Editorial Staff
While early rumours had Henry Cavill reprising the role, Warner Bros have found a way to have Superman cameo alongside his DC buddy “Shazam” without having to pay the actor that usually wears the cape a fat check.
According to We Got This Covered, ‘Superman’ will make an appearance in the film – but we’ll never see his face. In other words, another muscly staffer will wear the super-suit for the flick.
According to sources close to We Got This Covered, the Man of Steel’s appearance comes at the end of Billy Batson’s new film as part of the payoff to a running joke. Throughout the movie, it’s said that Billy’s friend and foster brother Freddy Freeman has been asking Billy to show up at his school in the Shazam persona in order to prove to all of Freddy’s classmates that he knows the hero. In the final scene, Shazam finally makes an appearance, before saying that he brought another friend with him. At this point, Superman walks into the room, but since Cavill isn’t looking ready to return anytime soon, the film will allegedly use a body double that doesn’t show Clark Kent’s face.
With Cavill and Warner Bros apparently smack-bang in the middle of a salary dispute, the studio seems to be tweaking their plans – starting with leaving the current Man of Steel’s phizog out of “Shazam”.
“Shazam” opens April 5, 2019.
