Shazam! - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[janice]

This movie underwent a series of rewrites that included scripts written by writers such as William Goldman, Bryan Goluboff, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, John August, Darren Lemke, Bill Birch and Geoff Johns.

[jessica]

When Freddy is posting videos of Shazam's super power demos, one of the names he gives him is ZAP-tain America. That's a subtle nod to Captain America (and therefore Marvel Comics) existing in their universe.

[kristina]

Billy Batson was born in Zumbrota, Minnesota, the birthplace of Captain Marvel's original artist C.C. Beck.

[christina]

During the fight in the toy store, Shazam and Dr Sivana run across a giant keyboard. This is a reference to Big (1988) which, like this film, features a boy turning into an adult overnight and a group of people walking on a keyboard.

[bernice]

In the original comics, the 7 evil statues on Shazam's Rock of Eternity were originally known as the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man, a more family friendly version of the same idea. Sloth was called laziness, wrath was called hatred, gluttony was selfishness and lust was injustice.

[veronica]

The film takes place in Philadelphia, but was mostly filmed in Toronto.

[harry]

The bumper sticker on the Vasquez' van reads "I'm a foster mom. What's your superpower?"

[jesse]

According to producer Peter Safran, the film takes place in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), and he indicated there could be crossover interaction between Shazam! and the Justice League in potential future DCEU films.

[miriam]

The colours of the jackets worn by the foster kids throughout the movie correspond to the colours of the super suits they eventually wear when they become the Shazam Family.

[clayton]

During early development, the film was titled "Billy Batson & The Legend of Shazam."

[chris]

Freddy Freeman, known in the comics as Captain Marvel Jr, was music icon Elvis Presley's favourite comic book hero. Presley kept a comic book collection of Captain Marvel Jr comic books, and styled his hair/outfits on Marvel Jr.In a homage, when Freddy gains his superhero form it has a Elvis-style pompadour haircut.

[wallace]

Originally, this was going to be one film with Shazam and Black Adam meeting and clashing, but the producers decided to split the film into two origin films for both characters, with Black Adam being its own story set in Ancient Egypt with other heroes.However, Black Adam is mentioned in the film as an ancient champion the Wizard had chosen, who went bad.

[nicholas]

Zachary Levi doesn't appear on screen until 35 minutes into the movie.

[frederick]

As a boy, when Thad sees the demon orb, it is reflected in the right eyeglass lens - a foreshadowing of where the orb nests itself when he returns as an adult.

[lynn]

Fawcett Central High School is named after Fawcett Comics, the company that originally created the Captain Marvel character in 1939.

[wesley]

The security officer who monitors the hallways of Billy and Freddy's school is named Moran. The Moran name is a reference to the comic book character Michael Moran, aka "Marvelman" (later known as "Miracleman"). This was a comic book character heavily inspired by Captain Marvel; he transformed into a superhero by saying a special word ("kimota", which is Atomic pronounced backwards) and got his powers from atomic energy rather than magic.

[caroline]

In one scene, characters are buying beer with the name Bärs Lager. The word "bärs" (roughly pronounced "behrsh") is Swedish slang for "beer", much like "brewski" in American. This is likely an Easter egg from Swedish director David F. Sandberg.

[linda]

Adam Brody and D.J. Cotrona, who play the superhero forms of Freddy and Pedro, were previously selected to star in a Justice League movie by George Miller in 2007 (not to be confused with Justice League (2017), with Brody as the Flash and Cotrona as Superman.

[kristen]

The assistant that is disintegrated towards the beginning of the film is played by director David F. Samberg's wife.

[bernice]

Billy's father is identified by the initials "C.C.", this comes from Captain Marvel's original artist C.C. Beck. Of course, the message is somewhat mixed because Billy's father is a career criminal who has been imprisoned in Florida for a decade.