Warner Bros. has released a new featurette for this April’s DC superhero outing Shazam! which features a few snippets of new footage and includes interviews with stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, and director David F. Sandberg; watch it here… SEE ALSO: DC blockbuster Shazam! gets an international trailer SEE ALSO: Rumour: Superman will cameo […]
Shazam! director says the film is “stand-alone” and “self-contained” within the DCEU
David F. Sandberg, the director of Shazam!, says that the film is “very stand-alone” and a “self-contained” story within the DCEU. The films in the DCEU seem to be moving in a slightly different direction of late, away from big team-ups and towards more self-contained stories that can be appreciated on their own merits. This […]
Shazam! director says that the rivalry between DC and Marvel fans is stupid
Shazam! director, David F. Sandberg, says that the rivalry between fans of DC and Marvel is a stupid one. There is an obvious subsection of the DC and Marvel fanbase that seems to root against the other brand, hoping that one side will succeed over the other. This seems a bizarre stance to take for many onlookers […]
Shazam director says Zachary Levi’s costume still a work in progress
Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Shazam! came in for some pretty heavy criticism during production when spy photos offered up the very first look at Zachary Levi’s title character in a bright red, heavily padded costume. By the time the first trailer arrived at the San Diego Comic-Con however, it was clear that the costume […]
DVD Review – Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Annabelle: Creation, 2017. Directed by David F. Sandberg. Starring Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto, Stephanie Sigman, Mark Bramhall, Brad Greenquist, and Lulu Wilson. SYNOPSIS: Yet another prequel from The Conjuring universe detailing how the creepy Annabelle doll came to be. Having now established that there is a ‘universe’ based around James Wan’s 2013 hit […]
Asher Angel to play Billy Batson in Shazam!
A couple of weeks ago Zachary Levi was announced in the lead role of the upcoming DC film Shazam!. In the comics, Shazam is actually the young boy Billy Batson, who transforms into an older version of himself by saying “Shazam”. And now the role of Shazam’s young counterpart has been cast with Variety reporting Asher […]
Exclusive interview with Annabelle: Creation director David F. Sandberg
Thomas Harris chats with Annabelle: Creation director David F. Sandberg… It was only about four years that I watched your short film Lights Out that came to my attention, could you talk about your meteoric rise from then to ‘Annabelle: Creation’ now? Yeah, so that’s four years, truly everything has gone so quickly, yeah it’s […]
Shazam! director discusses the film’s humourous tone
Much has been made of Warner Bros.’ efforts to “lighten the tone” of the DCEU following the criticism aimed towards 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. And it seems this shift will continue with 2019’s Shazam! movie, with director David F. Sandberg previously stating that the film “will be one of the more fun […]
Shazam director David F. Sandberg tweets vicious response to fan “having an opinion about something that doesn’t exist yet”
In the midst of his hard work on DC superhero movie Shazam, director David F. Sandberg took a moment to smack down a prejudiced fan on Twitter, urging them not to judge his film before he has made it. Sandberg responded to the fan, who said others “better steer clear of this movie” due to […]
Shazam! to be DC’s most lighthearted film so far according to director David F. Sandberg
Since it was announced that DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. are moving ahead with Shazam!, to be directed by Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation’s David F. Sandberg, there’s been some thought as to how the horror director will approach the DC Extended Universe film. He recently spoke to The Toronto Sun on his plans for Shazam!, revealing the film […]
