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After becoming a hit with audiences and a box office success, fanboys and fangirls were thirsty for more of Shazam! with the titular wisecracking teen-who-turns-into-a-grown-adult superhero played Zachary Levi. Warner Bros recognized this and almost immediately set a sequel with screenwriter Henry Gayden and director…

David F. Sandberg shared with fans the trailer for Shazam! 2, a movie that he has yet to shoot. On Saturday the Annabelle: Creation director tweeted a fake teaser to the comic-book movie sequel, complete with dramatic music and film reviews. The reviews, however, aren’t from the usual outlets featured in film…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

Dwayne Johnson has confirmed his long-awaited turn as DC’s Black Adam will start filming in 2020. Black Adam is Shazam's arch-nemesis and a complex antihero with a rich history of his own. Johnson was to play the character in the first movie before the parties decided he warranted his own pic, and he came aboard in…

Jaume Collet-Serra is in negotiations to direct Black Adam, Warner Bros and New Line’s spinoff of their DC hit Shazam!. Adam Sztykiel (Rampage) wrote the latest draft of the pic, which will star Dwayne Johnson. Collet-Serra and Johnson just finished collaborating on Disney’s Jungle Cruise, so they look to be sailing…

EXCLUSIVE: Asher Angel, the actor and singer who stars on Disney Channel’s Andi Mack and most recently in New Line/DC’s Shazam!, has inked with WME in all areas. The news comes as Asher just released his new single “One Thought Away,” featuring Wiz Khalifa. The video hit YouTube last night and is currently trending at…

UPDATE, writethru: Warner Bros/New Line's James Wan-produced horror pic The Curse Of La Llorona haunted cinemas in 71 overseas markets this frame, opening to $30M at the international box office. Along with domestic, the global bow is $56.5M. In many countries, the Easter weekend is bracketed by days off on the Friday…

4th Update, Sunday 10:17 AM Writethru: With chart As we were the first to say yesterday very early in the morning, it’s the lowest Easter weekend at the box office in well over a decade – actually, since 2003, per ComScore this morning (when it hit $107.1M), with the last three days totaling $110.8M in US/Canada…

Disney’s first Fox release under the combined regime, the faith-based DeVon Franklin produced Breakthrough notched second place in its opening day yesterday with an estimated $1.7M at 2,764 runs behind New Line/DC’s Shazam! which took No. 1 in his second Wednesday with $1.96M (-39% from Tuesday at 4,306) for a running…

UPDATE, writethru: A varied offering of holdover titles and a handful of new entries in staggered release, the international box office this weekend was led for the second frame in a row by Warner Bros/New Line/DC's Shazam!. The family-friendly superhero added $35.9M in the sophomore session and has now grossed $163.9M…

5th Update, Sunday AM: after Friday and Saturday posts:  New Line/DC’s Shazam! bulked up 74% on Saturday over Friday with $11M, putting its second weekend at $25.1M, -53%, for a 10-day of $94.9M. The DC superhero hero formerly known as Captain Marvel should cross $100M before Good Friday. The weekend’s other comic…

After opening to $159.1 million around the world this weekend at the box office, it’s not a shocker to hear that New Line/DC’s Shazam! is being primed for a sequel. Deadline has confirmed the pic’s original screenwriter Henry Gayden is returning to work on part 2, based on Bill Parker and C.C. Peck’s comic. Director…