[Peter Segal: Shazam! time]Written by GL
At Comic-Con International, Warner Bros. kicked off their presentation with Peter Segal, the new man behind New Line's movie Shazam! Produced by Michael Uslan (of the Batman movie) and written by John August (writer of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), it's going to be one of the lighter comic superheroes, but it still might seem like a strange choice to some people considering Segal's past work.
Segal was the director for Nutty Professor: Meet The Klumps and Naked Gun 33 1/3, as well as three Adam Sandler movies)
Peter Segal asked Stan Lee, 'Why did you choose me?' and he said, 'Because our heroes have flaws and in the flaws is a sense of humor.' Because it's a 14-year-old prepubescent boy who becomes a superhero, so he's got those same insecurities, those same fantasies. That's where I think the heart of that movie is and I think that's what makes it different from the other comic books.'
[Black Adam: Captain Marvel's greatest foe]It turns out that Segal is a big fan of comic books and was glad to finally get a chance to tackle his first superhero project. 'We're really going back and looking at the source material,' he replied when asked which version of Captain Marvel has inspired August's script. 'There are multiple incarnations of Captain Marvel. It's been reinvented over the last few years and Black Adam has had a resurgence in popularity, so we're looking at the whole 70 year life of it and drawing from it.' Segal also remarked that we can expect the Marvel Family to show up as well.
'There's still going to be a lot of kick-ass action,' he added, 'but I think there's going to be a sweetness also.'
Shazam! is still in pre-production so be patient people.
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