Man of Steel was all muted colors, angst, uncontrolled violence and (in the end) had a bigger body count than V for Vendetta, TMNT, or probably any of the non-Nolan batman movies. Superman as a character was nothing but grim (when he had any character at all).
They obviously believe the Nolan/Goyer style is the only style with their movies. Combined with how badly the comics destroyed the character (and removed every single bit of goodness and light hearted hero from the character while they were at it), I doubt they'll revert him for a movie. This is Dc, they don't do fun. WB has been using the same tone since Batman Begins, and that's almost certainly what they'll continue doing. These people made Superman kill, and that was after they removed all the hopeful and inspiring heroic parts of the character. "Shazam" will probably just be another addition to their library of grim "heroes". I want to be wrong, but I don't think I am.
At this pont, I'm still hopeful that Dc can make Batman v. Superman decent, because I think they can tone the Goyerness down now that he's not a big factor. But, there is always going to be a good amount fo grim and gritty with DC, its what has made them money. Its like how being complete garbage, but having big explosions, has made Transformers money. For "Shazam", any amount of grim and gritty basically guarantees that they're using the horrible comic version, which means its just going to be junk. I'll definitely see it because of the character, but this is going to need a miracle of biblical proportions to save it from being horrible.
My favorite DC hero is getting a live action movie by the people that had Superman snap a dude's neck. I can have whatever opinion I want. This is basically THE superhero movie I've wanted for over a decade, but never believed would happen. Now, its coming out in the dark age of DC movies. I'm hoping it will be good, but I have more than enough evidence to be skeptical.
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