Not only has the big screen adaptation for the DC comic Superhero Captain Marvel (aka Shazam!) been green lit, but they’ve also got their director on board now, Peter Segal, who also directed Anger Management, 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard and even some non-Adam Sandler films too.
I’ve already got huge doubts about this project. First of all, it would have been much more feasible to do a Shazam flick BEFORE a new Superman flick (considering Marvel is just a poor man’s version of Superman), secondly, the fact that they’ve contracted a primarily comedy director also gives me the ugly shivers. The good folks over at CHUD had this insight for us:
Look, here’s the deal: Shazam sucks. I can’t imagine the character (known as Captain Marvel, although he’s a DC Comics character) was even considered cool in the 1940s. Even an attempt to make him menacing in Kingdom Come didn’t erase childhood memories of the crappy TV show (part of the Shazam/Isis hour!). Trying to turn him into some kind of cinematic icon post-Superman Returns just seems like a colossal waste of time, effort and money when so many more interesting comics could be adapted for the big screen.
While I personally have some pretty happy memories of Shazam as a little kid… I can’t entirely disagree with the CHUD guys either. I think this is a mistake. Oh well… I guess we’ll just wait and see
