Shazam! (film) early 2000s, with multiple screenplay drafts by William Goldman, the team of Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen, Bryan Goluboff, and John August. The version of the "Shazam!" script written by August, which went into pre-production in 2008, was an action-comedy which focused on the origin story of the hero, then known by his original name of Captain Marvel, and his young alter ego, Billy Batson. Peter Segal was attached as director and actor Dwayne Johnson was in talks to appear as the film's villain, Black Adam. The "Shazam!" film was being produced by New Line Cinema, which was absorbed into
Alter Ego (1986 video game) magazine's Charles Ardai described it as "fascinating the first time out" but repetitive later. "Info" gave the Commodore 64 version five stars out of five, describing it as "some of the most broadly theraputic and consciousness-raising software available", and "very entertaining". The reviewer concluded "I would recommend this wholesome software to anyone old enough to read". The game was also positively reviewed by Zzap!64 magazine. It was awarded a 98% overall rating with the comment "Original, unusual, compelling, varied... C'est La Vie!" Alter Ego (1986 video game) Alter Ego is a role-playing video game released by Activision in 1986. It