New Shazam! movie synopsis hints at big comic villains

NewLine Cinema and DC have released a new synopsis for Shazam! that may hint at a group of villains that will threaten our boy-like superhero.

In the comics, Shazam! faces against the supervillain team, TheSeven Deadly Sins and we reckon the synopsis is hinting at them right at the end when it says ‘deadly forces of evil’:

Here’s the synopsis:

“We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s (Asher Angel) case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Zachary Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard (Djimon Hounsou). Still a kid at heart—inside a ripped, godlike body—Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong).”

So who are the Sins? Well,according to the DC Wikia:

The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man, also known as the Seven Deadly Sins, are seven powerful demons that represent the seven deadly sins of Judeo-Christian religions. The demons can take control of people’s bodies and force them to follow their base desires. The Sins were captured by the wizard Shazam many years ago and encased in seven mocking stone statues which were placed in the Rock of Eternity.

The Seven Deadly Sins identify themselves by their traditional theological versions (Pride, Envy, Greed, Wrath, Sloth, Gluttony and Lust).

If Dr Sivana unleash them in the movie, we could be in for one heck of a finale.

Star Zachary Levihas shed some light in the context of where the movie belongs in relation to other DC movies and it sounds perfect:  “Our movie takes place very squarely in the DC Universe. In fact, I would argue that we’re kind of the most self-aware of it because the movies that we all watch — I mean, Aquaman and Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman — they’re all basically documentaries in their world.

“These things, these are all real events that have happened. Batman and Superman fighting, Superman saving all of Metropolis, whilst simultaneously destroying the entire city — that all really happened.”

Shazam! arrives on April 5th, 2019

Source: Comicbook