'Shazam!' remake names writer
hollywoodreporter.com 8/20/2009 — Actor-turned-writer Bill Birch has been tapped to reboot "Shazam!," Warners' adaptation of a DC Comics series featuring Captain Marvel. Geoff Johns, one of the three DC Comics heavyweights hired by the studio to act as consultants on DC projects, is ...

Another Writer Tackles Captain Marvel for 'Shazam!'
getthebigpicture.net 8/20/2009 — DC Comics is still trying to get Shazam! off the ground, and now the studio has handed the script over to Bill Birch , late of the screenplay for One Finger Salute to see if Captain Marvel can finally cut through. Methinks the issue might be with the property. I mean, if John ...

John August To Pen 'Preacher'
flicksnews.net 1/22/2009 — John August has been hired as the scribe to adapt Preacher for director Sam Mendes. August is a frequent collaborator of Tim Burton's, having scripted Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and is currently writing Dark Shadows. August also wrote Go and Titan AE and ...

New Writers Brought In to Rewrite 'Shazam!'
aceshowbiz.com 8/20/2009 — Actor-turned-writer Bill Birch and DC Comics writer Geoff Johns have been hired by Warner Bros. to take a crack at adapting the character Captain Marvel into big screen.

Captain Marvel/Shazam Movie Still Alive? Producer Michael Uslan Hints At Film’s Future
splashpage.mtv.com 1/14/2009 — DC’s Captain Marvel has the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules and various other attributes that provide an acronym for “SHAZAM!” (the word that transforms Billy Batson into Captain Marvel) — but what about his ability to make a move to the ...

Shazam! It ain’t happening.
johnaugust.com 1/6/2009 — Before the holidays, I promised a post-mortem on Shazam!, the big-screen adaptation of the DC comic I’ve been working on since early 2007. In case you’re not familiar with the character, here’s what I wrote when I first announced ...

Birch Gets Shazam!
atomicpopcorn.net 8/20/2009 — Bill Birch, actor turned writer who’s been on a number of television shows, is making his mark with the DC comic book adaptation of Shazam! Better known as Captain Marvel, this DC comic book character is a radio news reporter turned superhero when he utters the words ...

'Preacher' Finds Writer in 'Corpse Bride' Scribe John August
aceshowbiz.com 1/22/2009 — John August, the screenwriter of 'Corpse Bride', 'Big Fish' and 'Charlie's Angels' franchise among others, has been tapped to pen the movie adaptation of Vertigo comic, 'Preacher'.

Birch talks Shazam
joblo.com 21 days ago — So who's confident to see the Captain Marvel movie finally get made? At least it's been heading to us under the same director, Pete Segal, for about 3 years so that's a good sign, right? Scribe Bill Birch also sounds confident his treatment written ...

John August tackling two film projects
hollywoodreporter.com 1/22/2009 — John August, who just two weeks ago lamented on his screenwriting blog that his long-gestating "Shazam!" project at Warners hit a roadblock, suddenly has plenty of irons in the fire. August has booked a pair of gigs that will see him working with ...