We’ve all seen the padded wonders of the behind the scenes set photos. Now Zachary Levi has revealed the first promotional image of himself in DC/Warner’s SHAZAM! film. The film is scheduled to release on 5 April 2019 from Roadshow Films.
Shazam! started life as a Fawcett Comic book hero known as Captain Marvel, and was the first comic book superhero to be adapted into film, in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial titled Adventures of Captain Marvel. Detective Comics sued the company for copyright infringement over several Superman strips. DC later wound up owning the character, and revived the comics under the banner of Shazam! for obvious reasons. (It would be a bit like Marvel Comics have a character named Captain DC, wouldn’t it?)
In the 1970s, Filmation produced live-action television show, which ran from 1974 to 1977 on CBS and starred Jackson Bostwick as the eponymous hero. From 1975 until the end of its run, it aired as one-half of The Shazam!/Isis Hour, featuring Filmation’s own unfortunately named The Secrets of Isis as a double-feature.
Directed by David F. Sandberg, the film also stars Mark Strong as Dr. Thaddeus Sivana.
