00:00Shazam! Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter the story about a boy turned Earth's mightiest mortal
00:05looks to be the next DC Cinematic Universe movie that will go before cameras.
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00:16David Sandberg, the filmmaker behind upcoming Annabelle Creation, is directing the feature.
00:22According to sources, the project is looking to start in January or February 2018
00:26with a likely release in 2019.
00:29Peter Safran, who worked with Sandberg on the Annabelle sequel and is also producing Aquaman,
00:34is in negotiations to board Shazam! as a producer.
00:37It's unclear whether Dwayne Johnson, who has long been attached to play Shazam! villain Black Adam,
00:42will be involved with Shazam! but he is attached as star and producer of the Black Adam spinoff
00:48that is being developed concurrently to Shazam!
00:50With the stunning success of Wonder Woman, Warner is feeling revived in its DCU
00:55and earlier this week slotted two DC movies in the release calendar for 2020.
00:58It has several movies teeing up
01:00on the runway but at this stage Shazam! will take off first.
01:04Flash was delayed due to it lacking a director while a sequel to Wonder Woman is only in the
01:09early treatment writing stage.
01:10Joss Whedon is overseeing post-production and reshoots on Justice League and won't be ready
01:16to tackle a Batgirl film until after that movie is out the door.
01:19A sequel to Suicide Squad, which is closing in on a director, is eyeing a mid-2018 start.
01:26So guys, what's your take on Shazam! being the next to shoot in the DCU?
01:30Let me know in the comments.
01:32For the Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Paul Costabile and Shazam!
01:35Bye!
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