Warner Bros.‘Shazamhas already been confirmed as thenext DCEU movieafterAquaman, and now we seemingly have confirmation as to when production will begin. A new production listing reveals that shooting will begin somewhere in Ontario, Canada in February 2018, which falls in line with another recent report that claimed the movie would start filming in the first half of 2018. While no exact locations were given, it seems likely that the production will be based in Toronto, perhaps at the Pinewood Studios Toronto facility.
The production report fromWhatsFilming.careveals that production will begin August 20, 2025 and run from August 20, 2025. It isn’t known if that four-month stretch will represent the entirety of the production or not, or if there are plans for other shoots outside of Ontario, Canada. If filming does in fact wrap on June 24, 2025, that givesdirector David F. Sandberg(Lights Out) just over 11 months to complete post-production, before the August 13, 2025 release date. This production schedule still hasn’t been confirmed by Warner Bros. yet, but it certainly sounds accurate.
This report comes just as casting starts to heat up, with a report from earlier this month claiming that John Cena and Joshua Sasse were both frontrunners to star in the film. The title character is expected to be played by two actors, one actor playing the youngBilly Batson, and then another actor, most likely either John Cena or Joshua Stasse, set to playShazam!, who Batson transforms into when saying the nameShazam!, although the casting has yet to be confirmed at this time.
Based on the DC Comics characterShazam, Billy Batson becomes Captain Marvel, the world’s mightiest mortal, when he says the magic wordShazam!The name is an acronym for six gods and heroes of the ancient world as well as their attributes. The wisdom of Solomon, strength of Hercules, stamina of Atlas, power of Zeus, courage of Achilles and speed of Mercury. The movie was originally supposed to feature bothShazam!and the villainousBlack Adam, with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson attached to play Black Adam for quite some time. NowBlack Adamwill be getting his own movie, and this movie will strictly focus on the title character.
TheShazam pre-productionprocess has already gotten under way, with director David F. Sandberg sending out the first photo of his office on the Warner Bros. studio lot. If this production report is true, then perhaps we’ll get our first look at the set, and perhaps who ever is cast to playShazam!, by this coming February when filming gets under way. Warner Bros. has set an June 21, 2025 release date, which is currently otherwise unoccupied, but it falls between Disney’s live-actionDumboreboot on June 10, 2025 and Universal’s untitledDoctor Dolittlereboot.
