Now the film’s director David F. Sandberg tells Film Riot that the Shazam! script is finished, and there’s a reason why the sometimes villain, sometimes anti-hero Black Adam isn’t a part of it. “So ...

Co-writers Henry Gayden and Chris Morgan share how "one of the biggest cheer moments ever" came to be in their script. By Sydney Odman Assistant to the Editorial Director Gayden felt just as strongly ...

“When the first draft of the movie came to us, it was a combination of Black Adam and Shazam: Two origin stories in one movie,” Johnson told Vanity Fair. “Now that was the goal — so it wasn’t a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When the first draft of the movie came to us, it was a combination of Black Adam and Shazam: Two ...

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But there was one big DC universe crossover Sandberg pushed for, as a mea culpa for the original Shazam’s wacky headless Superman scene. [Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for the end of Shazam!

Shazam! could very well be my favorite superhero movie, at least for now. One of the things I've been missing from a lot of superhero films is a consistent set of themes, along with setups/payoffs and ...

There’s an exasperating trend in superhero movies that has reached the end of its shelf life and needs to be chucked. Back in the 2010s, a light touch seemed fresh and funny, with quippy, ironic ...

Just seven months after the world saw “Black Adam” and was fully convinced that the movie was as low as DC Comics could possibly go, here comes “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” — and the limbo stick of ...

Director David F. Sandberg's Shazam! was a breath of fresh air. Full of heart, warmth, humor, and some ingenious, even horror-tinged setpieces, the Zachary Levi-starring DC movie immediately stood out ...