It’s now confirmed that the Shazam! movie will begin production early next year. David F. Sandberg announced that he will be directing the movie and you can see that announcement below as he did it during Comic Con at Kevin Smith’s IMDb booth.
It's official: #DavidFSandberg is directing #Shazam!, starring @TheRock! pic.twitter.com/ycuLW0T3HP
— IMDb (@IMDb) July 20, 2017