CORPSE BRIDE writer John August has been tapped to adapt DC Comics' SHAZAM! into a feature film for New Line, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Peter Segal (TOMMY BOY, ANGER MANAGEMENT) is set to direct and will also produce with Michael Ewing.
The film will chronicle the easygoing Billy Batson and his superhero alter ego Captain Marvel. Batson changed by saying the word "shazam," giving the attributes to six Greek gods. The character appeared in DC Comics in the 1970s and originally appeared in the 1940s as a Fawcett Comics title.
Previously, William Goldman and Bryan Goluboff took cracks at adapting a script based on the comic.
Chris Godsick and Michael Uslan will exec produce. Gregory Noveck is shepherding for DC Comics while Mark Kaufman and Daryl Freimark are do the same for New Line.
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