The former versions of Shazam! might have been of poor quality, but in case you’ve forgotten, there’s something going on for a Shazam! reboot. The movie is scheduled for 2019, and producers are positive about the future of the reboot.
One of the film’s producers, Dany Garcia, talked about the movie’s place in the DC Universe, and her approach is quite interesting. She points out that Shazam! belongs to the DCEU, but it has its authenticity.
Shazam! is to live in the same world (as the other films), but we have incredible autonomy over this brand and franchise. We are working with a different team, different producers, directors"¦it's a different set-up.
We don't feel fettered by, or constrained by, the successes or failures and challenges of the other projects. That was a key component to our participation"”that we are able to control the tone and the voice, and do it the way we want to.
Different movies, different points of view, same world!
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It needs to be of the world. You've got Justice League, Wonder Woman with a different director, so you're going to see different points of view. I think by the time we land with (Shazam!) we'll fit nicely within the world that's been created, but not such a shorthand relationship. (It'll be) enough that people say, “Oh, this is within the family,” but the culture will be a little different," Dany Garcia continued.
We don’t know too much about the cast, but we’ll see Dwayne Johnson in the role of the main villain, Black Adam. They’re still working cautiously on the script, according to Garcia:
We're getting (script) drafts in"¦it's important to make sure we get the tone right for Black Adam, which is (The Rock's) part. We don't mind taking our time. We're being very careful with each act and scene to go back and layer in as much as possible.
