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Trailers for Jason Momoa’s Aquaman and Zachary Levi’s Shazam were unveiled at Comic Con.

Aquaman reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be… a king. Aquaman launches on December 14 in the UK, and December 21 in the US.

Shazam! follows 14 year old streetwise foster kid Billy Batson (Asher Angel)  who, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—can turn into the adult super hero Shazam (Zachary Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard.  Still a kid at heart—inside a ripped, godlike body—Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them!  Can he fly?  Does he have X-ray vision?  Can he shoot lightning out of his hands?  Can he skip his social studies test?  Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child.  But he’ll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Mark Strong). Shazam! arrives in April 2019.