July 10 (UPI) -- Warner Bros. has announced that Djimon Hounsou has been cast in DC's upcoming superhero epic Shazam! starring Zachary Levi in the title role.
Hounsou is set to portray the 3,000-year-old wizard who grants young Billy Batson (Asher Angel) the power to become an adult superhero (Levi) by saying his name, Shazam, Entertainment Weekly reported.