Earlier this year we finally saw the movie’s logo revealed, and now Warner Brothers has given us our first official look at Zachary Levi’s titular hero from David F. Sandberg’s Shazam!

It was left to Levi himself to reveal that ‘first look’, with the actor taking to his Instagram account with the following:

The official word on Shazam! reads:

We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s case, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam, courtesy of an ancient wizard. 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.

As well as Levi on board as the titular hero, Shazam! also features Asher Angel as Billy Batson, Ron Cephas as the Wizard, Mark Strong as the ‘big bad’ of the picture, Doctor Sivana, Marta Milans and Cooper Andrews as Billy’s foster parents, and then roles for Jack Dylan Grazer, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen and Jovan Armand as pals of Billy’s.

To be directed by David F. Sandberg, Shazam! is set for an April 5th, 2019 release.

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