Shazam movie

[JeyNyce]

The Rock will be playing Black Adam

http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/24871/20140613/shazam-dc-movie-the-rock.htm

[captmorgan72]

If this movie really does come out I would imagine he will be, but who will play Shazam and who will play the wizard?

[BWPS]

I thought Shazam was the wizard and Billy Batson was Captain Marvel but in the video games it seems like they're calling him Shazam so then what's the wizard's name?

[BentonGrey]

BWPS, they've been in a legal battle with Marvel for ever, and they've stopped calling him Captain Marvel in titles and even in general because of that.

[JeyNyce]

Pulled this from another forum:

Here's roughly how it went.

- Captain Marvel was originally owned by a company called Fawcett
- He was a massive success.
- Was actually more popular than Superman at one point.
- DC didn't like this one bit, they sued Cap Marvel's creators to hell.
- DC won the lawsuit, Fawcett couldn't use the Big Red Cheese anymore.
- DC now had the rights, but completely cancelled all Cap Marvel stuff out of spite.
- Years pass. Cap Marvel has all but died.
- Timely Publications becomes Marvel.
- Marvel creates their own hero called Captain Marvel. Is nothing like Supez.
- Marvel trademarks the guy. Takes the name.
- DC says "Oh Crap!, we messed up!" and tries to sue Marvel for infringing on their rights.
- Marvel wins the lawsuit since Cap Marvel did nothing during DC's ownership of him.
- Some time later, DC brings back Cap Marvel, is no longer allowed to call the comic that, and the book is renamed Shazam.
- To this day, DC can't use Captain Marvel as a comic book name.
- 2012 DC changes their Captain Marvel to SHAZAM

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

I'm still hoping the hero is called Captain Marvel, but the movie itself cannot legally be, so Shazam it is.

[BWPS]

Looked it up on Wikipedia and since CM has been namechanged to Shazam, the new wizard is YET UNNAMED.

[Podmark]

The Rock might be a good Black Adam, he should be able to pull off the look and the action, but I wonder how he'll handle the personality.

I actually prefer Captain Marvel as Shazam for some reason.

[captmorgan72]

I actually prefer Captain Marvel as Shazam for some reason.

I do too. I like to think that Shazam is a mantle and not really one person. The wizard was Shazam and then Teth Adam became the new Shazam and now Billy Baston takes up the mantle.