Casting on DC’s next film Shazam! continues to ramp up as the film has added two young actors as Bill Batson’s friends. Ian Chen (Fresh Off The Boat) and Jovan Armand (Bella and the Bulldogs) will portray Eugene and Pedro respectively.
The new additions join Asher Angel as Billy, Zachary Levi as his magical alter ego Shazam, Mark Strong as Sivana, Jack Dylan Grazer (It) as Freddy and Grace Fulton (Annabelle: Creation) in a yet-to-be revealed role, which is said to be another of Billy’s friends.
Eugene and Pedro were first introduced in the DC story Flashpoint, which showed an alternate history of the DC world. When the company rebooted their comics line after Flashpoint with The New 52, Geoff Johns brought them over to the main continuity and gave them the ability to turn into their own versions of Shazam as Billy shared his powers with his new foster family.
Shazam is set for release on April 5th 2019 and will be directed by David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation).
