Zachary Levi Thinks He's Convinced Warner Bros. To Make His CHUCK Movie
Zachary Levi has been wanting to get a Chuck movie off the ground for years, and it’s a project that he’s still very much hoping to make happen! The spy comedy series, Chuck, ran for five successful seasons and fans have been wanting to see his story continue, especially after the controversial series finale. A lot of fans were hoping for a happier ending to Chuck and Sarah's story.
Maybe one day fans will get that ending in the form of a movie. During an interview with Sirius XM's Jess Cagle, Levi talked about Chuck and how he’s been pushing to get the film off the ground. He even said that he thinks he’s convinced Warner Bros. to make it!
"Chuck fans are some of my favorite people in the world. They have buoyed my career so long and, and, and they continue to grow. I, I mean, we have been on every streaming platform at this point, and more and more people find it with each iteration, and, which is even more reason why I keep trying to make this darn Chuck movie. And I think I've convinced the people at Warner Bros. to let me do it at some point. I don't know when this is. I mean, this is all still kind of nascent stages, but Yeah. But Chuck fans are delightful. and the Shazam fans are delightful too. But you do get a lot of people that are not, that are, that are more comic book fans than let's say, even Zach fans or Shazam fans. And they're, they can be very critical sometimes, you know, like all the Chuck fans are fans, because they like to show, but then there are some purists within the comic book worlds that are like, 'well, you didn't do the version of Shazam that I wanted you to do, so I don't like what this…' There's only one version of Chuck."
Thinking that he’s convinced the studio to make it is a far cry from a green light, but he’s still going to try and make it happen. He continued, saying:
"I've been trying to make a Chuck movie since before we even finished the show. I saw the writing on the wall, I saw a lot of the streaming stuff starting to pop up. I saw...Veronica Mars, it crowdfunded. So I was like, clearly there's an appetite for people wanting to see additions to the series that they, you know, held dear in their heart. And our fans, Chucksters are, I almost use an expletive, our fans frigging fantastic people and die-hards. And I know that they're there. I know that they would support it. It's just a matter of figuring out how to slice it. Warner Bros. owns the rights to it. I'm in early talks with heads there to be like, 'Hey guys, you know, I'm now your, your superhero over your Warner Bros. films. Let me let, let me use that goodwill and let me go make this.' Cuz I think, uh, look, I know all the cast would be in, they've already said that totally down to do it. I think Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak, our creators are down, they're down to write it and you know, bring the band back together. It's just a matter of Warner Bros. saying, 'yeah, we're down and here's a budget and go make that movie.' Cuz I listen, Chuck was basically a little mini eighties action movie every week anyway. So it's not like we don't know how to do it. We just have a little more budget in time and go make a proper movie. I think it would be so much fun."
While we continue to wait and see if this Chuck movie ever happens, you can go see Levi in action as Shazam! in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which is currently in theaters. Do you think Levi will ever get to make his Chuck movie?