Safran and Jeffery Chernov will co-produce the film with David Witz executive producing. Geoff Johns confirmed that Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam will not be appearing in Shazam but will be in his own solo film instead. Production on the project is said to begin in January or February of 2018, with Sandberg confirmed as the director and Peter Safran negotiating to co-produce the film. On February 17, 2017, David S Sandberg was announced to be in talks with New Line to direct Shazam. Henry Gayden was announced as the screenwriter for Shazam on January 19, 2017. announced Shazam for a 2019 release as the eighth installment of the DC Comics Extended Universe. Emmerich told Entertainment Weekly in an interview that the film will have a tone unto itself separate from the concurrent Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice film: with a sense of fun and humor, but with real stakes and an anti-hero version of Black Adam. Shazam, still a New Line Cinema production being released through Warner Bros., is being executive produced by Toby Emmerich and screenwriter Darren Lemke of Jack the Giant Slayer and Turbo, has been hired to write the script. Dwayne Johnson confirmed the project and his attachment on August 20, 2014, officially announcing his casting as Black Adam on September 3, 2014. films based on DC Comics properties, including a Shazam film to be potentially released in 2016. On April 28, 2014, The Wall Street Journal revealed an upcoming slate of Warner Bros. Philadelphia Police Department (First appearance).Fawcett Central High School (First appearance).and was released on April 5, 2019.ĭevelopment of the film has taken years to come to fruition since the early 2000s but a cohesive plan for the DC Extended Universe in 2014 accelerated plans with Johnson attached to star in the film. It was written by Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke and produced by Peter Safran, with Christopher Godsick, Jeffery Chernov, Dwayne Johnson, Hiram Garcia, and Dany Garcia, serving as executives. It's produced by New Line Cinema and distributed by Warner Bros. It is the seventh installment in the DC Comics' Extended Universe. Shazam! is an American film based on the DC Comics character Shazam. ' Billy Batson, I choose you as champion.' -Shazam Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn)

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