Sun Mar 11, 2007 — by Elayne Riggs

Shazam movie writer named

Confabs with Johns for accuracy

According to the Hollywood Reporter, John August has been chosen to write the screenplay for New Line Cinema's adaptation of the DC comic Shazam!, currently enjoying a resurgence thanks to the writing and art of Bone creator Jeff Smith.  August has served as screenwriter for a number of Tim Burton's recent movies, including Big Fish, Corpse Bride and Charlie the Chocolate Factory.

But it wasn't Smith to whom August turned for continuity advice. Instead he had a session with Geoff Johns for "idiot checking" to keep it true to the characters that readers expect.  "I think we're going to be able to be really faithful to the mythology and yet make it completely transparent for people who have no idea who the character is," August said, adding, "It's a unique opportunity to do a comic book movie where the character in it actually read comic books."

The will be produced by Michael Ewing and Peter Segal; Segal is also set to direct.  Let the casting call speculations begin!

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