Shazam!: 7 Reveals From The New Teaser

7. The Refined Effects

While the first trailer for Shazam! that dropped months ago was understandably light on finished effects shots, considering that it was nearly a year before the film's theatrical release date, this new teaser shows a plethora of fully finished effects shots that look absolutely stunning. Which is all the more impressive, considering that the teaser only runs for less than a minute.

The teaser makes its intentions clear from the get-go, with an opening salvo most full-length trailers would kill for. As we hear Djimon Hounsou's Shazam reminding Billy Batson and audiences how saying "shazam!" will give imbue him with super-powers, we get a glorious shot of Billy running towards the edge of a rooftop, leaping off of it, shouting "shazam!" and him turning into Shazam mid-fall and flying away. Everything about this shot is gorgeous, and it is remarkable how fluid and the live-action blends with the effects work to create this moment ripped straight from the comic book pages.

Elsewhere in the trailer, we get glimpses of what looks to be some very climactic CGI-heavy carnage and all of it looks great. Any and all of the naysayers who were afraid this film would feel cheap after the initial set photos of the hero's suit can now truly rest at ease, as the effects shot on display in this teaser are some of the most tangible effects shots of the DCEU so far.