Posted in: Movies, Shazam, Warner Bros | Tagged: film, shazam, Warner Bros

Shazam! Director David F. Sandberg Talks the Differences Between a Small Production and a Blockbuster

Published Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:25:33 -0600

Last updated Sat, 23 Feb 2019 17:13:21 -0600

If there is one thing that can really kneecap a production it is having a director who can't handle it. Sometimes, a director makes the jump from a small production to a big production and there aren't any issues. The Russo Brothers, for example, were mostly TV directors before they joined the Marvel universe. However, sometimes things go very wrong and you get productions like Fantastic Four falling apart under the direction of Josh Trank. For Shazam! director David F. Sandberg, he is making the jump from a smaller horror production (Annabelle: Creation) to a massive superhero movie. ComicBook.com got the chance to ask Sandberg what it was like making that jump.

"It's quite a marathon — like, it's a lot of work," the filmmaker admitted. "It's a very different way of working, just because you have to do all these pre-bits and plan everything months in advance. Then when you're shooting it, it's not always as fun as shooting a small movie, cause like you have to shoot…like today, we're shooting this little piece, and this little piece, because this piece is like a unit, this is on blue screen, this is CGI, and it's a lot of things to keep track of. So the shooting is not always fun but the result is so much more awesome than when you have these kinds of resources."

Thus far, there hasn't been a whisper of bad gossip about Sandberg when it comes to the production of Shazam! which is a good sign. When Trank was shooting Fantastic Four there were a ton of rumors coming out every day. Sandberg seems like he has a good head on his head and, despite the massive amount of work and the inevitable adjustment, he seems like he really enjoyed working on Shazam!. We're about five weeks away from the release of the next DC movie; let's see if they can stick the landing twice in less than six months.

Summary: A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.

Shazam!, directed by David F. Sandberg, stars Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Grace Fulton, Faithe Herman, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Asher Angel, and will be written by Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke. It will be released on April 5th, 2019.

Enjoyed this? Please share on social media!