It’s quite possible that having seen Honsou’s performance in Aquaman, Peter Safran, who is also a producer on Shazam!, thought that he would be a good fit for The Wizard once Ron Cephas Jones had to depart.
So for those keeping track at home, Honsou will appear in three comic book movies within the span of five months.
First, he’ll show up in Aquaman as Fisherman King this December, then he’ll reprise Korath in Captain Marvel next March, and then a month after that, he’ll play The Wizard in Shazam!, where he’ll give the adolescent Billy Batson his amazing abilities.
Interestingly enough, Honsou isn’t the only Aquaman actor who has dual roles within the DCEU, as Patrick Wilson made a vocal cameo in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as the President of the United States.