According to Deadline, Zachary Levi’s Shazam! hit a record milestone by grabbing an amazing $3.3 million in paid preview screenings on Fandango toppling the early access takes of films like How to Train Your Dragon 3 which made $2.6M, Aquaman which made $2.9M, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle with $1.8 million and Hotel Transylvania 3 with $1.3M.
Critics seem to be enjoying Shazam! all around before its release next month with a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and getting the highly praised Fresh on the rating platform, however, the Zachary Levi film has not been certified yet. You can check out our review for the film here and what other critics are saying about here as well.
Following Aquaman, which is now playing, the DCEU continues with Shazam! on April 5, 2019, which 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.
Here is the synopsis for DC’s next film, 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).
Directed by David F. Sandberg, DC Shazam! stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Grace Fulton, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Cooper Andrews, Marta Milans, and Ron Cephas.
Shazam! will be released in theaters on April 5, 2019. Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on the future of the current DC cinematic universe as we learn it.
Source: Deadline
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The film will also be set in Central City.