Scripter Says, "Shazam Movie is Dead!"

Scripter Says, "Shazam Movie is Dead!"

John August, the Shazam screenwriter sent word on his blog that "Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam" is done.

By ComicBookMovie - Jan 06, 2009 11:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Shazam
Source: August's Blog

Here's a bit from the blog:

"By the time I got back [from travel to France], the project was dead. By 'dead,' I mean that it won’t be happening. I don’t think it’s on the studio’s radar at all. It may come back in another incarnation, with another writer, but I can say with considerable certainty that it won’t be the version I developed."

"Yes, that sucks. And obviously, I can only share my interpretation of what transpired. There were dozens of meetings and phone calls in which I had no participation. As a reader, you should certainly consider the possibility that I wrote shitty scripts they simply didn’t want to make. Because Warners controls copyright on them, I can’t put them in the Library for you to read yourself. So you have to decide whether to take my word on it."

Check out the source link to hear in detail how the stupid studio suits dropped the ball on this one.

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