While it was initially thought that This Is Us virtuoso Ron Cephas Joneswas the frontrunnerto conjoin Warner Bros. ’ coming Shazam ! as a primal DC Comics fibre who plays a pivotal office in Billy Batson ’s journeying to becoming a submarine , it work out that that ’s probably not the case .
concord toEntertainment Weekly , Guardians of the Galaxy ’s Djimon Hounsou is apparently the top pick for the rather unimaginatively - named Wizard , whose magic is what imbue Billy with the power to transmute into a superhero . EW says Hounsou ’s casting get along as the event of a programing fight on Jones ’ ending — mean that now , Hounsou will be one of a few actors in Hollywood who ’ve made the jump from one of the biggest cinematic laughable book universes to the other . The actor is n’t raw to the larger DC universe , either , since he played Papa Midnight in WB ’s Constantine film right smart back in 2005 .
Given Hounsou ’s late theatrical role in other big budget action movies , it ’s not all that hard to imagine him as a 3,000 - year - older Egyptian thaumaturgist who ’s spent his lifespan holding the forces of iniquity at bay . It ’s a self-colored , interesting casting selection . But still , between the late - degree reorganization ( filming has wrapped , though EW says this cast “ remained under the radio detection and ranging until now ” ) and the fact that westill have n’t really image all that much from the film(release the tapes , Warner Bros. ,you Noel Coward ) , it ’s still up for debate whether this whole Shazam ! endeavor will in reality end up come together and being any skillful .
[ Entertainment Weekly ]
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