Issues could lastly be settling down within the DC movie-verse underneath new DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran, however the subsequent new DC movie was put collectively earlier than they took over: Shazam! Fury of the Gods, the sequel to one of many DCEU’s higher motion pictures.
Fury of the Gods is in a little bit of a clumsy spot, arriving after months of drama about Henry Cavill’s standing as Superman (he not has any) and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s reported failed try to show Black Adam right into a centerpiece of the DCEU. Each of these tales have an effect on Shazam!–Black Adam is, fairly actually, a Shazam! character, and Superman–to whom Shazam has an analogous stage of power–was talked about over and over within the first Shazam! flick earlier than making a short, head-out-of-frame cameo on the finish.
As it’s, Shazam! Fury of the Gods exists in a type of limbo. The movie definitely wasn’t constructed as a part of Gunn’s and Safran’s imaginative and prescient for the franchise, because it was filmed effectively earlier than they took cost. And no matter large image plan the DCEU had when the film was shot not exists with Gunn and Safran taking on.
However the first Shazam! film efficiently gained our hearts again in 2019, when the DCEU was in even harder straits. And with director David F. Sandberg as soon as once more on the helm there isn’t any query they may do it once more. However there are by no means any ensures on this enterprise, and there are even fewer than normal in a post-COVID world.
Whereas Shazam! Fury of the Gods might find yourself being a whole lot of various things, this is what we truly learn about it proper now.
When is Shazam! Fury of the Gods popping out?
The second Shazam! film is presently scheduled for March 17, after a pair years of calendar-hopping. You’ll be able to watch the trailer right here.
It had beforehand been delayed twice to June 2, 2023, earlier than being moved as much as December 2022 after which ultimately being moved again to March 17, 2023. This date has been in place since August, so it is unlikely to be moved once more at this level. However by no means say by no means.
What’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods about?
With the intention to defeat Dr. Sivana on the finish of the primary film, Billy Batson/Shazam shared his powers along with his foster siblings, who then additionally remodeled into grownup superheroes. Now, all of them nonetheless have these powers, and a trio of historical beings generally known as the Daughters of Atlas (Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu and Rachel Zegler) is not overly glad that these youngsters are wielding the facility of the gods nevertheless they need.
And so they’re coming to reclaim that energy by no matter means obligatory. Even, apparently, if meaning destroying the world.
Will Dr. Sivana and the creepy Mister Thoughts have a component to play?
No, actor Mark Sturdy, who performed Sivana (pictured) within the final film, has stated he wasn’t concerned on this one. So add that post-credits scene from the primary Shazam! to the listing of DC sequel teases that did not find yourself happening–for now, anyway.
So who from the primary Shazam! is coming again for Fury of the Gods?
All people who was within the Shazam! Household within the first film is again for this one, save for one. So Zachary Levi and Asher Angel because the older and youthful variations of Billy Batson, Adam Brody and the hilarious Jack Dylan Grazer as Freddy, Meagan Good and Faither Herman because the scene-stealing Darla, DJ Cotrona and Jovan Armand as Pedro, and Ross Butler and Ian Chen as Eugene.
The one exception is actress Michelle Borth, who performed the grownup superhero model of Mary Bromfield. Grace Fulton Currey, who performed the youthful, non-superized model of Mary within the first movie, is dealing with each kinds this time for the reason that character is an grownup in her 20s at this level.
The foster mother and father, performed by Marta Milans and Cooper Andrews, may even be again. As will Djimon Hounsou’s historical wizard.
Who’re these “Daughters of Atlas” that Shazam! and buddies will likely be going through?
The “Daughters of Atlas” aren’t a bunch of baddies that originate from the DC Comics, not less than not like this. Hespera and Kalypso (Mirren and Liu), who seem like the prime villains within the trailer, haven’t any direct counterparts in DC Comics lore. However Athena, the third sister who is way younger-looking and is seen carrying regular garments within the trailer, does come from DC–she actually created Surprise Girl out of clay.
Atlas himself can be the title of quite a few completely different characters from DC lore, none of whom cleanly match this storyline.
We might speculate all day about why they’re seemingly inventing brand-new villains right here, however in the end we know nothing. However the Surprise Girl connection is tough to disregard.
Will Shazam! Fury of the Gods hook up with another elements of the DCEU?
The potential Surprise Girl connection is there, but it surely’s most likely not protected to imagine the film will truly use it. As a result of there is a new regime on the prime of DC Studios, and this movie was made earlier than they turned the brand new bosses, one of the best guess is that Shazam! 2 will likely be a standalone expertise that by no means explicitly references anything that is occurred in another DC film aside from the primary Shazam! movie.
However do not rely out the chance that they may have very not too long ago put collectively some sort of tease for the top of the movie that displays the present long-term plan. And so they do have one other Aquaman film that is supposedly just about within the can other than some visible fx work, so a tease particularly for that, like a trailer after the credit, can be a definite chance. However crossover stuff, whereas not unattainable, would not appear extraordinarily seemingly.
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