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 (magazine) component of TwoMorrow's "Comic Book Artist" magazine. Thomas reprised his role as editor, with Schelly becoming associate editor. In spring 1998, "Alter Ego" volume 2 debuted as a flip-book with "Comic Book Artist". This arrangement lasted for five issues, which have subsequently been collected into a book: "Alter Ego: The Comic Book Artist Collection" (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2006) . "Alter Ego" became its own magazine again in 1999, again with Thomas as editor, and formatted as a glossy magazine. It is published by TwoMorrows Publishing. "FCA", the Fawcett Collectors of America fanzine, is published as part of "Alter Ego". Schelly has