Marvelous News!
So the title is a little lame, but it's early on Monday morning and I couldn't think of anything else. Anyway, according to IMDB:
"Executives at Hollywood film studio New Line are desperately trying to sign Brokeback Mountain star Jake Gyllenhaal as Captain Marvel in Shazam! The studio is looking to bid on a big franchise along the lines of Batman and Superman and think the movie, which is based on the DC comic, is the perfect project. A source tells the New York Daily News, "They're ready to spend up to $200 million to get it started." Sources say director Peter Segal and his fellow producers want to sign the star before Spider-Man director Sam Raimi can get to him. Raimi is reportedly on the lookout for a new Spider-Man after current star Tobey Maguire recently said he is ready to move on and let someone else play the role."
This got me thinking that perhaps the only reason Marvel comics brought back Captain Marvel is so they can cash in on this movie. What's to stop a comic retailer from handing a seven year old kid both Marvel's and DC's comic when swarms of seven year old children come bursting through the doors after they are blown away by those magical words? Shazam! Who am I kidding? Like a seven year old would set foot in a comic book store. But I think I got my point across; at least I hope I did.
sorry, but you have been mis-informed.
http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=5354
I remember thinking I didn't like hearing that he would play Cap. He's not exactly the look for the role.
And you know some comic shop owner would sell some unsuspecting kid the Marvel Captain Marvel, because he knows DC can't print "Captain Marvel" on any DC comics' covers. "Yeah, that's Captain Marvel, kid. It's says it right there. Just keep coming back and buying more and it'll make sense later. That'll be 34.75 mommy."