Alright, so I started watching the amazing new Netflix show "Stranger Things", and I'm also always looking for the perfect actors to portray iconic DC characters on the big screen, and MAN, when I saw the main kid in the show work his magic, I said "Oh, that's totally Billy Batson!". Then, I looked him up and discovered that he happened to have the most AWESOME name ever!
That's right, I'd definitely cast Finn Wolfhard as Billy Batson, and I'd do it
immediately, puberty being what it is and all.
As for Billy's godly powered heroic alter ego of magic and awesomeness, Shazam, I would cast a guy that's both fairly well known in the geek community, and I think also happens to look the part...
...the Starkiller...
...Smallville's Doomsday...
...none other than Sam Witwer.
Now I know that a lighthearted, magic based movie is that the LAST thing that looks possible in the gritty, lethal "Snyder-verse" that we have now, but I think that the Shazam movie could be a successful, unique reverse of the Deadpool movie. I think it could be a unique, self aware spin on superheroes movies, but geared more towards the whole family, rather than just adults and teens.
Now will we ever see Witwer and Wolfhard go up against The Rock's Black Adam? Who knows? ...But I can dare to hope.
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