Warner Bros. has released a newShazam!poster. In the upcoming superhero movie, foster kid Billy Batson (Asher Angel) acquires the power of SHAZAM, which, when he says that word, transforms him into an adult with superpowers (Zachary Levi) who must protect the world from the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong).
It’s weird to think back to just a few years ago and how Warner Bros. was trying to contrast itself against Marvel movies by leaning into a dark and gritty aesthetic with movies likeBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceor something more madcap likeSuicide Squad. Now the studio is all about making their superhero movies look fun, and nowhere is that more realized than in the marketing forShazam!Look at this poster and you’ve got bubble gum and cell phones. The poster may be a bit confusing if you don’t know Shazam is actually a kid (if you don’t know the plot, it looks like a superhero doesn’t seem to particularly interested in saving people), but I’ll simply say that I was recently at a screening where the audience saw trailers forShazam!andAquaman, and they were way more pumped forShazam!So the marketing appears to be working for at least some of the superhero movies.
Check out theShazam!poster below. The film opens July 05, 2025 and also starsDjimon HounsouandJack Dylan Grazer.
Here’s the official synopsis forShazam!:
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s (Angel) case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart—inside a ripped, godlike body—Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Strong).
