Handsomestan lied, Producer Says "Shazam!" is Still Alive

From worstpreviews, Last week, screenwriter John August revealed that the long-rumored Captain Marvel movie called "Shazam!" is now dead. "By 'dead,' I mean that it won't be happening," he said. "I don't think it's on the studio's radar at all. It may come back in another incarnation, with another writer, but I can say with considerable certainty that it won't be the version I developed."

Now, producer Michael Uslan tells MTV News that fans shouldn't abandon hope of seeing the hero in theaters. "I will only say one thing — and all I will do is quote Samuel Clemens to you," hinted Uslan. "This is direct from Captain Marvel himself: 'The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.'"

It doesn't surprise me that Warner Bros would want to proceed with "Shazam!" and according to August, expect a dark story of Captain Marvel vs Black Adam, which is very different from his original script that he referred to as "'Big' with superpowers."

Captain Marvel is a superhero roughly as powerful as Superman. What's unique about the character is that in ordinary life, he's teenager Billy Batson. Speaking the name of the wizard who gave him his powers (Shazam) calls down a magic thunderbolt, transforming him into the uperhero. But he's still a teenager in there.