Editing Wizard Shazam (section)

====Live-action====
* Shazam appears in ''[[Adventures of Captain Marvel]]'', portrayed by [[Nigel De Brulier]].
* Shazam appears in media set in the [[DC Extended Universe]] (DCEU), portrayed by [[Djimon Hounsou]]. Originally, [[Ron Cephas Jones]] was intended to play the character, but had to step down due to scheduling conflicts.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Umberto |date=January 18, 2018 |title='This Is Us' Star Ron Cephas Jones Circles Wizard Role in DC Superhero Film 'SHAZAM!' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/ron-cephas-jones-wizard-dc-superhero-shazam/ |access-date=January 18, 2018 |website=TheWrap}}</ref> This version of the character is inspired based upon the earlier [[The New 52|New 52]] version.<ref name="GeoffJohnsPR2">{{cite web |date=June 11, 2018 |title=Geoff Johns to Expand Creative Role Becoming a Full-time Writer/Producer for Film, Television and More; Exclusive to DC and Warner Bros. |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/studio/news/geoff-johns-expand-creative-role-becoming-full-time-writerproducer-film-television |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614151940/https://www.warnerbros.com/studio/news/geoff-johns-expand-creative-role-becoming-full-time-writerproducer-film-television |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |access-date=June 12, 2018 |work=[[Warner Bros. Entertainment]]}}</ref>
** The character is introduced in the 2019 film ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]''. This version considered Doctor Sivana to be his successor, but rejected him after he was corrupted by the [[Seven Deadly Enemies of Man]]. Years later, Doctor Sivana returns to Rock of Eternity, frees the Enemies, and defeats Shazam using their power. Subsequently, Shazam chooses Billy Batson as his successor before seemingly dying as he crumbles to dust.
** Shazam makes a [[cameo appearance]] in ''[[Black Adam (film)|Black Adam]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 26, 2021 |title=Djimon Hounsou to Appear in Black Adam |url=https://thestreamr.com/general/djimon-hounsou-to-appear-in-black-adam/ |access-date=October 9, 2022 |website=Streamr}}</ref> He and the Council of Wizards were responsible for empowering Hurut to be Kahndaq's champion until he was killed by King Ak-Ton's assassins while reviving his father Teth-Adam with his power. Shazam was the sole survivor of the Council of Wizards after Teth-Adam attacked them in rage when they deemed him unworthy of his power following his massacre of King Ak-Ton and his followers. He imprisoned Teth-Adam within what would become the tomb for both Adam and the Crown of [[Sabbac]].
** Shazam returns in ''[[Shazam! Fury of the Gods]]''.<ref name="Hounsou">{{Cite web |last=Jirak |first=Jamie |date=July 23, 2021 |title=Shazam! Fury of the Gods Set Photo Reveals Return of Surprising Actor |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/news/shazam-fury-of-the-gods-set-photo-reveals-return-of-djimon-hounsou/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724033712/https://comicbook.com/dc/news/shazam-fury-of-the-gods-set-photo-reveals-return-of-djimon-hounsou/ |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |access-date=July 24, 2021 |website=[[ComicBook.com]]}}</ref> Here, he is revealed to be alive, but was imprisoned in the God Realm of the Daughters of Atlas, [[Hespera]] and [[Calypso (mythology)|Kalypso]]. They recover his staff in the [[Acropolis Museum]] and force him to repair it so they can regain their powers. Shazam then enters Billy's dream to warn him about the Daughters of Atlas, later learning that he broke the staff to separate the God's Realm from Earth. Later, the Wizard meets [[Captain Marvel Jr.|Freddy Freeman]], who is also a prisoner, and the two escape with the help of Atlas's third daughter, [[Antheia|Anthea]], and reunites with Billy and the Shazam Family. After escaping and Billy's brothers (except him) losing his powers to Kalypso, the Wizard tells him that he chose Billy because of his selflessness and concern for his family and that he must accept himself as a true hero. Later, before a monster attack in the city, the Wizard helps the children to ride unicorns to scare them away. After Kalypso and her monsters were defeated by the Shazam Family and Billy, who also sacrificed his life, he was brought into the God's Realm to attend his funeral with the depowered staff. After [[Diana Prince (DC Extended Universe)|Wonder Woman]] appears and restores the staff's power with her residual power of Zeus, this act revived both Billy and the powers once lost in the God's Realm, including Anthea. The Wizard gives the staff, and Billy uses the staff to restore the powers of his foster siblings. In the aftermath, the Wizard visits Billy's family and Anthea before reclaiming his staff and leaving to travel the world.