As with the release of any comic book film, fans will scour trailers frame-by-frame to seek out any insights or hidden easter eggs. Well, the upcoming Shazam! film starring Zachary Levi, the next installment in the DCEU, is no different! An eagle-eyed fan has elected to point out some updated special effects in the latest sneak peek for the to-be-released trailer. The new Shazam! trailer, which is TV spot which was released earlier today features the titular hero showing off some additional swagger and lightning! Check it out below!
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The scene features Zachary Levi’s, Shazam!, moments after saying the famous form-changing word (it’s ‘SHAZAM!’ in case you didn’t know). This scene, in addition to a few others, seem to have been given some updates as you can now actually see lightning form out of the hero’s chest/logo. The lightning throughout the sneak peek actually is a few different colors as we get glimpses both yellow-tinged and white lightning. Does the color mean anything or are they still working on the effects? Time will tell! Are you excited to see the next installment in the DCEU?
David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation) has directed from a script written by Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke. Shazam! is being produced by New Line Cinema in conjunction with Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment.
Shazam! stars Asher Angel, Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Faithe Herman, Cooper Andrews, Marta Milans and Djimon Hounsou. Here’s the official synopsis for DC’s Shazam!:
“We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s (Angel) case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (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 (Strong).”
Shazam! will be released in theaters on April 5, 2019, and will be followed by Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) on February 7, 2020, and Wonder Woman 1984 on June 5, 2020. A standalone Joker film set outside of the DC Films universe starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime is also set to hit theaters October 4, 2019.
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