SHAZAM: Ron Cephas Jones Is Reportedly In Talks To Portray The Wizard

SHAZAM: Ron Cephas Jones Is Reportedly In Talks To Portray The Wizard

Ron Cephas Jones, best known for roles on Marvel's Luke Cage and This Is Us, is in talks to portray "The Wizard" in WB and director David F. Sandberg's Shazam, aka Captain Marvel, live-action adaptation.

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By MarkJulian - Jan 18, 2018 09:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Shazam
Source: The Wrap
As filmings draw closer to beginning on the next chapter in the DC Film Universe, the supporting cast for Shazam continues to fill out. The latest news from The Wrap pegs Ron Cephas Jones as the actor of choice to portray The Wizard, the wizened old figure at the Rock of Eternity who bestows Billy Batson with awesome, mythological powers.

Shazam is scheduled to begin filming next month and is currently slated for an April 5, 2019, release date. 


The leads for the superhero feature film includes Asher Angel as a teenage Billy Batson, Zachary Levi as his musclebound alter ego Shazam, and Mark Strong as the villainous Doctor Sivana.

The full Marvel family is also slated to appear, with Grace Fulton portraying Mary Bromfield aka Mary Marvel, Jack Dylan Grazer set to portray Freddy Freeman aka Captain Marvel Jr. and  Ian Chen and Jovan Armand rounding out Billy's additional foster family as Eugene Choi and Pedro Peña, respectively.

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ClarkFarley2012
ClarkFarley2012 - 1/18/2018, 9:42 AM
Interesting.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 1/18/2018, 9:43 AM
All I've ever wanted from WB is a good Captain Marvel movie and a good Legion of Super-Heroes movie.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 1/18/2018, 9:45 AM
@blackandyellow - I would love a great Legion of Super-Heroes movie, also a DOOM PATROL!
OrionPax
OrionPax - 1/18/2018, 12:21 PM
@JoeMomma29 - Holy hell,a Doom Patrol movie done right would have the potential to be a truly unique CBM
ForDarkseid
ForDarkseid - 1/18/2018, 3:51 PM
@blackandyellow - Legion of Superheroes would be great. Plus being set in the future allows it to be its own thing.
TruePunishment
TruePunishment - 1/18/2018, 9:45 AM
Glad to hear the cast is rounding out, I'm actually pretty excited to see how this goes!
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 1/18/2018, 9:45 AM
He is a great choice IMO!
JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 1/18/2018, 9:45 AM
Wow!!! Great casting. He made me cry on This Is Us. Great actor
bbting
bbting - 1/18/2018, 10:53 AM
@JohnnyTBP - I cry pretty much every episode, but he definitely made me cry a lot lol
JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 1/18/2018, 11:53 AM
@azimiq - same. No other show has made me cry as much as This is Us
bbting
bbting - 1/18/2018, 1:46 PM
@JohnnyTBP - Yeah man, it's some powerful stuff. Family stuff always gets me
Kyos
Kyos - 1/18/2018, 9:46 AM
I like him, good actor. Would be a choice I'd be totally fine with.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 1/18/2018, 9:49 AM
I just hope the wizard will be called Shazam instead of just wizard, like DC has been doing recently in their animated DC cartoons.
RolandD
RolandD - 1/18/2018, 10:24 AM
@BlackIceJoe - Yes, I cannot say this enough.
Philip
Philip - 1/18/2018, 10:45 AM
@BlackIceJoe - I think it all comes down to what they are going to end up calling CM. If they call CM Shazam, they won't call the Wizard that too.
Dedpool
Dedpool - 1/18/2018, 1:43 PM
@BlackIceJoe - In the comics he's still Shazam. I mean he is using the name for the change.
Dedpool
Dedpool - 1/18/2018, 1:45 PM
@Dedpool - In the comics they were both Shazam in the new52. So it can work, especially since Shazam would die when bequeathing his powers. Essentially he would eventually become the wizard after a millennia. So taking his name fits.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 1/18/2018, 2:55 PM
@Philip - I personally see no reason Shazam wouldn't go by that name, because Billy says his name to turn into a superhero.

If the wizard isn't named Shazam why would Billy think up the name Shazam out of the blue.
Philip
Philip - 1/19/2018, 10:26 AM
@BlackIceJoe - I mean, if the Wiz tells him to yell "Shazam", which as we all know is an acronym, that's how Billy gets the name.

But if the Wizard is called Shazam, and Billy is told to shout it to transform, I can't see any reason as to why Billy would call himself that too.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 1/18/2018, 9:52 AM
Really liked him on Mr.Robot, i'd be down with it.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 1/18/2018, 9:52 AM
My hype for this movie continues to grow!
KKaneki1991
KKaneki1991 - 1/18/2018, 9:59 AM
@ALegendaryPanda - same this is looking pretry good so far
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