Director says shooting of ‘Shazam!’ has begun
DAVID F. Sandberg has announced that shooting has begun on the ‘Shazam!’ movie.
The 37-year- old director is helming the new DC Extended Universe movie and logged on to Instagram to tell fans that production is underway.
Uploading a photo of a clapper board, Sandberg wrote on the image sharing site: “Let’s go! (sic)”
Although not much is known about the plot of the movie, Asher Angel has been cast to play Billy Baston alongside Zachary Levi, who will portray Billy’s adult superhero alter ego Captain Marvel.
Other cast members include Jack Dylan Grazer, who will play Billy’s best friend Freddy, and Grace Fulton as another teenager in the upcoming adventure which has been penned by Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke.
Mark Strong recently teased the plot of ‘Shazam!’ and revealed he is playing villain Doctor Sivana, whom he described as an “evil bastard”.
Captain Marvel was created by C.C. Beck and writer Bill Parker back in 1939 and fi rst appeared in Whiz Comics # 2 a year later.
‘Shazam!’ will focus on Billy, a boy who can transform into an adult superhero by uttering the magic word “Shazam”. The word is an acronym of the ancient world gods and historical fi gures: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and M e r c u r y. — BANG Showbiz