Fri Feb 1, 2008 10:26AM8 comments ›
Fri Feb 1, 2008 — by Rick Marshall
'The Rock' Interested In Playing Black Adam?
Shazam! director talks casting and plot
Billy Batson will have his work cut out for him if "Shazam!" director Peter Segal has his way.
According to this report on IGN, the "Get Smart" director likes the idea of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson donning the pointy ears of Captain Marvel nemesis Black Adam. And Johnson doesn't sound opposed to the idea, either.
According to Segal:
We were looking for something else to do together. [Johnson] said, 'What are you working on?' And I told him among other things Shazam!. And he said, 'Do you think I can read a draft when you're ready?' And I said, 'Yeah.' John August is writing it and then we went on strike, so I don't have a draft to show him yet. But I just started telling him the story and I thought that he might be a great Black Adam.
Segal also teased that "Shazam!" wouldn't be the light-and-fluffy affair that "Fantastic Four" turned out to be. Instead, he said Batson's desire to avenge the loss of his parents would provide a more serious
tone to the film.
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Comments (8)
Rick Taylor (10:54 AM on Fri Feb 1, 2008)
Just don't by pass Dr. Sivana completely.
It's like Superman without Luthor.
Mike Gold (11:41 AM on Fri Feb 1, 2008)
I can use a Superman movie without Luthor. And with an original plot, too.
Rick Taylor (2:53 PM on Fri Feb 1, 2008)
That's only because we've had a bunch of real BAD Superman movies WITH Luthor.
This is our (possibly) FIRST modern Captain Marvel film.
Mike Gold (12:02 PM on Fri Feb 1, 2008)
Mr. Mind. Maybe cast Patrick Stewart.
Vinnie Bartilucci (11:46 AM on Fri Feb 1, 2008)
This one's been bouncing around the internet for months, and it still seems like a good idea. I'd like to see the Rock play a bad guy - be interesting to see if he can turn down the charm.
Delmo Walters Jr. (7:40 PM on Fri Feb 1, 2008)
Billy avenging the death of his parents? So, he's young Bruce Wayne all of a sudden? Since when were his parents killed by a bad guy?
Rick Taylor (5:53 AM on Sat Feb 2, 2008)
Jerry Ordway in Power of Shazam. His parents were killed digging artifacts in Egypt.
It's when they tried to make Captain Marvel serious.
Mike Gold (8:42 AM on Sat Feb 2, 2008)
I think Jerry did a great job. Not to compare his to Smith's, which addressed the essence of the original Parker-Beck concept. But for a super-hero orientation that fit into the DC universe at the time, Ordway's GN was quite good.