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Plot
In 1974 Upstate New York, young Thaddeus Sivana is arguing with his father and
older 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,
last of the Council of Wizards, who has spent centuries searching for a new
champion who is "pure of heart" after the previous champion, driven by revenge,
released the Seven Deadly Sins upon the world. Thaddeus is tempted by the Sins,
entrapped in statues, and is deemed unworthy and returned to Earth.

In present-day Philadelphia, foster child 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
Vasquez with five other foster kids; Mary Bromfield, Pedro Pe�a, Eugene Choi, Darla
Dudley and superhero enthusiast Freddy Freeman. Meanwhile, an embittered adult
Sivana 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
and using the Sins to murder his brother, father and Sivana Industries' board of
directors.

At school, Billy saves Freddy from bullies and is chased into a subway, where
Shazam summons Billy, chosen as the new champion. By calling Shazam's name, Billy
is transformed into an adult superhero endowed with the wizard's name; thanking
Billy, the Wizard turns to dust, leaving behind his staff. At home, Freddy helps
Billy explore his newfound powers: electricity manipulation, near-invulnerability,
super-strength, speed, genius-level intellect and flight. Freddy's videos of Shazam
testing his powers become a viral sensation, and Billy begins skipping school to
use his powers as Shazam for money and fame. Seeing Shazam save a bus on the news,
Sivana challenges and easily defeats him, demanding he surrender his powers, but
Shazam transforms back into Billy and escapes into a crowd. From the news, Sivana
deduces Billy's identity and abducts Freddy to find Billy. At the Vasquez home, the
other children also infers Billy's secret and tell him they have found his mother,
who lives nearby.

Billy reunites with his mother, but discovers she had abandoned him on purpose,
feeling unqualified as a single teenage mom. Billy returns the compass she gave him
as a toddler and leaves, telling her he needs to return to his real family. Sivana
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Shazam!
Shazam! theatrical poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by David F. Sandberg
Produced by Peter Safran
Screenplay by Henry Gayden
Story by
Henry Gayden
Darren Lemke
Based on Characters
by DC Comics
Starring
Zachary Levi
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rewg'lknewrg/msdtion 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 Johnson considered 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. He would later be cast in January 2017 to lead a solo
Black Adam development project. 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 $361 million
worldwide, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of 2019. Despite being the
lowest grossing film of the DCEU, it emerged as a box office success, being more
profitable than Justice League. It received praise from critics for Sandberg's
direction and the performances of Levi and Grazer, as well as its light tone and
sense of fun.[5] A sequel is in development.

Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Pre-pr/,dsnaf
asldfly, having taken his foster siblings hostage, and Billy as Shazam agrees to
give Sivana his powers in exchange for the family�s safety. Sivana and Shazam
travel to the Rock of Eternity where Sivana takes the wizard's staff, but the
siblings follow and attack Sivana. Shazam 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 siblings,
demanding his powers. 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. Shazam breaks the staff and battles Sivana while his siblings distract the
Sins. Shazam baits Envy out of Sivana's body, leaving him powerless, and takes back
the Eye of Sin which recaptures all the Sins. Billy and his siblings are hailed as
heroes. Returning the Eye and the Sins to their prison, Billy and his siblings
realize the Rock of Eternity can be their new lair. Later, Billy arrives at school
as Shazam to have lunch with his siblings, revealing he has also invited Superman,
to Freddy's shock and joy.

In a mid-credits scene, an imprisoned Sivana is approached by Mister Mind, who


proposes an alliance.

In a post-credits scene, Shazam and Freddy are testing if he has telepathic


communication with fish.

Cast
Asher Angel and Zachary Levi as William "Billy" Batson / Shazam, respectively: A
troubled teenaged 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.[6] 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).[7][8] The production team saw over one hundred candidates for
Shazam before casting Levi, who originally auditioned to play Freddy Freeman's
adult superhero alter-ego[9] before being asked to audition and test for the lead.
[10] Angel, cast as Billy, shot his scenes for Shazam! in-between his commitments
to the Disney Channel series Andi Mack.[11]
David Kohlsmith as 4-year-old William "Billy" Batson.[12]
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.[13][14]
Ethan Pugiotto as Young Thaddeus Sivana.[15]
Jack Dylan Grazer as Frederick "Freddy" Freeman: Billy's foster brother and best
friend, a disabled, nerdy superhero enthusiast who is the only person who knows
that he is Shazam.[16]
Adam Brody portrays Freddy's adult superhero alter-ego.[17]
Djimon Hounsou as Shazam:[18] 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.[19][19][20]
Faithe Herman as Darla Dudley: Billy's youngest foster sibling at his new home, an
energetic and effusive little girl.[21]
Meagan Good portrays Darla's adult superheroine alter-ego. [17]
Grace Fulton as Mary Bromfield: Billy's foster sister at his new home, the "den
mother" who helps take care of the other kids and is debating attending college in
California.[22][23]
Michelle Borth portrays Mary's adult superheroine alter-ego.[17]
Ian Chen as Eugene Choi: Billy's foster brother at his new home, an obsessive
gaming enthusiast and budding techie.[24]
Ross Butler portrays Eugene's adult superhero alter-ego.[17]
Jovan Armand as Pedro Pe�a: Billy's foster brother at his new home, a shy,
sensitive kid who has trouble opening up.[24]
D. J. Cotrona portrays Pedro's adult superhero alter-ego.[17]
Marta Milans as Rosa Vasquez: The foster mother of the group home where Billy and
his friends live.[25]
Cooper Andrews as Victor Vasquez: The foster father of the group home where Billy
and his friends live.[26]
The film also features John Glover as Mr. Sivana, the estranged father of Dr.
Thaddeus Sivana and CEO of Sivana Industries.[27] Wayne Ward portrays Thaddeus
Sivana's bullying brother Sid as an adult and Landon Doak portrays Sid as a
teenager. Carson MacCormac and Evan Marsh portray Brett and Burke Breyer, the
bullies at the kids' school who torment Freddy.[28] Andi Osho reprises her role as
social worker Emma Glover from Sandberg's film Lights Out in an Easter egg
appearance.[29][30][31] Natalia Safran was cast as Mrs. Sivana, Doctor Sivana's
mother. Safran previously portrayed Rina, the Queen of the Fishermen Kingdom of
Atlantis in Aquaman.[32] Caroline Palmer portrays Billy's biological mother
Marilyn, who secretly allowed child services to take her son due to giving birth to
him as a teenager.

Director David F. Sandberg makes cameo appearances performing as each of the three
Crocodile-Men (collaboratively assisted by Steve Newburn and Ned Morill), and
provides the voice of Mister Mind for a mid-credits sequence.[33] Sandberg's wife,
actress Lotta Losten, portrays Dr. Lynn Crosby, a researcher working with Dr.
Sivana who is killed by him.[34] Sound designer Bill R. Dean has an uncredited
cameo as the voice of a Batman toy,[35] Ryan Handley, Zachary Levi's stunt double,
also appears as Superman in a silent cameo appearance at the end of the film, where
the character is only seen from the neck down, due to Henry Cavill being
unavailable for shooting.[36]
The Seven Deadly Sins � a supernatural team of villains consisting of the demons
Pride, Envy, Greed, Lust, Wrath, Gluttony, and Sloth � were portrayed by stunt
doubles in motion capture suits on-set during filming and depicted as CGI
characters.[37] Their voices were collectively provided by actors Steve Blum, Darin
De Paul, and Fred Tatasciore.

Production
Development
New Line Cinema began development of a Shazam! live-action feature film in the
early 2000s, with multiple screenplay drafts, by William Goldman, the team of Alec
Sokolow and Joel Cohen, Bryan Goluboff, and John August. The version of the Shazam!
script written by August, which went into pre-production in 2008, was an action-
comedy which focused on the origin story of the hero, then known by his original
name of Captain Marvel, and his young alter ego, Billy Batson.[38] Peter Segal[39]
was attached as director and Dwayne Johnson was in talks to appear as the film's
villain, Black Adam.[39][40] New Line Cinema was absorbed into Warner Bros. during
the course of development.

Following the success of Warner's Batman film The Dark Knight and the commercial
failure of its lighter, family-friendly Speed Racer, both during the summer of
2008, August departed from the project, citing pressure from the studio to make the
screenplay darker and more serious.[40][41][42] In August 2009, Bill Birch and
Geoff Johns, a prominent DC Comics writer, were assigned to write the screenplay,
while Segal remained attached as director.[43] In August 2010, the studio
considered canceling the theatrical movie in favor of a live-action series for
prime time network television.[44] In December 2013, Segal stated that the film
would not be happening, as the similarities between Captain Marvel and Superman had
become an obstacle after the successful launch of Man of Steel earlier that year.
[45]

While development on the Shazam! film was in limbo, DC Comics rebooted the comic
book franchise as part of their New 52 relaunch in 2012. Due to ongoing trademark
conflicts with Marvel Comics, who owned the trademark for "Captain Marvel" for use
with their own character of the same name,[46] DC renamed their Captain Marvel
superhero character "Shazam" at this time.[47] DC had been required to market and
promote the character using the trademark Shazam!, since acquiring the publishing
rights from Fawcett Comics in 1972.[48] Captain Marvel had originated at Fawcett in
1939, but fell into limbo after 1953 following a long legal battle with DC over
Captain Marvel's similarities to Superman.[49]

In April 2014, Warner Bros. revealed their upcoming slate of films based on DC
Comics properties. A Justice League film was set to be released in 2017, alongside
adaptations of Shazam!, Fables, and 100 Bullets. The Shazam! film was tentatively
set for release in July 2016.[50][51][52] Dwayne Johnson stated he would be
starring in Shazam! that August, but was undecided between portraying Shazam or
Black Adam.[53] In September, Johnson was cast as Black Adam, while Darren Lemke
was set to write the script.[54] In January 2017, Henry Gayden was hired to rewrite
Lemke's script.[55] In February 2017, David F. Sandberg was in talks with the
studio to direct Shazam!,[56] while Dwayne Johnson was set to star in a Black Adam
solo film, as opposed to appearing as the villain in Shazam!,[57] while Doctor
Sivana, another archnemesis of Shazam, became the Shazam! film's main villain.[14]

By July 2017, the studio had begun active development on Shazam! and Sandberg was
confirmed as director, with production to begin in early 2018.[58] Dwayne Johnson
relayed that a different creative team was now involved than when he first signed
on to the film.[59] After being cast as the lead, Zachary Levi stated in an
interview, "the idea is that it's gonna feel like the movie Big, but with super
powers," when was asked about the direction DC Films and New Line Cinema are going
for with Shazam![60] Warner Bros. stated that the film would be based on the 2012-
2013 Shazam! backup feature from the Justice League comic book, by writer Geoff
Johns and artist Gary Frank, which told a modernized version of Shazam's origin.
[22][61]

Pre-production
In August 2017, director David F. Sandberg stated that the film would be the next
to shoot in the DC universe,[62] and by the end of the month, it had begun pre-
production.[63] By October 2017, cinematographer Maxime Alexandre and production
designer Jennifer Spence, who previously worked with Sandberg on Annabelle:
Creation, were added to the production.[64] The next month, Aquaman stunt
coordinator Kyle Gardiner was hired to work on the film's action sequences.[65] On
January 12, 2018, the film's release date was announced as April 19, 2019, later
moved to April 5.[66]

Casting

Zachary Levi at 2018 San Diego Comic-Con International


By September 2014, Dwayne Johnson was set to portray Black Adam in the film, but by
July 2017, he had left the project to pursue a Black Adam solo film.[54][57] In
August 2017, the casting process for Shazam and other characters had begun.
Sandberg had stated in an interview that instead of de-aging an actor using special
effects or CGI, he would cast both a child actor and an adult actor for the role of
the main character.[67] Zachary Levi, John Cena, Zane Holtz, Jake McDorman, Derek
Theler and Billy Magnussen all met with and/or auditioned for Sandberg for the role
of Shazam.[68]

By October 2017, Levi was cast in the titular role.[7] In November, Grace Fulton
joined the cast as Mary Bromfield, one of Billy Batson's foster siblings.[69]
Fulton had previously worked with the same director on Annabelle: Creation.[23]
Later that month, Mark Strong was in final negotiations to play Dr. Sivana.[14]
Strong confirmed he would be playing the role by January 2018.[70] By November
2017, Asher Angel was cast as the titular hero's teenage originator Billy Batson.
[8] In December, Jack Dylan Grazer was added as Freddy Freeman, Batson's best
friend.[16] Later that month, Jovan Armand, Ian Chen, Faithe Herman, and Cooper
Andrews were cast as Pedro Pe�a, Eugene Choi, and Darla Dudley, with Andrews
portraying Victor Vazquez, one of Billy Batson's foster parents.[24][21][26]

By January 2018, Ron Cephas Jones entered talks to play the role of the wizard
Shazam, who granted Batson his powers.[71] Later that month, Spanish actress Marta
Milans joined the cast to play Rosa Vazquez, one of the foster parents at the home
where Billy lives.[25] By the end of January 2018, actress Lotta Losten, the wife
of director David F. Sandberg, revealed that she has a role in the film.[72] On
April 23, 2018, Ross Butler was announced to have joined the cast.[73] By July,
Djimon Hounsou had replaced Jones as the wizard Shazam, due to Jones having
scheduling conflicts.[20] Henry Cavill was in talks to reprise his role as Superman
from previous DCEU films for a cameo, but was unable to because of scheduling.[74]

Filming
Principal photography for Shazam! began in Toronto and Hamilton, in Ontario, Canada
on January 29, 2018, under the working title Franklin,[75][76][77] and wrapped by
mid-May 2018.[78] The film was set primarily in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is
firmly established within the DCEU.[22] Most of the production was shot at Pinewood
Toronto Studios, and also several public locations around the city, including the
University of Toronto, Woodbine Shopping Centre,[79] and Hearn Generating Station.
In early March 2018, filming took place at Fort York National Historic Site in
downtown Toronto.[80] By early May 2018, Asher Angel, among other young cast
members, had finished filming his part,[81] and principal photography wrapped on
May 11, 2018.[82] Additional photography took place in Toronto between November and
December 2018.[83][84] Scenes set at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and well as
other location work such as footage of the skyline and aerial shots, were filmed in
the city of Philadelphia in December 2018.[85] Shazam! had a filming budget of
$90�100 million (and about $102 million once post-production was complete), making
it the least expensive DCEU film to-date.[86][87][88][3]

Post-production
David F. Sandberg's two-time collaborator Michel Aller served as the editor for
Shazam!.[22] Mike Wassel (Hellboy II: The Golden Army and The Fast and the Furious
franchise) and Kelvin McIlwain (Aquaman) were the overall visual effects
supervisors for the film. Technicolor's VFX studios Mr. X (known for The Shape of
Water and Tron: Legacy) and Moving Picture Company (MPC) provided visual effects.
[89][90] Rodeo FX, Digital Domain, and Rise FX also worked on the VFX.[91]

Music
Main article: Shazam! (soundtrack)
On July 21, 2018, Benjamin Wallfisch was announced as the composer for Shazam!,
marking his third collaboration with director David F. Sandberg after previously
scoring Sandberg's Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation.[92] Wallfisch had also
provided additional music for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the second film
in the DC Extended Universe.[93]

Wallfisch cited the influence John Williams and scores from 1980s Amblin
Entertainment films as inspirations for Shazam!, to match the tone of a film about
"an old-school superhero from the Golden Age."[94] In writing the score, Wallfisch
stated that he was "picturing what might happen if a 14-year-old was put in front
of a 100 piece orchestra and told there were no limits. I wanted the score to feel
like it might have been written by an exuberant kid just having the time of his
life with an orchestra."[95]

Marketing

(L:R) Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer and David F. Sandberg promoting
Shazam! at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International
In April 2018, a first look at Shazam! was shown at the CinemaCon convention in Las
Vegas, Nevada, as director David F. Sandberg introduced behind-the-scene footage.
[96][97] During an interview with Film Riot Podcast in June 2018, Sandberg stated
that "On this one, it was just like 'Yeah, I want this to be a classic superhero
movie.' It takes place in the winter, so it's a lot of dark exteriors, but with a
lot of colorful lights and stuff around them."[98] On July 21, 2018, the first
teaser trailer was shown at San Diego Comic-Con during the Warner Bros. panel at
Hall H, with Sandberg, Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, and Jack Dylan Grazer in
attendance. The trailer was later released online.[99] It received a favorable
response from journalists and audiences, who praised its humorous, zany tone.[100]

New footage from the film made its debut at Brazil Comic Con (CCXP) in S�o Paulo on
December 9, 2018 during the Warner Bros. studio panel, with the footage described
for the attendees as action-packed.[101] A new trailer was released on March 4, and
a three-minute sneak peek was included with the digital home media of Aquaman.

At the STP 500 on March 24, 2019, Shazam! was the primary sponsor of Aric Almirola
and the #10 Ford Mustang in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Almirola would go
on to finish 9th after starting 2nd.[102][103]

Release
On March 13, 2019, Warner Bros. Entertainment announced that they were teaming up
with Fandango for exclusive preview screenings on March 23, two weeks before
release, on 1,200 select screens and 40 exhibition circuits.[104]

Shazam! premiered in Toronto on March 15, 2019,[105] and was theatrically released
in the United States by Warner Bros. Entertainment in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and
IMAX 3D on April 5, 2019.[66]

Reception
Box office
As of May 26, 2019, Shazam! has grossed $138.5 million in the United States and
Canada, and $223.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $361.9
million.[4]

In the United States and Canada, Shazam! was released alongside The Best of Enemies
and Pet Sematary, and was projected to gross $40�50 million from 4,260 theaters in
its opening weekend.[106][3] Two weeks before its release, the film grossed $3.3
million from Fandango advance screenings, higher than the $2.9 million made by
fellow DCEU film Aquaman the previous December.[107] It then made $5.9 million from
Thursday night screenings on April 4, for a combined preview total of $9.2 million.
[108] The film grossed a total of $20.5 million on its first day, including
Thursday previews but not the March screenings. It went on to debut to $53.5
million, finishing first at the box office.[109] In its second weekend the film
made $25.1 million, retaining the top spot, before being dethroned by newcomer The
Curse of La Llorona in its third weekend.[110][111] In its fourth weekend, it made
$5.8 million and finished fifth at the box office, including behind fellow
superhero films Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel.[112]

In other territories, the film was released in 53 markets on Wednesday, April 3 and
Thursday, April 4, and was projected to debut to $100�120 million, for a global
opening of $145�170. In its first two days of international release the film made
$15.7 million, finishing first in 48 of its 53 markets. It was then released in an
additional 26 countries, including China, where it made $16.4 million on its first
day. It went on to have an international debut of $102 million, and a global total
of $158.6 million. It came in first in 60 of its 79 markets, with its highest-
grossing being China ($43.4 million), Mexico ($10.6 million), Australia ($10.3
million), the UK ($15.3 million), Russia ($8.4 million) and Brazil ($8.7 million).
[113]

Critical response
At the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating
of 90% based on 360 reviews, with an average rating of 7.24/10. The website's
critical consensus reads, "An effortlessly entertaining blend of humor and heart,
Shazam! is a superhero movie that never forgets the genre's real power: joyous wish
fulfillment."[114] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100,
based on 52 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[115] Audiences
polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale,
while those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 83% and a 61%
"definite recommend."[109]

Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com said that "while Shazam! is goofier (and darker) than
it may look, you'll wish its superhero came with a little more spark,"[116] while
The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck called the film "Big on steroids" and praised
the tone and performances.[117] Alonso Duralde of TheWrap wrote, "If the Wonder
Woman and Aquaman movies represented DC Comics' first big-screen steps away from
the austere color palette of the Zack Snyder movies, Shazam! takes us deeply into
primary colors in a single bound... this new DC entry has a lovely lightness, both
in the visuals and in its tone."[118]

Writing for The A.V. Club, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky gave the film a "B-" and said:
"...while the story of an extremely overpowered champion rising to challenge a one-
dimensionally sinister baddie might seem like the epitome of simplicity, Shazam! is
still a modern-day tentpole blockbuster, overburdened with backstories for both
hero and villain and subtexts that it can't (or won't) fully articulate."[119] That
publication followed up with a further consideration of masculinity in the film and
the superhero genre generally, focusing on the transition of Billy Batson from an
adolescent boy to a man with power and responsibility.[120] Benjamin Lee of The
Guardian gave the film 3/5 stars, specifying, "The finale, while admirably self-
contained and small-scale, grinds on for far too long, a boring escalation of anti-
climaxes that cumulatively dull the intended emotional impact. It's a film in need
of a tighter edit with a script in need of a sharper polish, an imperfect
franchise-launcher that nonetheless represents significant progress for DC."[121]

Accolades
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref(s)
Golden Trailer Awards May 29, 2019 Best Action Shazam! �My Name�, Warner
Bros., Buddha Jones Pending [122]
Best Action TV Spot Shazam! �Serious :60�, Warner Bros., Buddha Jones
Pending
MTV Movie & TV Awards June 17, 2019 Best Comedic Performance Zachary Levi
Pending [123]
Best Hero Pending
Sequel
In April 2019, The Wrap reported that New Line Cinema is developing a sequel with
Henry Gayden returning to write the film, along with David F. Sandberg directing
and Peter Safran producing.[124]

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Shazam!
Shazam! theatrical poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by David F. Sandberg
Produced by Peter Safran
Screenplay by Henry Gayden
Story by
Henry Gayden
Darren Lemke
Based on Characters
by DC Comics
Starring
Zachary Levi
Asher Angel
Mark Strong
Jack Dylan Grazer
Djimon Hounsou
Music by Benjamin Wallfisch
Cinematography Maxime Alexandre
Edited by Michel Aller
Production
company
New Line Cinema
DC Films
The Safran Company
Seven Bucks Productions
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
March 15, 2019 (Toronto)
April 5, 2019 (United States)
Running time
132 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $80�100 million[2][3]
Box office $362 million[4]
Shazam! is a 2019 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character 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 Angel as Billy Batson, a teenage boy who can transform into an
adult superhero, played by Zachary Levi. Mark Strong and Jack Dylan Grazer also
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 Johnson considered 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. He would later be cast in January 2017 to lead a solo
Black Adam development project. 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 $361 million
worldwide, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of 2019. Despite being the
lowest grossing film of the DCEU, it emerged as a box office success, being more
profitable than Justice League. It received praise from critics for Sandberg's
direction and the performances of Levi and Grazer, as well as its light tone and
sense of fun.[5] A sequel is in development.

Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Pre-production
3.3 Casting
3.4 Filming
3.5 Post-production
4 Music
5 Marketing
6 Release
7 Reception
7.1 Box office
7.2 Critical response
7.3 Accolades
8 Sequel
9 References
10 External links
Plot
In 1974 Upstate New York, young Thaddeus Sivana is arguing with his father and
older 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,
last of the Council of Wizards, who has spent centuries searching for a new
champion who is "pure of heart" after the previous champion, driven by revenge,
released the Seven Deadly Sins upon the world. Thaddeus is tempted by the Sins,
entrapped in statues, and is deemed unworthy and returned to Earth.
In present-day Philadelphia, foster child 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
Vasquez with five other foster kids; Mary Bromfield, Pedro Pe�a, Eugene Choi, Darla
Dudley and superhero enthusiast Freddy Freeman. Meanwhile, an embittered adult
Sivana 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
and using the Sins to murder his brother, father and Sivana Industries' board of
directors.

At school, Billy saves Freddy from bullies and is chased into a subway, where
Shazam summons Billy, chosen as the new champion. By calling Shazam's name, Billy
is transformed into an adult superhero endowed with the wizard's name; thanking
Billy, the Wizard turns to dust, leaving behind his staff. At home, Freddy helps
Billy explore his newfound powers: electricity manipulation, near-invulnerability,
super-strength, speed, genius-level intellect and flight. Freddy's videos of Shazam
testing his powers become a viral sensation, and Billy begins skipping school to
use his powers as Shazam for money and fame. Seeing Shazam save a bus on the news,
Sivana challenges and easily defeats him, demanding he surrender his powers, but
Shazam transforms back into Billy and escapes into a crowd. From the news, Sivana
deduces Billy's identity and abducts Freddy to find Billy. At the Vasquez home, the
other children also infers Billy's secret and tell him they have found his mother,
who lives nearby.

Billy reunites with his mother, but discovers she had abandoned him on purpose,
feeling unqualified as a single teenage mom. Billy returns the compass she gave him
as a toddler and leaves, telling her he needs to return to his real family. Sivana
calls Billy, having taken his foster siblings hostage, and Billy as Shazam agrees
to give Sivana his powers in exchange for the family�s safety. Sivana and Shazam
travel to the Rock of Eternity where Sivana takes the wizard's staff, but the
siblings follow and attack Sivana. Shazam 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 siblings,
demanding his powers. 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. Shazam breaks the staff and battles Sivana while his siblings distract the
Sins. Shazam baits Envy out of Sivana's body, leaving him powerless, and takes back
the Eye of Sin which recaptures all the Sins. Billy and his siblings are hailed as
heroes. Returning the Eye and the Sins to their prison, Billy and his siblings
realize the Rock of Eternity can be their new lair. Later, Billy arrives at school
as Shazam to have lunch with his siblings, revealing he has also invited Superman,
to Freddy's shock and joy.

In a mid-credits scene, an imprisoned Sivana is approached by Mister Mind, who


proposes an alliance.

In a post-credits scene, Shazam and Freddy are testing if he has telepathic


communication with fish.

Cast
Asher Angel and Zachary Levi as William "Billy" Batson / Shazam, respectively: A
troubled teenaged 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.[6] 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).[7][8] The production team saw over one hundred candidates for
Shazam before casting Levi, who originally auditioned to play Freddy Freeman's
adult superhero alter-ego[9] before being asked to audition and test for the lead.
[10] Angel, cast as Billy, shot his scenes for Shazam! in-between his commitments
to the Disney Channel series Andi Mack.[11]
David Kohlsmith as 4-year-old William "Billy" Batson.[12]
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.[13][14]
Ethan Pugiotto as Young Thaddeus Sivana.[15]
Jack Dylan Grazer as Frederick "Freddy" Freeman: Billy's foster brother and best
friend, a disabled, nerdy superhero enthusiast who is the only person who knows
that he is Shazam.[16]
Adam Brody portrays Freddy's adult superhero alter-ego.[17]
Djimon Hounsou as Shazam:[18] 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.[19][19][20]
Faithe Herman as Darla Dudley: Billy's youngest foster sibling at his new home, an
energetic and effusive little girl.[21]
Meagan Good portrays Darla's adult superheroine alter-ego. [17]
Grace Fulton as Mary Bromfield: Billy's foster sister at his new home, the "den
mother" who helps take care of the other kids and is debating attending college in
California.[22][23]
Michelle Borth portrays Mary's adult superheroine alter-ego.[17]
Ian Chen as Eugene Choi: Billy's foster brother at his new home, an obsessive
gaming enthusiast and budding techie.[24]
Ross Butler portrays Eugene's adult superhero alter-ego.[17]
Jovan Armand as Pedro Pe�a: Billy's foster brother at his new home, a shy,
sensitive kid who has trouble opening up.[24]
D. J. Cotrona portrays Pedro's adult superhero alter-ego.[17]
Marta Milans as Rosa Vasquez: The foster mother of the group home where Billy and
his friends live.[25]
Cooper Andrews as Victor Vasquez: The foster father of the group home where Billy
and his friends live.[26]
The film also features John Glover as Mr. Sivana, the estranged father of Dr.
Thaddeus Sivana and CEO of Sivana Industries.[27] Wayne Ward portrays Thaddeus
Sivana's bullying brother Sid as an adult and Landon Doak portrays Sid as a
teenager. Carson MacCormac and Evan Marsh portray Brett and Burke Breyer, the
bullies at the kids' school who torment Freddy.[28] Andi Osho reprises her role as
social worker Emma Glover from Sandberg's film Lights Out in an Easter egg
appearance.[29][30][31] Natalia Safran was cast as Mrs. Sivana, Doctor Sivana's
mother. Safran previously portrayed Rina, the Queen of the Fishermen Kingdom of
Atlantis in Aquaman.[32] Caroline Palmer portrays Billy's biological mother
Marilyn, who secretly allowed child services to take her son due to giving birth to
him as a teenager.

Director David F. Sandberg makes cameo appearances performing as each of the three
Crocodile-Men (collaboratively assisted by Steve Newburn and Ned Morill), and
provides the voice of Mister Mind for a mid-credits sequence.[33] Sandberg's wife,
actress Lotta Losten, portrays Dr. Lynn Crosby, a researcher working with Dr.
Sivana who is killed by him.[34] Sound designer Bill R. Dean has an uncredited
cameo as the voice of a Batman toy,[35] Ryan Handley, Zachary Levi's stunt double,
also appears as Superman in a silent cameo appearance at the end of the film, where
the character is only seen from the neck down, due to Henry Cavill being
unavailable for shooting.[36]

The Seven Deadly Sins � a supernatural team of villains consisting of the demons
Pride, Envy, Greed, Lust, Wrath, Gluttony, and Sloth � were portrayed by stunt
doubles in motion capture suits on-set during filming and depicted as CGI
characters.[37] Their voices were collectively provided by actors Steve Blum, Darin
De Paul, and Fred Tatasciore.

Production
Development
New Line Cinema began development of a Shazam! live-action feature film in the
early 2000s, with multiple screenplay drafts, by William Goldman, the team of Alec
Sokolow and Joel Cohen, Bryan Goluboff, and John August. The version of the Shazam!
script written by August, which went into pre-production in 2008, was an action-
comedy which focused on the origin story of the hero, then known by his original
name of Captain Marvel, and his young alter ego, Billy Batson.[38] Peter Segal[39]
was attached as director and Dwayne Johnson was in talks to appear as the film's
villain, Black Adam.[39][40] New Line Cinema was absorbed into Warner Bros. during
the course of development.

Following the success of Warner's Batman film The Dark Knight and the commercial
failure of its lighter, family-friendly Speed Racer, both during the summer of
2008, August departed from the project, citing pressure from the studio to make the
screenplay darker and more serious.[40][41][42] In August 2009, Bill Birch and
Geoff Johns, a prominent DC Comics writer, were assigned to write the screenplay,
while Segal remained attached as director.[43] In August 2010, the studio
considered canceling the theatrical movie in favor of a live-action series for
prime time network television.[44] In December 2013, Segal stated that the film
would not be happening, as the similarities between Captain Marvel and Superman had
become an obstacle after the successful launch of Man of Steel earlier that year.
[45]

While development on the Shazam! film was in limbo, DC Comics rebooted the comic
book franchise as part of their New 52 relaunch in 2012. Due to ongoing trademark
conflicts with Marvel Comics, who owned the trademark for "Captain Marvel" for use
with their own character of the same name,[46] DC renamed their Captain Marvel
superhero character "Shazam" at this time.[47] DC had been required to market and
promote the character using the trademark Shazam!, since acquiring the publishing
rights from Fawcett Comics in 1972.[48] Captain Marvel had originated at Fawcett in
1939, but fell into limbo after 1953 following a long legal battle with DC over
Captain Marvel's similarities to Superman.[49]

In April 2014, Warner Bros. revealed their upcoming slate of films based on DC
Comics properties. A Justice League film was set to be released in 2017, alongside
adaptations of Shazam!, Fables, and 100 Bullets. The Shazam! film was tentatively
set for release in July 2016.[50][51][52] Dwayne Johnson stated he would be
starring in Shazam! that August, but was undecided between portraying Shazam or
Black Adam.[53] In September, Johnson was cast as Black Adam, while Darren Lemke
was set to write the script.[54] In January 2017, Henry Gayden was hired to rewrite
Lemke's script.[55] In February 2017, David F. Sandberg was in talks with the
studio to direct Shazam!,[56] while Dwayne Johnson was set to star in a Black Adam
solo film, as opposed to appearing as the villain in Shazam!,[57] while Doctor
Sivana, another archnemesis of Shazam, became the Shazam! film's main villain.[14]

By July 2017, the studio had begun active development on Shazam! and Sandberg was
confirmed as director, with production to begin in early 2018.[58] Dwayne Johnson
relayed that a different creative team was now involved than when he first signed
on to the film.[59] After being cast as the lead, Zachary Levi stated in an
interview, "the idea is that it's gonna feel like the movie Big, but with super
powers," when was asked about the direction DC Films and New Line Cinema are going
for with Shazam![60] Warner Bros. stated that the film would be based on the 2012-
2013 Shazam! backup feature from the Justice League comic book, by writer Geoff
Johns and artist Gary Frank, which told a modernized version of Shazam's origin.
[22][61]

Pre-production
In August 2017, director David F. Sandberg stated that the film would be the next
to shoot in the DC universe,[62] and by the end of the month, it had begun pre-
production.[63] By October 2017, cinematographer Maxime Alexandre and production
designer Jennifer Spence, who previously worked with Sandberg on Annabelle:
Creation, were added to the production.[64] The next month, Aquaman stunt
coordinator Kyle Gardiner was hired to work on the film's action sequences.[65] On
January 12, 2018, the film's release date was announced as April 19, 2019, later
moved to April 5.[66]

Casting

Zachary Levi at 2018 San Diego Comic-Con International


By September 2014, Dwayne Johnson was set to portray Black Adam in the film, but by
July 2017, he had left the project to pursue a Black Adam solo film.[54][57] In
August 2017, the casting process for Shazam and other characters had begun.
Sandberg had stated in an interview that instead of de-aging an actor using special
effects or CGI, he would cast both a child actor and an adult actor for the role of
the main character.[67] Zachary Levi, John Cena, Zane Holtz, Jake McDorman, Derek
Theler and Billy Magnussen all met with and/or auditioned for Sandberg for the role
of Shazam.[68]

By October 2017, Levi was cast in the titular role.[7] In November, Grace Fulton
joined the cast as Mary Bromfield, one of Billy Batson's foster siblings.[69]
Fulton had previously worked with the same director on Annabelle: Creation.[23]
Later that month, Mark Strong was in final negotiations to play Dr. Sivana.[14]
Strong confirmed he would be playing the role by January 2018.[70] By November
2017, Asher Angel was cast as the titular hero's teenage originator Billy Batson.
[8] In December, Jack Dylan Grazer was added as Freddy Freeman, Batson's best
friend.[16] Later that month, Jovan Armand, Ian Chen, Faithe Herman, and Cooper
Andrews were cast as Pedro Pe�a, Eugene Choi, and Darla Dudley, with Andrews
portraying Victor Vazquez, one of Billy Batson's foster parents.[24][21][26]

By January 2018, Ron Cephas Jones entered talks to play the role of the wizard
Shazam, who granted Batson his powers.[71] Later that month, Spanish actress Marta
Milans joined the cast to play Rosa Vazquez, one of the foster parents at the home
where Billy lives.[25] By the end of January 2018, actress Lotta Losten, the wife
of director David F. Sandberg, revealed that she has a role in the film.[72] On
April 23, 2018, Ross Butler was announced to have joined the cast.[73] By July,
Djimon Hounsou had replaced Jones as the wizard Shazam, due to Jones having
scheduling conflicts.[20] Henry Cavill was in talks to reprise his role as Superman
from previous DCEU films for a cameo, but was unable to because of scheduling.[74]

Filming
Principal photography for Shazam! began in Toronto and Hamilton, in Ontario, Canada
on January 29, 2018, under the working title Franklin,[75][76][77] and wrapped by
mid-May 2018.[78] The film was set primarily in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is
firmly established within the DCEU.[22] Most of the production was shot at Pinewood
Toronto Studios, and also several public locations around the city, including the
University of Toronto, Woodbine Shopping Centre,[79] and Hearn Generating Station.
In early March 2018, filming took place at Fort York National Historic Site in
downtown Toronto.[80] By early May 2018, Asher Angel, among other young cast
members, had finished filming his part,[81] and principal photography wrapped on
May 11, 2018.[82] Additional photography took place in Toronto between November and
December 2018.[83][84] Scenes set at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and well as
other location work such as footage of the skyline and aerial shots, were filmed in
the city of Philadelphia in December 2018.[85] Shazam! had a filming budget of
$90�100 million (and about $102 million once post-production was complete), making
it the least expensive DCEU film to-date.[86][87][88][3]

Post-production
David F. Sandberg's two-time collaborator Michel Aller served as the editor for
Shazam!.[22] Mike Wassel (Hellboy II: The Golden Army and The Fast and the Furious
franchise) and Kelvin McIlwain (Aquaman) were the overall visual effects
supervisors for the film. Technicolor's VFX studios Mr. X (known for The Shape of
Water and Tron: Legacy) and Moving Picture Company (MPC) provided visual effects.
[89][90] Rodeo FX, Digital Domain, and Rise FX also worked on the VFX.[91]

Music
Main article: Shazam! (soundtrack)
On July 21, 2018, Benjamin Wallfisch was announced as the composer for Shazam!,
marking his third collaboration with director David F. Sandberg after previously
scoring Sandberg's Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation.[92] Wallfisch had also
provided additional music for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the second film
in the DC Extended Universe.[93]

Wallfisch cited the influence John Williams and scores from 1980s Amblin
Entertainment films as inspirations for Shazam!, to match the tone of a film about
"an old-school superhero from the Golden Age."[94] In writing the score, Wallfisch
stated that he was "picturing what might happen if a 14-year-old was put in front
of a 100 piece orchestra and told there were no limits. I wanted the score to feel
like it might have been written by an exuberant kid just having the time of his
life with an orchestra."[95]

Marketing

(L:R) Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer and David F. Sandberg promoting
Shazam! at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International
In April 2018, a first look at Shazam! was shown at the CinemaCon convention in Las
Vegas, Nevada, as director David F. Sandberg introduced behind-the-scene footage.
[96][97] During an interview with Film Riot Podcast in June 2018, Sandberg stated
that "On this one, it was just like 'Yeah, I want this to be a classic superhero
movie.' It takes place in the winter, so it's a lot of dark exteriors, but with a
lot of colorful lights and stuff around them."[98] On July 21, 2018, the first
teaser trailer was shown at San Diego Comic-Con during the Warner Bros. panel at
Hall H, with Sandberg, Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, and Jack Dylan Grazer in
attendance. The trailer was later released online.[99] It received a favorable
response from journalists and audiences, who praised its humorous, zany tone.[100]

New footage from the film made its debut at Brazil Comic Con (CCXP) in S�o Paulo on
December 9, 2018 during the Warner Bros. studio panel, with the footage described
for the attendees as action-packed.[101] A new trailer was released on March 4, and
a three-minute sneak peek was included with the digital home media of Aquaman.

At the STP 500 on March 24, 2019, Shazam! was the primary sponsor of Aric Almirola
and the #10 Ford Mustang in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Almirola would go
on to finish 9th after starting 2nd.[102][103]

Release
On March 13, 2019, Warner Bros. Entertainment announced that they were teaming up
with Fandango for exclusive preview screenings on March 23, two weeks before
release, on 1,200 select screens and 40 exhibition circuits.[104]

Shazam! premiered in Toronto on March 15, 2019,[105] and was theatrically released
in the United States by Warner Bros. Entertainment in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and
IMAX 3D on April 5, 2019.[66]

Reception
Box office
As of May 26, 2019, Shazam! has grossed $138.5 million in the United States and
Canada, and $223.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $361.9
million.[4]

In the United States and Canada, Shazam! was released alongside The Best of Enemies
and Pet Sematary, and was projected to gross $40�50 million from 4,260 theaters in
its opening weekend.[106][3] Two weeks before its release, the film grossed $3.3
million from Fandango advance screenings, higher than the $2.9 million made by
fellow DCEU film Aquaman the previous December.[107] It then made $5.9 million from
Thursday night screenings on April 4, for a combined preview total of $9.2 million.
[108] The film grossed a total of $20.5 million on its first day, including
Thursday previews but not the March screenings. It went on to debut to $53.5
million, finishing first at the box office.[109] In its second weekend the film
made $25.1 million, retaining the top spot, before being dethroned by newcomer The
Curse of La Llorona in its third weekend.[110][111] In its fourth weekend, it made
$5.8 million and finished fifth at the box office, including behind fellow
superhero films Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel.[112]

In other territories, the film was released in 53 markets on Wednesday, April 3 and
Thursday, April 4, and was projected to debut to $100�120 million, for a global
opening of $145�170. In its first two days of international release the film made
$15.7 million, finishing first in 48 of its 53 markets. It was then released in an
additional 26 countries, including China, where it made $16.4 million on its first
day. It went on to have an international debut of $102 million, and a global total
of $158.6 million. It came in first in 60 of its 79 markets, with its highest-
grossing being China ($43.4 million), Mexico ($10.6 million), Australia ($10.3
million), the UK ($15.3 million), Russia ($8.4 million) and Brazil ($8.7 million).
[113]

Critical response
At the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating
of 90% based on 360 reviews, with an average rating of 7.24/10. The website's
critical consensus reads, "An effortlessly entertaining blend of humor and heart,
Shazam! is a superhero movie that never forgets the genre's real power: joyous wish
fulfillment."[114] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100,
based on 52 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[115] Audiences
polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale,
while those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 83% and a 61%
"definite recommend."[109]

Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com said that "while Shazam! is goofier (and darker) than
it may look, you'll wish its superhero came with a little more spark,"[116] while
The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck called the film "Big on steroids" and praised
the tone and performances.[117] Alonso Duralde of TheWrap wrote, "If the Wonder
Woman and Aquaman movies represented DC Comics' first big-screen steps away from
the austere color palette of the Zack Snyder movies, Shazam! takes us deeply into
primary colors in a single bound... this new DC entry has a lovely lightness, both
in the visuals and in its tone."[118]

Writing for The A.V. Club, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky gave the film a "B-" and said:
"...while the story of an extremely overpowered champion rising to challenge a one-
dimensionally sinister baddie might seem like the epitome of simplicity, Shazam! is
still a modern-day tentpole blockbuster, overburdened with backstories for both
hero and villain and subtexts that it can't (or won't) fully articulate."[119] That
publication followed up with a further consideration of masculinity in the film and
the superhero genre generally, focusing on the transition of Billy Batson from an
adolescent boy to a man with power and responsibility.[120] Benjamin Lee of The
Guardian gave the film 3/5 stars, specifying, "The finale, while admirably self-
contained and small-scale, grinds on for far too long, a boring escalation of anti-
climaxes that cumulatively dull the intended emotional impact. It's a film in need
of a tighter edit with a script in need of a sharper polish, an imperfect
franchise-launcher that nonetheless represents significant progress for DC."[121]

Accolades
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref(s)
Golden Trailer Awards May 29, 2019 Best Action Shazam! �My Name�, Warner
Bros., Buddha Jones Pending [122]
Best Action TV Spot Shazam! �Serious :60�, Warner Bros., Buddha Jones
Pending
MTV Movie & TV Awards June 17, 2019 Best Comedic Performance Zachary Levi
Pending [123]
Best Hero Pending
Sequel
In April 2019, The Wrap reported that New Line Cinema is developing a sequel with
Henry Gayden returning to write the film, along with David F. Sandberg directing
and Peter Safran producing.[124]

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Shazam! (film)
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Shazam!
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Directed by David F. Sandberg
Produced by Peter Safran
Screenplay by Henry Gayden
Story by
Henry Gayden
Darren Lemke
Based on Characters
by DC Comics
Starring
Zachary Levi
Asher Angel
Mark Strong
Jack Dylan Grazer
Djimon Hounsou
Music by Benjamin Wallfisch
Cinematography Maxime Alexandre
Edited by Michel Aller
Production
company
New Line Cinema
DC Films
The Safran Company
Seven Bucks Productions
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
March 15, 2019 (Toronto)
April 5, 2019 (United States)
Running time
132 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $80�100 million[2][3]
Box office $362 million[4]
Shazam! is a 2019 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character 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 Angel as Billy Batson, a teenage boy who can transform into an
adult superhero, played by Zachary Levi. Mark Strong and Jack Dylan Grazer also
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 Johnson considered 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. He would later be cast in January 2017 to lead a solo
Black Adam development project. 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 $361 million
worldwide, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of 2019. Despite being the
lowest grossing film of the DCEU, it emerged as a box office success, being more
profitable than Justice League. It received praise from critics for Sandberg's
direction and the performances of Levi and Grazer, as well as its light tone and
sense of fun.[5] A sequel is in development.

Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Pre-production
3.3 Casting
3.4 Filming
3.5 Post-production
4 Music
5 Marketing
6 Release
7 Reception
7.1 Box office
7.2 Critical response
7.3 Accolades
8 Sequel
9 References
10 External links
Plot
In 1974 Upstate New York, young Thaddeus Sivana is arguing with his father and
older 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,
last of the Council of Wizards, who has spent centuries searching for a new
champion who is "pure of heart" after the previous champion, driven by revenge,
released the Seven Deadly Sins upon the world. Thaddeus is tempted by the Sins,
entrapped in statues, and is deemed unworthy and returned to Earth.

In present-day Philadelphia, foster child 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
Vasquez with five other foster kids; Mary Bromfield, Pedro Pe�a, Eugene Choi, Darla
Dudley and superhero enthusiast Freddy Freeman. Meanwhile, an embittered adult
Sivana 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
and using the Sins to murder his brother, father and Sivana Industries' board of
directors.

At school, Billy saves Freddy from bullies and is chased into a subway, where
Shazam summons Billy, chosen as the new champion. By calling Shazam's name, Billy
is transformed into an adult superhero endowed with the wizard's name; thanking
Billy, the Wizard turns to dust, leaving behind his staff. At home, Freddy helps
Billy explore his newfound powers: electricity manipulation, near-invulnerability,
super-strength, speed, genius-level intellect and flight. Freddy's videos of Shazam
testing his powers become a viral sensation, and Billy begins skipping school to
use his powers as Shazam for money and fame. Seeing Shazam save a bus on the news,
Sivana challenges and easily defeats him, demanding he surrender his powers, but
Shazam transforms back into Billy and escapes into a crowd. From the news, Sivana
deduces Billy's identity and abducts Freddy to find Billy. At the Vasquez home, the
other children also infers Billy's secret and tell him they have found his mother,
who lives nearby.

Billy reunites with his mother, but discovers she had abandoned him on purpose,
feeling unqualified as a single teenage mom. Billy returns the compass she gave him
as a toddler and leaves, telling her he needs to return to his real family. Sivana
calls Billy, having taken his foster siblings hostage, and Billy as Shazam agrees
to give Sivana his powers in exchange for the family�s safety. Sivana and Shazam
travel to the Rock of Eternity where Sivana takes the wizard's staff, but the
siblings follow and attack Sivana. Shazam 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 siblings,
demanding his powers. 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. Shazam breaks the staff and battles Sivana while his siblings distract the
Sins. Shazam baits Envy out of Sivana's body, leaving him powerless, and takes back
the Eye of Sin which recaptures all the Sins. Billy and his siblings are hailed as
heroes. Returning the Eye and the Sins to their prison, Billy and his siblings
realize the Rock of Eternity can be their new lair. Later, Billy arrives at school
as Shazam to have lunch with his siblings, revealing he has also invited Superman,
to Freddy's shock and joy.

In a mid-credits scene, an imprisoned Sivana is approached by Mister Mind, who


proposes an alliance.

In a post-credits scene, Shazam and Freddy are testing if he has telepathic


communication with fish.

Cast
Asher Angel and Zachary Levi as William "Billy" Batson / Shazam, respectively: A
troubled teenaged 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.[6] 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).[7][8] The production team saw over one hundred candidates for
Shazam before casting Levi, who originally auditioned to play Freddy Freeman's
adult superhero alter-ego[9] before being asked to audition and test for the lead.
[10] Angel, cast as Billy, shot his scenes for Shazam! in-between his commitments
to the Disney Channel series Andi Mack.[11]
David Kohlsmith as 4-year-old William "Billy" Batson.[12]
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.[13][14]
Ethan Pugiotto as Young Thaddeus Sivana.[15]
Jack Dylan Grazer as Frederick "Freddy" Freeman: Billy's foster brother and best
friend, a disabled, nerdy superhero enthusiast who is the only person who knows
that he is Shazam.[16]
Adam Brody portrays Freddy's adult superhero alter-ego.[17]
Djimon Hounsou as Shazam:[18] 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.[19][19][20]
Faithe Herman as Darla Dudley: Billy's youngest foster sibling at his new home, an
energetic and effusive little girl.[21]
Meagan Good portrays Darla's adult superheroine alter-ego. [17]
Grace Fulton as Mary Bromfield: Billy's foster sister at his new home, the "den
mother" who helps take care of the other kids and is debating attending college in
California.[22][23]
Michelle Borth portrays Mary's adult superheroine alter-ego.[17]
Ian Chen as Eugene Choi: Billy's foster brother at his new home, an obsessive
gaming enthusiast and budding techie.[24]
Ross Butler portrays Eugene's adult superhero alter-ego.[17]
Jovan Armand as Pedro Pe�a: Billy's foster brother at his new home, a shy,
sensitive kid who has trouble opening up.[24]
D. J. Cotrona portrays Pedro's adult superhero alter-ego.[17]
Marta Milans as Rosa Vasquez: The foster mother of the group home where Billy and
his friends live.[25]
Cooper Andrews as Victor Vasquez: The foster father of the group home where Billy
and his friends live.[26]
The film also features John Glover as Mr. Sivana, the estranged father of Dr.
Thaddeus Sivana and CEO of Sivana Industries.[27] Wayne Ward portrays Thaddeus
Sivana's bullying brother Sid as an adult and Landon Doak portrays Sid as a
teenager. Carson MacCormac and Evan Marsh portray Brett and Burke Breyer, the
bullies at the kids' school who torment Freddy.[28] Andi Osho reprises her role as
social worker Emma Glover from Sandberg's film Lights Out in an Easter egg
appearance.[29][30][31] Natalia Safran was cast as Mrs. Sivana, Doctor Sivana's
mother. Safran previously portrayed Rina, the Queen of the Fishermen Kingdom of
Atlantis in Aquaman.[32] Caroline Palmer portrays Billy's biological mother
Marilyn, who secretly allowed child services to take her son due to giving birth to
him as a teenager.

Director David F. Sandberg makes cameo appearances performing as each of the three
Crocodile-Men (collaboratively assisted by Steve Newburn and Ned Morill), and
provides the voice of Mister Mind for a mid-credits sequence.[33] Sandberg's wife,
actress Lotta Losten, portrays Dr. Lynn Crosby, a researcher working with Dr.
Sivana who is killed by him.[34] Sound designer Bill R. Dean has an uncredited
cameo as the voice of a Batman toy,[35] Ryan Handley, Zachary Levi's stunt double,
also appears as Superman in a silent cameo appearance at the end of the film, where
the character is only seen from the neck down, due to Henry Cavill being
unavailable for shooting.[36]

The Seven Deadly Sins � a supernatural team of villains consisting of the demons
Pride, Envy, Greed, Lust, Wrath, Gluttony, and Sloth � were portrayed by stunt
doubles in motion capture suits on-set during filming and depicted as CGI
characters.[37] Their voices were collectively provided by actors Steve Blum, Darin
De Paul, and Fred Tatasciore.
Production
Development
New Line Cinema began development of a Shazam! live-action feature film in the
early 2000s, with multiple screenplay drafts, by William Goldman, the team of Alec
Sokolow and Joel Cohen, Bryan Goluboff, and John August. The version of the Shazam!
script written by August, which went into pre-production in 2008, was an action-
comedy which focused on the origin story of the hero, then known by his original
name of Captain Marvel, and his young alter ego, Billy Batson.[38] Peter Segal[39]
was attached as director and Dwayne Johnson was in talks to appear as the film's
villain, Black Adam.[39][40] New Line Cinema was absorbed into Warner Bros. during
the course of development.

Following the success of Warner's Batman film The Dark Knight and the commercial
failure of its lighter, family-friendly Speed Racer, both during the summer of
2008, August departed from the project, citing pressure from the studio to make the
screenplay darker and more serious.[40][41][42] In August 2009, Bill Birch and
Geoff Johns, a prominent DC Comics writer, were assigned to write the screenplay,
while Segal remained attached as director.[43] In August 2010, the studio
considered canceling the theatrical movie in favor of a live-action series for
prime time network television.[44] In December 2013, Segal stated that the film
would not be happening, as the similarities between Captain Marvel and Superman had
become an obstacle after the successful launch of Man of Steel earlier that year.
[45]

While development on the Shazam! film was in limbo, DC Comics rebooted the comic
book franchise as part of their New 52 relaunch in 2012. Due to ongoing trademark
conflicts with Marvel Comics, who owned the trademark for "Captain Marvel" for use
with their own character of the same name,[46] DC renamed their Captain Marvel
superhero character "Shazam" at this time.[47] DC had been required to market and
promote the character using the trademark Shazam!, since acquiring the publishing
rights from Fawcett Comics in 1972.[48] Captain Marvel had originated at Fawcett in
1939, but fell into limbo after 1953 following a long legal battle with DC over
Captain Marvel's similarities to Superman.[49]

In April 2014, Warner Bros. revealed their upcoming slate of films based on DC
Comics properties. A Justice League film was set to be released in 2017, alongside
adaptations of Shazam!, Fables, and 100 Bullets. The Shazam! film was tentatively
set for release in July 2016.[50][51][52] Dwayne Johnson stated he would be
starring in Shazam! that August, but was undecided between portraying Shazam or
Black Adam.[53] In September, Johnson was cast as Black Adam, while Darren Lemke
was set to write the script.[54] In January 2017, Henry Gayden was hired to rewrite
Lemke's script.[55] In February 2017, David F. Sandberg was in talks with the
studio to direct Shazam!,[56] while Dwayne Johnson was set to star in a Black Adam
solo film, as opposed to appearing as the villain in Shazam!,[57] while Doctor
Sivana, another archnemesis of Shazam, became the Shazam! film's main villain.[14]

By July 2017, the studio had begun active development on Shazam! and Sandberg was
confirmed as director, with production to begin in early 2018.[58] Dwayne Johnson
relayed that a different creative team was now involved than when he first signed
on to the film.[59] After being cast as the lead, Zachary Levi stated in an
interview, "the idea is that it's gonna feel like the movie Big, but with super
powers," when was asked about the direction DC Films and New Line Cinema are going
for with Shazam![60] Warner Bros. stated that the film would be based on the 2012-
2013 Shazam! backup feature from the Justice League comic book, by writer Geoff
Johns and artist Gary Frank, which told a modernized version of Shazam's origin.
[22][61]

Pre-production
In August 2017, director David F. Sandberg stated that the film would be the next
to shoot in the DC universe,[62] and by the end of the month, it had begun pre-
production.[63] By October 2017, cinematographer Maxime Alexandre and production
designer Jennifer Spence, who previously worked with Sandberg on Annabelle:
Creation, were added to the production.[64] The next month, Aquaman stunt
coordinator Kyle Gardiner was hired to work on the film's action sequences.[65] On
January 12, 2018, the film's release date was announced as April 19, 2019, later
moved to April 5.[66]

Casting

Zachary Levi at 2018 San Diego Comic-Con International


By September 2014, Dwayne Johnson was set to portray Black Adam in the film, but by
July 2017, he had left the project to pursue a Black Adam solo film.[54][57] In
August 2017, the casting process for Shazam and other characters had begun.
Sandberg had stated in an interview that instead of de-aging an actor using special
effects or CGI, he would cast both a child actor and an adult actor for the role of
the main character.[67] Zachary Levi, John Cena, Zane Holtz, Jake McDorman, Derek
Theler and Billy Magnussen all met with and/or auditioned for Sandberg for the role
of Shazam.[68]

By October 2017, Levi was cast in the titular role.[7] In November, Grace Fulton
joined the cast as Mary Bromfield, one of Billy Batson's foster siblings.[69]
Fulton had previously worked with the same director on Annabelle: Creation.[23]
Later that month, Mark Strong was in final negotiations to play Dr. Sivana.[14]
Strong confirmed he would be playing the role by January 2018.[70] By November
2017, Asher Angel was cast as the titular hero's teenage originator Billy Batson.
[8] In December, Jack Dylan Grazer was added as Freddy Freeman, Batson's best
friend.[16] Later that month, Jovan Armand, Ian Chen, Faithe Herman, and Cooper
Andrews were cast as Pedro Pe�a, Eugene Choi, and Darla Dudley, with Andrews
portraying Victor Vazquez, one of Billy Batson's foster parents.[24][21][26]

By January 2018, Ron Cephas Jones entered talks to play the role of the wizard
Shazam, who granted Batson his powers.[71] Later that month, Spanish actress Marta
Milans joined the cast to play Rosa Vazquez, one of the foster parents at the home
where Billy lives.[25] By the end of January 2018, actress Lotta Losten, the wife
of director David F. Sandberg, revealed that she has a role in the film.[72] On
April 23, 2018, Ross Butler was announced to have joined the cast.[73] By July,
Djimon Hounsou had replaced Jones as the wizard Shazam, due to Jones having
scheduling conflicts.[20] Henry Cavill was in talks to reprise his role as Superman
from previous DCEU films for a cameo, but was unable to because of scheduling.[74]

Filming
Principal photography for Shazam! began in Toronto and Hamilton, in Ontario, Canada
on January 29, 2018, under the working title Franklin,[75][76][77] and wrapped by
mid-May 2018.[78] The film was set primarily in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is
firmly established within the DCEU.[22] Most of the production was shot at Pinewood
Toronto Studios, and also several public locations around the city, including the
University of Toronto, Woodbine Shopping Centre,[79] and Hearn Generating Station.
In early March 2018, filming took place at Fort York National Historic Site in
downtown Toronto.[80] By early May 2018, Asher Angel, among other young cast
members, had finished filming his part,[81] and principal photography wrapped on
May 11, 2018.[82] Additional photography took place in Toronto between November and
December 2018.[83][84] Scenes set at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and well as
other location work such as footage of the skyline and aerial shots, were filmed in
the city of Philadelphia in December 2018.[85] Shazam! had a filming budget of
$90�100 million (and about $102 million once post-production was complete), making
it the least expensive DCEU film to-date.[86][87][88][3]
Post-production
David F. Sandberg's two-time collaborator Michel Aller served as the editor for
Shazam!.[22] Mike Wassel (Hellboy II: The Golden Army and The Fast and the Furious
franchise) and Kelvin McIlwain (Aquaman) were the overall visual effects
supervisors for the film. Technicolor's VFX studios Mr. X (known for The Shape of
Water and Tron: Legacy) and Moving Picture Company (MPC) provided visual effects.
[89][90] Rodeo FX, Digital Domain, and Rise FX also worked on the VFX.[91]

Music
Main article: Shazam! (soundtrack)
On July 21, 2018, Benjamin Wallfisch was announced as the composer for Shazam!,
marking his third collaboration with director David F. Sandberg after previously
scoring Sandberg's Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation.[92] Wallfisch had also
provided additional music for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the second film
in the DC Extended Universe.[93]

Wallfisch cited the influence John Williams and scores from 1980s Amblin
Entertainment films as inspirations for Shazam!, to match the tone of a film about
"an old-school superhero from the Golden Age."[94] In writing the score, Wallfisch
stated that he was "picturing what might happen if a 14-year-old was put in front
of a 100 piece orchestra and told there were no limits. I wanted the score to feel
like it might have been written by an exuberant kid just having the time of his
life with an orchestra."[95]

Marketing

(L:R) Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer and David F. Sandberg promoting
Shazam! at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International
In April 2018, a first look at Shazam! was shown at the CinemaCon convention in Las
Vegas, Nevada, as director David F. Sandberg introduced behind-the-scene footage.
[96][97] During an interview with Film Riot Podcast in June 2018, Sandberg stated
that "On this one, it was just like 'Yeah, I want this to be a classic superhero
movie.' It takes place in the winter, so it's a lot of dark exteriors, but with a
lot of colorful lights and stuff around them."[98] On July 21, 2018, the first
teaser trailer was shown at San Diego Comic-Con during the Warner Bros. panel at
Hall H, with Sandberg, Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, and Jack Dylan Grazer in
attendance. The trailer was later released online.[99] It received a favorable
response from journalists and audiences, who praised its humorous, zany tone.[100]

New footage from the film made its debut at Brazil Comic Con (CCXP) in S�o Paulo on
December 9, 2018 during the Warner Bros. studio panel, with the footage described
for the attendees as action-packed.[101] A new trailer was released on March 4, and
a three-minute sneak peek was included with the digital home media of Aquaman.

At the STP 500 on March 24, 2019, Shazam! was the primary sponsor of Aric Almirola
and the #10 Ford Mustang in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Almirola would go
on to finish 9th after starting 2nd.[102][103]

Release
On March 13, 2019, Warner Bros. Entertainment announced that they were teaming up
with Fandango for exclusive preview screenings on March 23, two weeks before
release, on 1,200 select screens and 40 exhibition circuits.[104]

Shazam! premiered in Toronto on March 15, 2019,[105] and was theatrically released
in the United States by Warner Bros. Entertainment in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema and
IMAX 3D on April 5, 2019.[66]

Reception
Box office
As of May 26, 2019, Shazam! has grossed $138.5 million in the United States and
Canada, and $223.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $361.9
million.[4]

In the United States and Canada, Shazam! was released alongside The Best of Enemies
and Pet Sematary, and was projected to gross $40�50 million from 4,260 theaters in
its opening weekend.[106][3] Two weeks before its release, the film grossed $3.3
million from Fandango advance screenings, higher than the $2.9 million made by
fellow DCEU film Aquaman the previous December.[107] It then made $5.9 million from
Thursday night screenings on April 4, for a combined preview total of $9.2 million.
[108] The film grossed a total of $20.5 million on its first day, including
Thursday previews but not the March screenings. It went on to debut to $53.5
million, finishing first at the box office.[109] In its second weekend the film
made $25.1 million, retaining the top spot, before being dethroned by newcomer The
Curse of La Llorona in its third weekend.[110][111] In its fourth weekend, it made
$5.8 million and finished fifth at the box office, including behind fellow
superhero films Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel.[112]

In other territories, the film was released in 53 markets on Wednesday, April 3 and
Thursday, April 4, and was projected to debut to $100�120 million, for a global
opening of $145�170. In its first two days of international release the film made
$15.7 million, finishing first in 48 of its 53 markets. It was then released in an
additional 26 countries, including China, where it made $16.4 million on its first
day. It went on to have an international debut of $102 million, and a global total
of $158.6 million. It came in first in 60 of its 79 markets, with its highest-
grossing being China ($43.4 million), Mexico ($10.6 million), Australia ($10.3
million), the UK ($15.3 million), Russia ($8.4 million) and Brazil ($8.7 million).
[113]

Critical response
At the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating
of 90% based on 360 reviews, with an average rating of 7.24/10. The website's
critical consensus reads, "An effortlessly entertaining blend of humor and heart,
Shazam! is a superhero movie that never forgets the genre's real power: joyous wish
fulfillment."[114] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100,
based on 52 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[115] Audiences
polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale,
while those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 83% and a 61%
"definite recommend."[109]

Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com said that "while Shazam! is goofier (and darker) than
it may look, you'll wish its superhero came with a little more spark,"[116] while
The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck called the film "Big on steroids" and praised
the tone and performances.[117] Alonso Duralde of TheWrap wrote, "If the Wonder
Woman and Aquaman movies represented DC Comics' first big-screen steps away from
the austere color palette of the Zack Snyder movies, Shazam! takes us deeply into
primary colors in a single bound... this new DC entry has a lovely lightness, both
in the visuals and in its tone."[118]

Writing for The A.V. Club, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky gave the film a "B-" and said:
"...while the story of an extremely overpowered champion rising to challenge a one-
dimensionally sinister baddie might seem like the epitome of simplicity, Shazam! is
still a modern-day tentpole blockbuster, overburdened with backstories for both
hero and villain and subtexts that it can't (or won't) fully articulate."[119] That
publication followed up with a further consideration of masculinity in the film and
the superhero genre generally, focusing on the transition of Billy Batson from an
adolescent boy to a man with power and responsibility.[120] Benjamin Lee of The
Guardian gave the film 3/5 stars, specifying, "The finale, while admirably self-
contained and small-scale, grinds on for far too long, a boring escalation of anti-
climaxes that cumulatively dull the intended emotional impact. It's a film in need
of a tighter edit with a script in need of a sharper polish, an imperfect
franchise-launcher that nonetheless represents significant progress for DC."[121]

Accolades
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref(s)
Golden Trailer Awards May 29, 2019 Best Action Shazam! �My Name�, Warner
Bros., Buddha Jones Pending [122]
Best Action TV Spot Shazam! �Serious :60�, Warner Bros., Buddha Jones
Pending
MTV Movie & TV Awards June 17, 2019 Best Comedic Performance Zachary Levi
Pending [123]
Best Hero Pending
Sequel
In April 2019, The Wrap reported that New Line Cinema is developing a sequel with
Henry Gayden returning to write the film, along with David F. Sandberg directing
and Peter Safran producing.[124]

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controls.[13] A desire to focus on jumping and the mapping of th
order to have a new game available for the end-of-year shopping season.[16]
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inflicted damage costs of over $1 million. Other impacts were minimal, including
flooding and minor damage in Florida. The day after Bonnie made landfall, Hurricane
Charley struck Florida
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dropped. Unlike in Mario Bros., where Mario would be hurt by stomping on turtles
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on their shells, as the developers decided the previous method had been illogical.
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then intending to make his size bigger in the final version. They later decided it
would be fun to have Mario become biggeTropical Storm Bonnigame's focus on jumping
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were minimal, including flooding and minor damage in Florida. The day after Bonnie
made landfall, Hurricane Charley struck Florida
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difficult to avoid if it is released.[14]
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size bigger in the final version. They later decided it would be fun to have Mario
become bigger as a power-up. The early level design was focused s were minimal,
including flooding and minor damage in Florida. The day after Bonnie made landfall,
Hurricane Charley struck Floridaane season, making landfall in Florida in August.
It developed from a tropical wave to the east of the Lesser Antilles. After moving
through the islands, its forward motion caused the wave to dissipate, but it later
regenerated into a tropical storm near the Yucat�n Peninsula. It attained peak
winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) over the Gulf of Mexico, turned to the northeast, and
hit Florida with sustained 45 mph (75 km) winds. The storm accelerated to the
northeast and became an extra

Tropical Storm Bonnie was the second storm of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season,
making landfall in Florida in August. It developed from a tropical wave to the east
of the Lesser Antilles. After moving through the islands, its forward motion caused
the wave to dissipate, but it later regenerated into a tropical storm near the
Yucat�n Peninsula. It attained peak winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) over the Gulf of
Mexico, turned to the northeast, and hit Florida with sustained 45 mph (75 km)
winds. The storm accelerated to the northeast and became an extratropical cyclone
to the east of New Jersey. Bonnie was the first of five tropical systems to make
landfall on Florida that year, and the second of a record eight disturbances to
reach tropical storm strength during the month of August. Bonnie caused a torn
d fire a basing level design around a smaller Mario, then intending to make his
size bigger in the final version. They later decided it would be fun to have Mario
become bigger as a power-up. The early level design was focused s were minimal,
including flooding and minor damage in Florida. The day after Bonnie made landfall,
Hurricane Charley struck Floridaane season, making landfall in Florida in August.
It developed from a tropical wave to the east of the Lesser Antilles. After moving
through the islands, its forward motion caused
asd
d fire a basing level design around a smaller Mario, then intending to make his
size bigger in the final version. They later decided it would be fun to have Mario
become bigger as a power-up. The early level design was focused s were minimal,
including flooding and minor damage in Florida. The day after Bonnie made landfall,
Hurricane Charley struck Floridaane season, making landfall in Florida in August.
It developed from a tropical wave to the east of the Lesser Antilles. After moving
through the islands, its forward motion caused the wave to dissipate, but it later
regenerated into a tropical storm near the Yucat�n Peninsula. It attained peak
winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) over the Gulf of Mexico, turned to the northeast, and
hit Florida with sustained 45 mph (75 km) winds. The storm accelerated to the
northeast and became an extra

Tropical Storm Bonnie was the second storm of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season,
making landfall in Florida in August. It developed from a tropical wave to the east
of the Lesser Antilles. After moving through the islands, its forward motion caused
the wave to dissipate, but it later regenerated into a tropical storm near the
Yucat�n Peninsula. It attained peak winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) over the Gulf of
Mexico, turned to the northeast, and hit Florida with sustained 45 mph (75 km)
winds. The storm accelerated to the northeast and became an extratropical cyclone
to the east of New Jersey. Bonnie was the first of five tropical systems to make
landfall on Florida that year, and the second of a record eight disturbances to
reach tropical storm strength during the month of August. Bonnie caused a torn

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