Comic Con 2018: Every Major Announcement You Need To Know

7. Shazam's First Trailer Is A Delightful Surprise

Shazam Zachary Levi
Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. dropped the first trailer for Shazam! during their Hall H presentation, and of all the many highly-anticipated movies to get first reveals during their show this year, it honestly came out looking the best.

The three-minute "teaser" indicates a movie that fully gives itself over to the goofy tone of the comics, while cleverly updating it for the present day.

Zachary Levi seems like an absolute hoot in the titular role, and there's zero prospect that anyone will criticise the film for taking itself too seriously.

Considering the flak DC movies tend to get for being "too dark", this should be a refreshing rebuke, and given the full commitment to a lighter-than-air tone, it should also avoid that frequent MCU criticism of being "too funny for its own good."

Needless to say, expectations for Shazam! have just gone through the roof.

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