Comments on: The Big Red Cheese

By: Doug Shuler

Doug Shuler — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:32:12 +0000

I’m glad one of my real child hood superheros are being brought to the screen. I watched it when Sid and Marty Krofft done it on saturday mornings and I watched the 1941 serial of Captain Marvel too. Hey if you have the chance I can Play Shazam the wizard. Good Luck with it.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:13:02 +0000

I would love Brandon Molale as Captian Marvel and The Rock as Black Adam and ye it shouldn’t be a silly movie humor in parts but it needs to kick but. The other big thing is who would play Billy Batson he sould be young but very inteligent.

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:09:46 +0000

I too, hope this gets made! Know you have a script to write before a cast to make, Brandon Molale (Mr. Deeds, Dodgeball, Longest Yard) is Shazam incarnate! The face, the jaw, the hair the body! Brandon is Shazam!!! I really hope he gets a shot he would make the movie. Along with The Rock as Black Adam you couldn’t loose. It sould have some humor but please please please DON’T DO CAMPY.

By: Carly

Carly — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:34:43 +0000

I too, hope this gets made! Know you have a script to write before a cast to make, but in the words of Shazam! himself “Holy Moly!” – I say “Holy Molale!” Brandon Molale (Mr. Deeds, Dodgeball, Longest Yard) is Shazam incarnate! The face, the jaw, the hair the body! Brandon is Shazam!!!

By: elvis mitchell

elvis mitchell — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:07:54 +0000

a couple of things; there’s a great chapter on captain marvel in the jules feiffer’s book length essay, ‘the great comic book heroes.’ worth tracking down in the original coffee table version. (the book is also where bill’s superman/clark kent speech in ‘kill bill vol. 2′ was cribbed from.) and there’s an equally compelling answer to captain marvel called ‘miracleman’ that was written by alan moore and illustrated by alan davis. published in the early ’80s, it’s capt. marvel as a horror story.

By: Mike McAfee

Mike McAfee — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:11:14 +0000

John,

This is great news. I LOVE Captain Marvel. Have you read teh graphic novel that came out in the 90's by Ordway? That was a great piece of work. Here's hoping that this movie gets greenlighted and made.

By: Tony R

Tony R — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:22:58 +0000

If the movie is made in the spirit of the original 1940's character which outsold Superman, then it may succeed.

If it is made to the disgusting "today's" standard to which superheros have descended, then it will be an average flop like most of the junk made today.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:36:08 +0000

Congratulations on the assignment, John! While I'm sorry to hear that we won't get to see Captain Marvel as written by one of my favorite writers (Goldman), I'm pleased as punch to hear that it is now being written by another of my equally favorite writers (August).

Now if it's a title you're looking for (that doesn't say Shazam! or Captain Marvel), what about something along the lines of...

BATSON BEGINS!

By: Brandon Cordy

Brandon Cordy — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:23:28 +0000

I wrote a good bit of that Wikipedia article .

But seriously, I'm excited that New Line is finally moving ahead wit hthis film. I'm assuming the growing popularity of the related Black Adam character is fueling the need to jump-start a "Shazam!" movie (so that, of course, they can make a "Black Adam" movie).

I know you probably can't speak on it right now, but I assume the storyline will at least be covering the same story points as Jerry Ordway's "The Power of Shazam!" graphic novel from 1994 (which I won't list here to prevent spoilers). But whatever is done with it, I just hope it remains true to the comic like you're setting ti up to be, and that Captain Marvel remains big, red, and cheesy.

By: Hoppy

Hoppy — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:19:33 +0000

John August said: “Speaking the name of the wizard who gave him his powers (Shazam) calls down a magic thunderbolt, transforming him into the studly superhero. But heâ€™s still a teenager in there.” As a rabid fan of this character and all of his rich history I have to emphatically state that he is NOT still a teenager in there. Cap and Billy switch places (each referring to the other by his separate name, occasionally even meeting each other). DC comics has long published a version of Cap where he still has Billy’s mind even in superhero form. This version of the character is just awful and has never gained any significant traction among the fans (the wiki shows how many times they’ve had to reboot this guy over the past 2 decades). Please John!!! Please don’t give Cap the mind of a teenager!!! Don’t give us the lame childish overgrown boyscout of the 80s and 90s, give us the classic mythology. Please!!!!

By: walter c. chapman "chappy"

walter c. chapman "chappy" — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:32:43 +0000

HELLO, FELLOW SCREENWRITERS AND MOVIE MAKERS…FIFTEEN YEARS AGO I WROTE..”A MAN CALLED MARVEL” THEN I SENT A SYNOPSIS TO DC…YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TOLD ME?? MY STORY WAS TO SILLY, FOR CAPTAIN MARVEL. I HAD A GOOD ONE,FULL OF FUN AND ACTION.IT EVEN HAD A DOG NAME, SNOODLES.. HOWEVER, I DID START IT OFF WITH, BILLY, SELLING HIS PAPERS IN NEW YARK..WHEN AN OLD MAN TOOK HIM DOWN INTO AN ABANDONED SUBWAY STATION WHERE HE MEET WITH THE OLD WIZARD, SHAZAM. SO..YOU START YOUR STORY OFF LIKE THAT.,THEN GO FROM THERE. AS FOR ME..I PLAY THE PARTS AS I WRITE..TALK TO MY SELF.,MY MIND IS GOING ALL THE TIME, THINKING HOW THE CHARACTER WOULD DO IT. I’M 72 YEARS OLD. I’LL LET YOU GO NOW.,THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY ESTEEMS; chappy. E-Mail slatmarker@yahoo.com