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Plus, having an adult body means he can buy beer. Although Billy doesn't use Solomon's wisdom to great lengths in Shazam!, he does use it when it counts, such as using the Wizard's staff to create the Shazam family. Shazam can also use Solomon's wisdom to hypnotize people. In the comics, the wisdom of Solomon gives Billy access to scholarly knowledge as well as the ability to translate foreign languages and other benefits of mental acuity. This is a difference between taking on Black Adam (who Shazam will face in a later film) versus the Seven Deadly Sins - who arise out of the statues in the Rock of Eternity, through Sivana. Shazam's mission is to battle Thaddeus Sivana, who unleashes the Seven Deadly Sins upon the world. Despite Billy mocking the name 'Shazam', the boy is transformed into the adult superhero version of himself played by Zachary Levi. There, the ancient Wizard Shazam (Djimon Hounsou), who is the last of the seven members of the Council of Wizards and is seeking a champion to pass his powers to, has chosen Billy to be his champion and say his name. Also living in the home are foster kids Freddy Freeman ( Jack Dylan Grazer), who becomes Billy's roommate, Mary Bromfield (Grace Fulton), Pedro Peña (Jovan Armand), Eugene Choi (Ian Chen), and Darla Dudley (Faithe Herman).īilly is rebellious and plots to run away from the home, but after he saves Freddy from school bullies, Billy runs into the subway where he's magically transported to the Rock of Eternity - the source of all magic in the world.

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The Shazam! movie closely follows the origin established by Johns and Frank's New 52 comics: Billy Batson ( Asher Angel) is a 15-year-old orphan in Philadelphia who comes to live in a group home run by Victor (Cooper Andrews) and Rosa Vazquez (Marta Milans). Shazam did so by bestowing his powers on the other children in his group home - Freddy, Mary Bromfield, Pedro Peña, Eugene Choi, and Darla Dudley - turning them into the Shazam Family. The superhero not only had to battle Black Adam but also the Seven Deadly Sins, which Adam had unleashed on Philadelphia. Desperate, Shazam decides the potential to be good is enough and gives Billy his powers, transforming him into the magical superhero now called Shazam, before the wizard died.īilly quickly confides his new alter ego to Freddy Freeman, his roommate in the group home, and they exploit the benefits of Billy being in an adult superhero's body before Black Adam attacks Shazam. Shazam finds Billy by also bringing him via magical subway car to the Rock of Eternity, but the orphan convinces the wizard that perfectly good people don't really exist. Sivana unleashes Black Adam, the ancient Wizard Shazam begins abducting people to find someone 'pure of heart' who could be his champion.

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In 2012, Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank rebooted Shazam for DC Comics' New 52 era: Billy is now a troubled 15-year-old full of attitude who comes to live in a group home in Philadelphia. Related: Who Are The Shazam Family? DC’s New Movie Team Explained