Shazam (2019)
Shazam! is a 2019 American superhero film based on the DC
Comics character. Produced by New Line Cinema and distributed by Warner Bros.
Pictures, it is the seventh installment in the DC
Extended Universe (DCEU). Directed by David
F. Sandberg from a screenplay by Henry Gayden,
and a story by Gayden and Darren Lemke, the film stars Asher Angel as Billy Batson, a teenage boy who can transform
into an adult superhero, played by Zachary Levi. Mark Strong, Jack
Dylan Grazer, and Djimon Hounsou also star. The plot follows Billy Batson, who is
chosen by the ancient wizard Shazam as
his new champion and receives various superpowers. Billy and his best friend Freddy
Freeman (Grazer) must discover Billy's new
powers in order to stop the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Strong) and the Seven Deadly
Sins.
