SHAZAM By William Goldman Based on Captain Marvel September 15, 2003 NOTICE: The eetents ofthis seipt are CONFIDENTIAL, hotocopied without the expressed fansent of NEW LINE CINEMA. ight New Line Productions, Inc.FADE IN ON A FAST MOVING SHOT OF A LARGE BUILDING ~ WE ARE LOOKING AT A WORLD CLASS SECURITY COMPOUND. CAMERA KEEPS GOING -- BUT VEERS DOWN CLOSER TO THE GROUND -- and through some thickly barred windows now, we can see -- THE WARDEN AND A PLATOON OF GUARDS are rushing somewhere. cor To INSIDE, AND THE WARDEN ~~ ~~ his name is HACKMAN and this is a world class guy. HACKMAN has an innate sense of decency -- but you can also tell from his face that he is as tough as he has to be. You get the feeling that this is a man who has seen everything -- -- which is why the look on his face is so odd -- for clearly he is afraid -~ ~~ of something. We are, at the moment, in a totally sterile corridor -- everything barred -- THE WARDEN goes even faster, gesturing up ahead -- cur To UP AHEAD, and a thick metal door -- closed and locked. cur To HACKMAN leading the PLATOON OF MEN, shouting it out. WARDEN HACKMAN Open it! -- open the damn thing! cur To THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEAVY DOOR and several more GUARDS. ONE OF THEM grabs a thick key, inserts it into the lock, turns it -- -- but this door needs more than just the key --~- now THE GUARD hits a bunch of numbers on the side of the door, a very complicated maneuver -~ -- and the door slides open. cur 70 THE WARDEN AND THE PLATOON OF GUARDS as they race through -- and as the door slides shut —- cor to THE NEW CORRIDOR WE HAVE ENTERED. It makes the old one seem like a vacation spa -- I mean, this corridor is small and still and dark -- -- no windows, just tiny barred squares that let in splashes of light. cur 70 WARDEN HACKMAN going faster than before -- cur To HACKMAN, hanging a sharp right, the PLATOON OF GUARDS running with him -- -- up ahead is another closed door -- a much thicker closed door cur To BEYOND THE DOOR as SEVERAL GUARDS work on the combination to this massive piece of work and cur TO ‘THE WARDEN, not even breaking stride as the second door slides open -- -- the third and last corridor is the darkest of all -- -- and the shortest -- -- steep stairs lead down -- -- we could be entering a dungeon ~- -- probably we are entering the modern equivalent of a dungeon --