Shazam! — Extended TV Spot

source:   www.shazammovie.com

added: Sun, Jan 20th '19

Meet DC's newest superhero! He's "not so serious."

Check out a newly-released extended commercial for "Shazam!," the much anticipated DC comic book movie, starring Zachary Levi (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Chuck) as the titular captain thunder.

Primarily a superhero send-up, much in the vein of the classic Tom Hanks body-switching comedy "Big," the upcoming DC movie focuses on a 14-year-old kid named Billy Batson (played by Disney actor Asher Angel), who is suddenly granted mystical powers by a mysterious ancient wizard (Djimon Hounsou). As a result, Billy can now instantly transform himself into an adult superhero (Levi) by shouting out one single word -- Shazam!

Jack Dylan Grazer (from the hit Stephen King horror movie "IT") co-stars in the film, as Freddy, Billy's best friend who is also a big superhero enthusiast and becomes Shazam's unlikely sidekick.

In one scene in the above spot, we see Freddy and Shazam trying to purchase a "lair" -- because every good superhero needs their own hideout. Duh!

"Shazam!" is directed by David F. Sandberg, who previously made the horror films "Lights Out" and "Annabelle: Creation."

Co-starring Mark Strong (Kingsman, Kick-Ass) as the film's main villain, the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana, "Shazam!" is coming to theaters April 5th.

synopsis:
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).

 

directed by   David F. Sandberg

starring   Zachary Levi, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Djimon Hounsou, Ross Butler, Adam Brody, Cooper Andrews

release date   April 5, 2019

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