It seems like forever ago when it was confirmed that Warner Bros. was developing a movie for SHAZAM! in their DC Extended Universe (DCEU) starring Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson as the villain Black Adam. In fact, it's been since February 2015 since we've heard anything about this movie.
Today, 15 months since it's last public update, producer Hiram Garcia spoke with ComicBook to update the SHAZAM! movie.
"We're a good way into development. We're expecting a next draft soon which I think is really gonna put us in the zone that we're hoping for.
"That whole world, as well as Black Adam as you start looking into Black Adam, so our take on that world is first and foremost, movies like that can be grounded and can have real stakes but that doesn't mean they can't be a blast. That's the space we always want it to come from. We have a character in Shazam that is a boy who is in this man's body who is having the ultimate fulfillment that I think all comic book fans and everyone can associate with. Like, what if you wake up one day and you can just do all this great stuff? Then on the other side, you have this force of nature who is really anchored by what he lost in his family and he's bringing that with him throughout this journey. There's a real grounding there. That combination of youth and enthusiasm and being in new to a world and then the place that Adam's coming from. It makes for a great dynamic that not only allows us to not only have real stakes, real story, and real emotion, but a ton of fun in the process. There's no reason that there should ever be a version of this story told that's devoid of that. That's our goal in doing this: following the path of the films that have been coming out and have done such a good job.
"I promise you dude, we're not gonna f--- this up! My vision is so clear for this story and this movie. As story tellers, you sometimes get on projects but this has always been a priority. I've been carrying the Black Adam torch for so many years before we finally locked it in and I'm telling you we're gonna knock this thing out of the park. It's gonna be a blast and it's gonna be a dope ride, so get ready!"
SHAZAM! is scheduled for release in 2019.
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