Captian Marvel ~ Shazam!

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Not much, but it's movement...

Bill Birch and Geoff Johns to Write Shazam!

Warner Bros. Pictures has hired actor-turned-writer Bill Birch and Geoff Johns to write Shazam!, the adaptation of the DC Comics series featuring Captain Marvel.

Get Smart helmer Peter Segal remains on board to direct and he'll also produce with his Callahan Filmworks partner Michael Ewing. Johns will also consult on the project.

Shazam! centers on teenaged Billy Batson, who transforms into the superhero when he says the word "Shazam!" The studio is now looking to go back to the original DC Comics source material for inspiration.

Previous drafts have been written by John August, William Goldman, Bryan Goluboff and the team of Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow.

Birch is currently writing Warner Bros.' One Finger Salute to which Segal is attached to direct.

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Variety is reporting Captain Marvel now has a director and is moving forward. I have to admit Captain Marvel isn't one of the comic characters I know much about. Not sure what to expect. Dwayne Johnson had been attached to play the villain in this (not sure if he still is)

This from MTV:

It looks like we may be hearing the triumphant cries of “Shazam!” a lot more in the near future, as Variety reports today that the a film adaptation of “Captain Marvel” (the DC Comics version, just to clarify) has been making some serious moves at Warner Bros. lately.

In the Variety piece, Warner Bros. has signed up director Peter Segal (”Get Smart”) and his Callahan Filmworks partner Michael Ewing to a three-year first-look deal. While that may leave the average comic movie fan scratching their head and saying, “…and this is comic news because…?,” Variety makes note that, as part of the deal, Warners have also acquired rights from New Line for an adaptation of “Captain Marvel” as part of the deal, to which Segal has long been attached.

One of DC’s oldest characters — with a long history of legal nightmares that put the current “Watchmen” legal mess to shame — “Captain Marvel” will reportedly be a standard origin story, following teenager Billy Batson who, when upon shouting the word “Shazam,” becomes the all-powerful superhero, Captain Marvel. With the exception of Segal as director and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson saying he’d be interested in the role of Black Adam, no other information is currently available regarding the property, but considering the recent surge in popularity of second-tier characters, we wouldn’t be surprised to see this film put on the fast track.