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Shazam is gonna be incredible because Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson is playing Black Adam. Loki made Thor sell in the movies, it's gonna be more of that. Shazam originally wasn't gonna be part of the film universe but the execs changed their minds because the Rock wanted to deck Superman as Black Adam in a future crossover film.

To the point I think it's in his contract.

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That sounds really neat. Maybe with this movie they'll FINALLY decide what they wanna do with the character too.

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He was Capt. Marvel in the 40's, Marvel didn't acquire rights to use the name until the 70's. 

Shazam! was also a television series back in the late 70's early 80's much in the same vein as Linda Carter's WW. How's that for expanded media.

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He was still called Captain Marvel in JLU. I dunno, I still see him as a discount superman based on his design and everything I see him do minus the lightning bolt.