Sinbad announced he is starring Shazam movie. Eh?
The actor and comedian joined Zachary Levi and the cast of Shazam! during the DC FanDome where the official title was revealed as Shazam: Fury of the Gods.
During the “Shazoom” he invited co-stars Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Faithe Herman, Meagan Good, Adam Brody and director David F. Sandberg.
However, when Sinbad jumped onto the video conference, Levi was surprised asking, “Sinbad, are you in Shazam! 2?”
“You tell me, John Krazinski, am I? Because everybody though I was in Shazam! 1 before it even existed — Google it,” Sinbad reference to the internet theories he’d starred in a comedy about a genie called Shazam in the 1990s.
In 1996, Shaquille O’Neal played a genie in the Kazaam movie.
“People think I was in that one too, Shazam, Kazaam, all the Kazaams, I’m relegated to the false memories of the Tide generation man,” Sinbad said. “I’m going to work right now to rectify the situation once and for all with a big, prominent role in Shazam 2, thank you very much.”
While it’s unclear if Sinbad will join the cast of the film, he explained, “I can play anything. I can play a good guy, bad guy, I can play Shazam’s trainer. And great news, David — I’ve already started working out for the movie. Check this out, man. I’m gonna look so good. I’ll even do nude scenes, a little booty, not a lot.”
Prior to the conference, Sandberg trolled fans by tweeting a fake poster for the sequel, with the title Shazam!: Now the Kids Have Facial Hair, acknowledging the long delay between the two films. The director posted the joke in response to a fan who tagged him online after The Batman director Matt Reeves revealed his film’s logo and artwork on Thursday.