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We're Finally Getting Another Trailer for Shazam! on Monday

Published Sat, 02 Mar 2019 08:45:31 -0600

Last updated Sat, 02 Mar 2019 09:06:55 -0600

It's a little surprising to think about, but we've only had one full trailer for Shazam! and it came out in July 2018 at Comic-Con. That's not to say we haven't seen new footage since then, but it's mostly been in special looks and TV spots. We've actually seen very little of this movie so far, and we're just over a month away from it being released. The lack of trailers has made people very nervous, and they are assuming it means the movie is bad and Warner Bros. doesn't want waste time promoting it. The talk about the lack of trailer got so bad that Aquaman director James Wan, who was in a similar situation with the release of the Aquaman trailer, had to step in on social media.

When AQ trailer was held back till ComicCon, people freaked out.
When the movie was pushed from Oct to Dec, people laughed, "Oh, it's in trouble…DC doesn't know what it's doing…yada yada."
When MPR dropped on our week, "AQ is getting slaughtered."

And so on, and so on… https://t.co/xP6hxGYo7a

— James Wan (@creepypuppet) February 20, 2019

(When the trailers/extended one finally arrived, everyone was like, "Oh, now you're showing too much…We've seen the whole movie." lol)@ponysmasher Best thing you can do is ignore all the noise and distraction, and focus on your project and do your best. That's all you can do.

— James Wan (@creepypuppet) February 20, 2019

Maybe everyone will calm down a little now because director David F. Sandberg took to social media to announce that a new trailer is going to premiere on Monday. One of the main things we haven't seen much of yet is Sivana or any indication about what his motives are. Maybe this trailer will tease some of that, but hopefully not too much. The fact that we know so little is kind of refreshing.

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Sandberg has also been sharing lots of fun stuff on social media in recent days. A few days ago he found a bus stop with both of the Captain Marvel's on it and had to grab a picture. He also reminded fans this isn't a competition between the two movies and there was no need to pit them against each other.

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This is not the first time Sandberg has come out in support of Captain Marvel.

I for one look forward to Captain Marvel making all the money in the world to shut some of these people up. https://t.co/j64py6QpDi

— David F. Sandberg (@ponysmasher) February 22, 2019

He also shared a look at a toy car from the movie and a look at a cool billboard he saw while driving.

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Now that we're a month out we should likely expect a huge marketing push in the coming weeks likely starting with that trailer on Monday. Disney has two movies coming out in March so Warner Bros. is going to have to work extra hard not to get lost in the fray in the lead up to their next movie.

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.

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