Shazam! Pitch Meeting - Revisited!

Step back into the pitch meeting and revisit the completely factual accurate conversation that led to Shazam! Complete with commentary from Ryan George who is now several years older!

After many years of development, Shazam has joined the DCEU! Billy Batson gets chosen by a wizard to take on the mantle of Shazam and develops the ability to turn into a full-grown superhero. The movie is a ton of fun, but definitely raises a lot of questions. Like what’s up with the bullies being absolute psychopaths? Why is the villain so generic? Why was it so easy for Billy’s mom to just abandon him? Why was the Shazam family so good with their powers?!

To answer all these questions and more, step inside the pitch meeting that led to Shazam! It’s super easy, barely an inconvenience!

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[ValueNetwork]

The “YOU CAN DO THAT” child abandonment Joke is probably my favourite Pitch Meeting joke. He sounds so shocked to learn about that

[klyemudrock]

The reaction of writer guy while producer guy tries to abandon his kid is freaking hilarious .kudos

[paultuck]

I'm enjoying hearing Ryan's thoughts on these. Plus the "what will Ryan draw while we're watching the video?" is always an intriguing moment.

[tyrant-den]

My headcannon is that Billy being able to be happy and goofy as Shazam instead of his usual moody self is the result of the Wisdom of Solomon.

[TheElbowMerchant]

God, I love Pitch Meetings, and this Revisited series is so cool. Getting to see Ryan's process only serves to highlight how genius he is at clean comedy.

[jewelrodriguez]

As a parent of little ones, I laughed so hard at the barely an inconvenience being interrupted by producer guy calling wife to abandon kid. I haven't seen this pitch meeting in years so the joke was still fresh! I will take my kids to see Shazam 2 tonight but at the drive in for cheap. I love your content Ryan, thanks again for making us smile and sharing more of yourself with us! would love to talk movies with someone like you

[MythicBeanProductions]

I love Ryan's trend of drawing absolute masterpieces while we watch absolute masterpieces and then he talks about those absolute masterpieces

[mallorycarpinski]

I love that the first one of these Ryan honestly seemed a little tired and definitely unsure about doing this series. Looking much better and more confident and having fun now. Love to see it!

[NLBusiness]

Ryan posts, I click, watch and like. It’s super easy, BEARLY an inconvenience (shout out Cocaine Bear). Also that “abandoning your child” bit was hilarious, producer guys facial expressions absolutely made the scene

[SaintDamain]

The fact that writing these episodes only takes you a single day is extraordinary. Your talent is surreal.

[PSiGaming]

My absolute favorite part of this Pitch Meeting is when producer asks if he could keep the tone the same and he just throws his head back with a goofy smile "no".

[TristanCleveland]

Man, that joike about calling his wife to suggest abandoning their kid almost made me wake up my own kid with my laughter. Killer, totally forgot about that bit.

[unforcedterror]

This has always been one of my favorite Pitch Meetings of all time. The characters are perfectly balanced and their entire attitude is so hilarious.

“Maybe you should, you know, pick a thing.”
“No”
“Well okay then”

This is my favorite PM moment ever 😂

[AwkwardDreamer]

I love that he doesn't just republish old content but adds to it and provides insight. Amazing.

[bayek]

Is there a movie (or movies) that you don’t want to make a pitch meeting for because it’s too good or you enjoy it so much? Keep up the great content!

[jennifere.pergola]

Love this behind-the-scenes format; it's always interesting to hear about the writing/filming process.

[jaidenfrench]

Question: do you film the screen writer guy or producer guy parts first, or does the order change?

[victotronics]

You know, the comic timing of the editing is just astounding. Every split second is timed perfectly.

[petkokrushev]

Ryan, this is one of the best Pitch meetings ever :) The "would you settle for much worse" was hilarious

[matityaloran]

1:48, actually the Wizard being by looking for Sivana but rejected him for being unworthy and then went through an entire plethora of different people all of whom he rejected (presumably for being unworthy) to the point where Dr. Sivana outrightly tells him that no one can ever pass his worthiness test and notably the Wizard doesn’t subject Billy to the test which he made Sivana endure implying that having a champion to defeat Sivana supersedes concerns of worthiness