Shazam

Because they can't publish anything with his name on it because Marvel are petty cunts.

>>92989786
Marvel doesn't own the name Shazam, you roody poo.

>>92989723
he makes superman look bad

>>92989807
They own the name Captain Marvel.

Also, they didn't create him. They bought him from another company.

I honestly think DC is having a tough time finding a good actor for Shazam. Dude's gotta look big enough to stand next to the Rock, but also be a good enough actor to convincingly play a 12 year old in an adult's body. And also look like a movie star.

>>92989723
Imagine if Marvel Comics owned the character instead, and had cheerful Billy and his alter ego instead of going down the path of Sentry.

>>92989894
I know an actor like that... AND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA

>>92989920
That's not that bad of choice actually. But I'm not sure if he's cut out for superhero movies

>>92989894
>>92989920
John Cena with black died hair.

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>>92989894
>Dude's gotta look big enough to stand next to the Rock, but also be a good enough actor to convincingly play a 12 year old in an adult's body.

I don't know if it's because he's a good actor but he has 12 year old in an adults body down cold.

FUCKING GAMBIT holding this up.

>>92989894
Channing Tatum.

Captain Marvel is a superior Superman, but since Superman is the DC Guy

>>92989917
Johns already did "Billy Batson is a shitty Marvel teen" in his run on Shazam

>>92989723
DC doesn't hate him, they're just not sure what to do with him. He's essentially Superman, but the magic version. Why he doesn't have his own on-going is simple; his supporting cast is some orphans and a tiger.

>>92989807
>being this dumb

>>92989920
Actually unironically this, Cena when outside his wrestling environment has the mind of a neurotic 12 year old. He can play it to a tee.

>>92989894
Literally Channing Tatum

>>92990051
Just look at this
https://youtu.be/1KeB2U_R_T4

>>92989723
What >>92990036 said, and they have trouble meshing him in with their more serious stuff.

>>92989894
Chris Pratt desu senpai

>>92990420
Not big enough
Sure he is jacked but not huge
Shazam/Captain Marvel needs to be just as large as Black Adam

>>92990726
Tom Hardy is a rather large male.

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>>92990812
What are you trying to say

>>92989723
He sucks and is a second rate Superman

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>>92990854

>>92990726
Wouldn't it be weird to have a guy who is known for a different company's hero then play another for a different one

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>>92989723

DC is in rebuild mode. I know a lot of people are getting impatient but give them time. I actually liked douchebag Billy and his friendship with Cyborg was great.

>that scene in justice league where shazam sees his first dead body

I do like his new gods that he got from the Darkseid War but I doubt that'll stick or even be used again.

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>>92991506
>>92991506

No offense to anyone that like the new52 shazam, but he feels so...boring. Realistic boring.

He is a good character, but i enjoy the thunderworld billy more than him.

>>92989920
This

>>92990036
That's fucking bullshit good sir.

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>>92989920
This would actually make a great foil to the Rock's Black Adam.

>>92991506
I still don't understand how the fuck did that happen.

>>92991536
Exactly, the N52 is exactly all the things on how not to portray him.

>>92989723
>Captain MARVEL

>>92990844
>44

I love this meme magic.

He's DC's stepson. Didn't originate with DC and was actually more popular than Superman back in the day. Plus the Marvel name doesn't help.

>>92989723
Too much like Superman in the eyes of normalfags.

>>92990844
A big guy

>>92989786
oh yes, marvel are such petty cunts picking up an unused trademark after DC killed Fawcett

>>92994799
Didn't Captain Marvel exist before marvel comics

>>92994865
What does that has to do with DC fucking up by not securing the trademark after absorbing Fawcett Comics?

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>>92989894
>Dude's gotta look big enough to stand next to the Rock
Here you go

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>>92995066

>>92995100
each fold can lift 200 lbs

>>92989920
That's not bad at all, man.

>>92989723
Everyone including DC sees him as "That other Superman" who is not as well known and not as valuable a property.

No one sees the point in promoting him when they can just as well promote Superman and have a guaranteed sale instead.

>>92995223
There was some point in time where he was surpassing superman. But how it dropped I don't know

>>92995318
That was the 1950's and it dropped when DC sued Fawcett and put them out of business. There were no Captain Marvel books being printed for over a decade.

Those days are not coming back, and even then referring to the glory days that were 60 years ago is long enough for it to be dropped.

The Fantastic Four were fucking huge in the 60's but they are dead now.

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>>92995444
Why did they sue them. Similarities or something

>>92989723
Honestly, it's because the character is in Public Domain. His rights expired, and anyone can make a story with him.

DC doesn't want to do a lot of build-up with him, just to have someone else beat them to a movie, or make a better comic.

>>92989920
If this film was made 15 years ago, I would have chosen Terry Crews, as he's got the body, and would nail the child-like personality. Unfortunately, he's too old now.

Your choice is a good one.

>>92995473
Yea, he was too similar to Superman.

Comic and cartoon characters being pretty similar was a much bigger issue back then that it is today.

>>92995473
Yup, Captain Marvel's powers were almost completely ripped off from Superman, except that Marvel's went further.

Captain Marvel could fly before Superman, was strong than Superman, was faster over long distances than Superman, and was smarter/wiser than Superman.

Captain Marvel also had the extended Super-Family before Superman.

But the costume, the powers, the identity as a reporter (Billy was a boy reporter,) and the bald villain, were all stolen from Superman.

Fawcett's defense was that Superman had fallen into public domain, as DC/National Comics, didn't put legal information on their newspaper strips, and thus abandoned the character.

The lawsuit was settled out of court. Once Fawcette got into financial trouble, DC ironically started adding aspects of Captain Marvel onto the Silver Age Superman.

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Captain Marvel/Shazam is my favorite super hero. It sucks what has happened to him, I can only hope we get a good movie with him.
I think I remember reading online somewhere that they're thinking of making a Superman vs Black Adam movie? Introducing Black Adam and the Shazam world. idk how I feel about that, but I don't like the sound of it.

>>92996144
You won't like injustice

>>92989723
>>92989786
Don't forget the part about DC being monopolistic faggots and killing Captain Marvel after killing Fawcett.
None of this "Shazam" renaming nonsense would have happened if they actually used him in the twenty years they had him and did nothing with him.

>>92989723
LONG time ago I had a friend inside DC who told me DC has always been AFRAID that Shazam could leech & dilute Superman's popularity like he did in the 40's. The theory being that he wouldn't bring NEW readers in but just divert the people who would have gravitated to Superman to Shazam instead.

Make of that what you will.