Jack the Giant Slayer scribe Darren Lemke is currently penning the script for Shazam. Shazam! was previously announced for an April 5, 2019, just a month before Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War Part II, though Johnson previously teased that the film could arrive earlier than that.
We are working with a different team, different producers, directors… it’s a different set-up…
Johnson is set to star as the lead antagonist, Black Adam.
“Shazam! is to live in the same world [as the other films] but we have incredible autonomy over this brand and franchise.