Lost in the recent hype about superhero movies — largely because it, like Justice League and a handful of other projects, was nearly derailed by the ongoing writer's strike — was the projected Captain Marvel project slated to be directed by Peter Segal.
The project (which would feature the Fawcett/DC character Captain Marvel — sometimes known as "Shazam" — and not the cosmic Marvel Comics character of the same name) has a decent amount of potential; the character is one of the few family-friendly superheroes in modern comics, and the movie might have the sort of crossover kid appeal that's rarely seen in costumed crimefighter movies these days. Segal's record as a director is pretty spotty, but whether or not the movie will actually happen — and Segal, based on a recent interview with SciFi Wire, seems to think that it will despite long delays to production — may depend on the box office success of his next big feature, the Get Smart adaptation.
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