Levi calls out 'Captain Marvel' fake reviews

Los Angeles: Shazam! actor Zachary Levy has come out in defence of Brie Larson-fronted Captain Marvel, which has been hit with fake reviews online, saying there is no competition between the two films.

Larson's movie, which is set to bow out on March 8, has been subjected to fake reviews on the site Rotten Tomatoes with many people pitting the Marvel movie against Levy's Shazam!.

In a video message, currently being circulated on social media, Levy expressed his disappointment over the "fictitious" posts against Larson and her film, which he described as "inflammatory" and "defamatory".

"There are people out there making inflammatory, defamatory, and completely fictitious like reviews and posts of Larson's Captain Marvel and trying to pit Shazam! against it, you know saying they're going to support us and not them, because of things that by the way they are making up – things that they're saying, they saw some screening and this, that or the other is in the movie. He also referenced to Shazam's initial name in the comics which was Captain Marvel. Shazam! will release in the UK and US on April 5.