A few days ago we got our very first glimpse of Zachary Levi in costume as Shazam from the upcoming DC Extended Universe blockbuster. While that spy photo only featured the back of the suit, another image has now surfaced online giving us a much better look at Levi’s costume and Shazam’s glowing lightning bolt insignia. Hopefully an official image from Warner Bros. will be with us soon…
BREAKING: New #Shazam set photo reveals the front of Zachary Levi's costume! https://t.co/YsjIceTA9L
— Batman-News.com (@BatmanNewsCom) March 6, 2018
UPDATE: And here’s a video of Shazam in action…
They're filming #Shazam outside my building. #DC #ZacharyLevi #Shazam pic.twitter.com/58eojESAEE
— Jeremy Lawrence (@JeremyLawrence) March 6, 2018
“We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s (Asher Angel) case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Zachary Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart—inside a ripped, godlike body—Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong).”
Shazam will see Zachary Levi starring as the titular superhero, with Asher Angel as his young alter-ego Billy Batson, Jack Dylan Grazer as Freddy Freeman, Ian Chen as Eugene Choi, Jovan Armand as Pedro Peña, Grace Fulton as Mary Marvel, Cooper Andrews as Victor Vasquez, Faithe Herman as Darla Dudley, Mark Strong as Dr. Thaddeus Sivana and Ron Cephas Jones as the Wizard. The film is set for release on April 5th 2019.
