Shazam!
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Here are our biggest unanswered question fromShazam!The new superhero film by conductor David F. Sandberg is a gleeful and colorful DCEU coming - of - age story about teenage Billy Batson ( Asher Angel ) , who gains the magical powers to metamorphose into the adult superhero Shazam ( Zachary Levi ) .
Shazam!successfully continues the DCEU ’s transformation into a brighter and more fun superhero universe , which began withWonder Womanand was then taken to billion - dollar profitableness byAquaman . set up after the event ofJustice League , superheroes are now an recognised and popular fact of life in the DCEU , with the League itself being merchandized into toys and wearing apparel , much of it owned by Billy ’s surrogate brother Freddy Freeman ( Jack Dylan Grazer ) . When the malign Dr. Thaddeus Sivana ( Mark Strong ) derive the power of the Seven Deadly Sins , the choke Wizard Shazam ( Djimon Hounsou ) transfer his magical powers to Billy , who must now figure out how to be a superhero and stop Sivana . In the closing , Billy wins by unlocking Shazam ’s great major power and transferring his magic to his surrogate Brother and sister , make theShazam Family .
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Shazam!is a self - moderate and sizable risky venture that cleverly weaves inconnections to the greater DCEUwithout distracting from its master story . That news report rater faithfully adapts the 2012 DC Comics boot by author Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank , but there are slews of recall to the early comics and other source textile as well . WhileShazam!efficiently and entertainingly severalize the viewer everything they need to know about the superhero , his baron , and his world , here are the biggest questions we have that the motion picture left unanswered :
Why Are There Seven Thrones In The Rock of Eternity But Only Six Shazams?
WhenThaddeus Sivanaand later Billy Batson arrive at the Rock of Eternity , there are noticeably seven thrones , six of which are empty . Shazam explained that the thrones were once occupied by the Council of Wizards but the other six were pop over the eld by the Seven Deadly Sins so that Shazam was the only Wizard allow for . Shazam ’s explanation to Billy was rather slight - his main focus was to get Billy to say his name so his magical powers could be channelise to his unexampled champion - he did make clear that Billy ’s greatest king was the ability to transfer his magic trick to others .
Billy finally did transfer his magic to this surrogate family , Freddy , Darla , Mary , Eugene , and Pedro and turn them into the Shazam Family . afterward , the Family claimed the Rock of Eternity as their new lair . But there are only six of them and the seventh throne stay untenanted . Is Billy also suppose to make a 7th Shazam ( and he just does n’t know it ) ? Or does the seventh already exist , in the shape ofBlack Adam ( Dwayne Johnson ) , who was tease early inShazamahead of his own solo movie and eventual sequel visual aspect ?
Did Shazam and His Council Join The Fight Against Steppenwolf’s First Invasion?
The Rock of Eternity is the source of all magic so it logically predates even the Earth itself , and the Council had also existed for countless millennia . But they do n’t seem to have been present during one of the most pivotal fight in Earth ’s ancient history : when Steppenwolf led an invasion of Parademons and they were repelled by an alliance of Amazons , Atlanteans , and humans ( along with aGreen Lantern ) as seen inJustice League?The Greek immortal like Zeus and other immortal warriors like Hercules ( two of the source of Shazam ’s power ) were also present at the battle , so why did n’t the Council lend their magic to the campaign ?
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Obviously , theJustice Leaguemovie predatedShazam ’s production , so there may not have been time or consideration to include the Wizard ( the movie was also undergoing substantialreshoots directed by Joss Whedon ) . Even if it was a conscious decisiveness to save the first appearance Shazam ’s characters for their own film , their absence seizure in the epic battle is still glaring in hindsight .
Where Do The Doors In The Rock Of Eternity Lead To?
The thaumaturgy and brute inShazam!bring a routine of aHarry Potterfeel to the DCEU , with a grandly design Rock of Eternity that even evokes some famousWizarding Worldlocations like Hogwarts . And , like Hogwarts , inShazam!it looks like we ’ve only just fray the surface of the existence if the many doors in the Rock of Eternity are to be believe .
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One door open up toCrocodile Menplaying cards , which could be a set up to a subsequence and the inclusion of the Monster Society of Evil , a villainous mathematical group from theShazamcomics . Other doors beleaguer tearing animal and many more remained unsympathetic . Hopefully , the Shazam Family will further search their new den inShazam 2 .
What’s The Deal With Mister Mind?
For daily moviegoer and non - comics lover , the inclusion body of the talk worm wearing glasses and a voice box who schemed with an imprisoned Dr. Sivana inShazam ’s mid - credits sceneis specially puzzling . This is Mister Mind , one of Shazam ’s oldest foe from the comedian . Mister Mind is an alien worm from Venus with vast genial powers and the founder of the Monster Society of Evil ( which , originally form in 1943 , has the distinction of being the very first super - villain squad in comics ) .
Of course , none of this is made clear in the film , and fan are left wonder what that louse was and how it get in the glass cage at the Rock of Eternity in the first plaza . intelligibly , Mister Mind recruiting Sivana is an obvious setup forShazam 2 , which also foretells the reaching of the Monster Society to combat the Shazam Family . Above all , that signify the nextShazam!movie is throttle to get really , really weird .
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Can Shazam Only Teleport To And From The Rock of Eternity?
Billy and Freddy ’s numerous YouTube video try Shazam ’s powers get a fortune of comedic mileage and one of the hilarious bits is Shazam go wrong his teleportation tryout ( though he passes Freddy ’s secret ardour unsusceptibility test ) . But it turns out teleportation actuallyisone of Shazam ’s many superpowers : he is able to teleport his integral phratry out of the Rock of Eternity ( and into a strip show golf club ) . Billy had no time to explore this newfangled ability , but given the late failure , it ’s unreadable if this is only a one - route power .
In the strip , Shazam does n’t have boundary to his teleportation , so it would make signified for the same to be true in the DCEU pic . If this power is indeed unlimited , then coupled with his power to fly , there ’s no limit to where Shazam can go - if he knows how .
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When Did Billy Use The Wisdom of Solomon?
Shazam showcases each of the power he attain from the six Immortal Elders throughout the film : he apply the strong suit of Hercules , the toughness of Atlas , the lightning of Zeus ( his favourite ability ) , the bravery of Achilles ( finally when he in conclusion heroically face Sivana in the final struggle ) , and the hurrying of Mercury . But when , exactly , did he apply his first ability , the wisdom of Solomon ? After all , despite his perfect adult bod , Shazam still has the judgment , desires , and flaws of 14 - twelvemonth - old Billy Batson - and , as a result , he make a ton of misapprehension and errors in judgment .
But Shazam does benefit from the Wisdom of Solomon of Solomon at a pivotal bit during the climactic carnival battle with Sivana and the Seven Deadly Sins . Billy realize he ca n’t beat all of his opposition alone and remember the Wizard ’s dying words:“Use your heart to unlock your greatest power!“Billy then knew the answer was to give his tycoon to Mary , Freddy , Darla , Pedro , and Eugene to create the Shazam Family - that ’s the wisdom of Solomon in action , although it ’s easy to not realize it as such .
What Is The Status of the Justice League And Who Is Profiting From Their Merch?
Shazam!takes position in a post - Justice Leagueworld and , since they overcome Steppenwolf , the JLA heroes have apparently become a merchandising machine . Justice League toys are now stocked just in time for Christmas ( with plenty of Batman merch specially ) - but who is benefiting from all of this profit ? It ’s possible Bruce Wayne set up a corporation to license Justice League merch to the consumer , but things have for sure changed in the few age sinceBatman v Superman . After all , back then the Batman was an ultraviolent vigilante who was consider an urban myth - not someone parent would corrupt action mechanism figures of for their small fry to play with .
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Of course , Superman appearsat the very terminal andShazam ’s credits are a hilarious cartoon set toThe Ramones ' " I Do n’t Want To Grow Up"where the DCEU ’s newest hero hang with the Justice League ( and slip the Batmobile ) . woefully , this animation may be the close devotee get to seeing Shazam decent in the Justice League , at least for the next few year .
Why Was Mary’s Shazam Recast?
Billy , Freddy , Darla , Pedro , Eugene , and Mary all become superheroes at the finish ofShazam!and all of them are recast by different actors to play their grownup superintendent - selves : Zachary Levi play superhero Billy , Adam Brody is Freddy , Meagan Good is Darla , D.J. Cotrona is Pedro , Ross Butler is Eugene , and Michelle Borth is Mary . But why did they remodel Mary Shazam at all?Grace Fulton , who plays Mary at 17 , is 22 in real lifetime and is clearly sometime than her surrogate siblings - Fulton is perfectly subject of bring the adult Mary Shazam and already bet the part .
It ’s probable the movie maker feel the pauperization to recast everyone for the interest of body , peculiarly as almost every actor playing the Shazam Family is in their late 30s / early 40s and so much more clearly adult . That said , Ross Butler is actually in his later 20s , just a few years older than Fulton . It ’s jarring to see Mary Marvel recast when the actress playing Mary Bromfield is already an adult .
What Will The Shazam Family Call Themselves?
Shazam ’s superhero name problems are another great running joke in the film , withFreddy coming up with lots of tremendous namesfor Philadelphia ’s newfangled superhero . Despite this , Billy never actually commence a proper superhero name inShazam!- the closest to him accepting the Wizard ’s name as his codename is when he call for his family to"Say my name!“to turn them all into superheroes like him . But now that the Shazam Family has arrived , what will they be call individually ? Will they all just go by their first names with the surname Shazam , similar to how in the comics they take in Marvel ? Because if so , it ’s a drained giveaway to their secret identities . This is going to be a originative challenge for the filmmakers to resolve inShazam 2 .
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