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Fan of Shazam! or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Shazam!
Shazam! - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The Annabelle doll from director David F. Sandberg's Annabelle: Creation (2017) can be seen in a shop window. Both films star Grace Fulton.This is the second time that doll has appeared in a DC Comics film; it was last seen in Aquaman (2018).
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Body count: 18 (assistant at beginning of film, the 16 board members, and Mr. Sivana).
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The film's working title was "Franklin", after American statesman Benjamin Franklin who was a resident of Philadelphia (where the film is set).
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In Freddy Freeman's room you can see old newspaper clippings plastered on his wall. One Daily Planet article headline reads "CAPED WONDER STUNS CITY". This is a direct homage to Richard Donner's original Superman the Movie after Superman's first night of rescues Perry reads out all of the papers headlines. The other papers from that scene: The Post: "IT FLIES!" The News: "LOOK MA - NO WIRES!" The Times: "BLUE BOMB BUZZES METROPOLIS".
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Director David F. Sandberg's short animation All Quiet Now... (2006) is playing on a screen in the background of the mall scene.
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One of the doors in the Rock of Eternity reveals a room of sentient crocodiles playing poker. These are the Crocodile-Men, enemies of Captain Marvel.
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Peter Segal was attached to direct in the early 2000s.
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Doctor Thaddeus Sivana is based on his original comic incarnation (a scientist and industrialist enemy of Captain Marvel), but also has traits from Shazam villains Black Adam (a former champion who became evil) and Sabbac (a villain empowered by entities of evil).
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When Freddy is showing Billy his room you can see a book beside his Batarang. The title appears to be "The Bird and the Bat: the impact of superheroes on society and its future". The cover shows a silhouette of Superman hovering. One would assume this was written after the events of BVS but possibly before the events of Justice League.
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This is Mark Strong's fifth comic-book feature after working on Kick-Ass (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017).
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Djimon Hounsou has supporting roles in both Shazam! (2019) and Captain Marvel (2019).
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In the film, Dr. Sivana inserts the Orb of Sin into his eye, which gives him magical powers. In the New 52 DC comics, he got his eye struck by magic lightning which enables him to see magic.
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Asher Angel Plays Billy Batson who transforms into an adult, played by Zachary Levi. Asher stars alongside Joshua Rush in Andi Mack (2017), and Joshua played the younger version of Zachary Levi's character Chuck in Chuck (2007).
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According to the filmmakers, the hardest part of designing the suit was getting the thunderbolt design to fit into the triangular chestplate.
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This film marked the second collaboration between Grace Fulton and David F. Sandberg. The first was Annabelle: Creation (2017).
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Ron Cephas Jones was initially cast in the role of the Wizard, but scheduling conflicts led to him leaving the film and being replaced by Djimon Hounsou. Notably, this news only broke months later during post-production, in contrast to the many reports of on-set dramas for previous DCEU films.
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John Glover as Mr. Sivana says the line, "Somebody save me!". Glover used to play Lex Luthor's father, Lionel Luthor, on the TV series Smallville (2001) whose opening theme song was "Save Me."
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The seventh film in the DC Extended Universe.
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Comic book writer, Geoff Johns, who is one of the executive producers of the film, is also the one who wrote the Shazam! New 52 comics whose material that this film is largely based upon.
Shazam! - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts