shared memories, but that is just too confusing for today's audiences.
Here are other websites spreading the news/rumors/clickbait:
MoviePilot
MovieWeb
ScreenRant
Cosmic Book News
Xania News
Rincon-Celebnews
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