Despite screenwriter John August saying that the DC Comics’ Captain Marvel movie “['Shazam!'] won’t be happening,” in a lengthy blog statement a week ago, that statement has been contradicted by the project’s producer, Michael Uslan. Uslan himself told MTV News “I will only say one thing – and all I will do is quote Samuel Clemens to you, [...] This is direct from Captain Marvel himself: ‘The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.’” The Captain Marvel/Shazam film, which was also referred to as “Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam”, initially made geek waves at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con International, with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s announcement that…