The original cut of this movie was better when it was called Shazam and starred Sinbad! When they recut it to include Shaq, the continuity of the film evaporated. And to think they ruined a perfectly good movie all because Sinbad told a joke about Producer Scott Kroopf in his standup set!
Little did Sinbad know that Mr. Kroopf was at the Laugh Factory that night. Immediately, he pulled distribution of Shazam and reshot the movie with Shaq. To save on expenses, the scenes got longer and included a lot more filler - a far cry from quippy, fast-paced Sinbad version. It's a shame the whole conspiracy occurred just as the world wide web became more widely accessed, or else the studio would have had a harder time recalling the thousands of copies of Shazaam that were shipped to video stores.
Little did Sinbad know that Mr. Kroopf was at the Laugh Factory that night. Immediately, he pulled distribution of Shazam and reshot the movie with Shaq. To save on expenses, the scenes got longer and included a lot more filler - a far cry from quippy, fast-paced Sinbad version. It's a shame the whole conspiracy occurred just as the world wide web became more widely accessed, or else the studio would have had a harder time recalling the thousands of copies of Shazaam that were shipped to video stores.