After the Director of ‘Shazam!’s Recent Comments, I Understand Why He Never Wants To Do a Franchise Movie Again

David F. Sandbergs Shazam!

Experience Is an Unfortunate Reminder of Fandom Entitlement

Sandberg receiving death threats forShazam!

But I think that approach misses a few critical things about how these franchises work.

A custom image of Zachary Levi as Shazam drinking a soda.

Image by Federico Napoli

For starters,fans don’t own these franchises.

Ella Rubin as Clover in Until Dawn

Set in the world of the 2015 video game, the film Until Dawn follows a group of friends who face various terrifying threats.

Custom image of David F. Sandberg & Gary Dauberman for Until Dawn interview

Set in the world of the 2015 video game, the film Until Dawn follows a group of friends who face various terrifying threats.

Until Dawn