5 Directors Who Could Make A Great Shazam Movie

4. Bryan Singer

Bryan Singer is regarded as the one responsible for the current superhero blockbuster craze. Superhero films were dead after abominations like Batman & Robin, but Singer proved that comic book characters could be taken seriously on the big screen and appeal to general audiences with X-Men in 2000. Singer's certainly had some bumps in his career, after leaving the X-Men franchise after X-2: X-Men United to helm the ho-hum 2005 Superman reboot Superman Returns. He floundered for a few years before returning to the X-Men franchise this year, with the highest-grossing installment of the franchise, Days of Future Past. While one could easily point to what Singer's done with X-Men as an example why he'd be a great choice for Shazam, we actually suggest that you look at Superman Returns. The film wasn't the tremendous failure that some fans look back on, and made a respectable amount of money at the box office. It simply wasn't the Superman reboot that the world needed, as it played a bit too close to Richard Donner's classic films and failed to create its own identity in a forward-thinking market. The things Singer did with Superman Returns could work perfectly in a Shazam movie. Shazam has always been regarded as a hero of a bygone era, and he certainly is. Superman Returns felt old fashioned not only in its execution and scripting, but its cinematography and visual flare as well. That may not have worked quite so well with Superman, but it would work wonders with Shazam. Singer has proven that he works best when given exciting superhero material to work with, and has an affinity for both Marvel and DC characters. he may be too busy helming 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse to jump over to Warner Bros. and direct Shazam, but it's certainly worth thinking about.