‘Shazam: Fury Of The Gods’: Release Date, Cast, & More We Know

The adventures of Shazam proceed successful the upcoming sequel film. The DC Comics character, who is the superhero change ego of a troubled teenage orphan from Philadelphia named Billy Batson, made his live-action movie debut successful 2019’s Shazam! Zachary Levi, 41, played Shazam and he’s reprising the relation successful the highly-anticipated sequel, Shazam! Fury Of The Gods. The first trailer for the sequel acceptable successful the DC Extended Universe was released connected July 23, 2022 astatine San Diego Comic-Con and teases Shazam’s showdown with the Daughters of Atlas.

The first Shazam! received affirmative reviews from critics and grossed $366 cardinal astatine the worldwide container office. Fans are truthful excited for the sequel, which volition present caller heroes and villains arsenic Shazam faces his top situation yet. Here’s everything we cognize truthful acold about Shazam! Fury Of The Gods, including the cast, filming details, and more.

Zachary Levi arsenic Shazam (Photo: Everett Collection)

What Will Shazam: Fury of the Gods Be About?

The authoritative statement for Shazam 2 reads, “Teenager Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who alteration into big superheroes by saying ‘Shazam!’, combat the daughters of Atlas.” In the trailer, Shazam doubts his competence arsenic a superhero and adjacent calls himself a “fraud.” But The Ancient Wizard warns Billy that “the destiny of the worlds” depends connected him defeating the Daughters of Atlas who are “coming” for him.

Kalypso and Hespera, 2 of the daughters of Atlas, look to beryllium the main antagonists in Shazam! Fury of the Gods. The sisters rebuild the Wizard’s power-transferring unit that Billy broke successful the archetypal film. “Children stole the powerfulness of each the Gods. This is precise personal,” Hespera says successful the trailer. Anthea, different girl of Atlas, besides appears successful the trailer but it doesn’t look similar she’s connected her sisters’ side.

Where and When to Watch

Shazam! Fury of the Gods is scheduled to beryllium released successful theaters connected March 17, 2023. The movie volition beryllium disposable to watercourse connected HBO Max sometime aft its theatrical run. Warner Bros. Pictures is distributing the sequel.

The Shazam! sequel’s merchandise day has been shuffled by Warner Bros. aggregate times. It was primitively acceptable for merchandise connected April 1, 2022, and past November 4, 2022. It was delayed again to June 2, 2023 due to accumulation delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shazam 2 was past moved up to a December 16, 2022 merchandise date, earlier being delayed by 5 days to December 21 to debar contention with Disney’s Avatar 2.  In August 2022, Warner Bros. gave the movie a March 17, 2023 merchandise day which is inactive acceptable successful stone.

Shazam 2 will travel retired 5 months aft Black Adam, which is simply a spin-off of Shazam! It stars Dwayne Johnson as the titular quality who is bestowed powers of the Egyptian gods and becomes Shazam’s arch-enemy. The different DC Extended Universe films that travel retired successful 2023 after Shazam! Fury of the Gods are The Flash (June 23, 2023), Blue Beetle (August 18, 2023), and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (December 25, 2023).

Zachary Levi successful ‘Shazam!’ (Photo: Everett Collection)

Cast and Crew

Cast

This is the confirmed formed for Shazam: Fury of the Gods, including caller and returning stars.

• Zachary Levi arsenic Shazam. Shazam possesses the contented of Solomon, the spot of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the powerfulness of Zeus, the courageousness of Achilles, and the velocity of Mercury
• Asher Angel arsenic Billy Batson. Billy tin alteration into his big change ego simply by saying “Shazam!”
• Jack Dylan Grazer arsenic Freddy Freeman. Freddy is Billy’s physically disabled foster brother.
• Adam Brody as Freddy’s big superhero form.
• Ian Chen arsenic Eugene Choi, Billy’s younger foster member who is an avid gamer.
• Ross Butler arsenic the big superhero signifier of Eugene.
• Faithe Herman arsenic Darla Dudley, Billy’s younger foster sister.
• Meagan Good arsenic the big superhero signifier of Darla.
• Michelle Borth arsenic the big superhero signifier of Mary Bromfield, Billy’s older foster sister.
• Djimon Hounsou arsenic the past wizard (also named Shazam) who gives Billy his powers.
• Rachel Zegler as Anthea, a girl of Atlas. Rachel was formed successful the sequel successful February 2021. She talked astir her relation connected Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast, saying, “I americium the youngest of 3 goddesses, we’re 3 sisters and we travel successful and signifier up the Shazamily of it.”
• Helen Mirren arsenic Hespera, a girl of Atlas. Helen was formed successful the sequel successful March 2021. “The quality that I play believes she’s right,” Helen said astatine CinemaCon successful April 2022. “Of course, that’s what astir villains and villainesses benignant of judge they’re close don’t they. She’s convinced of her righteousness.”
• Lucy Liu as Kalypso, a girl of Atlas. Lucy was formed successful the sequel successful April 2021. She said it was “a dream” to prima successful a superhero movie astatine San Diego Comic-Con.

Zachary Levi successful ‘Shazam’ (Photo: Everett Collection)

Crew

David F. Sandberg is directing Shazam: Fury of the Gods just similar the archetypal film. Henry Gayden returned to constitute the publication joined by Chris Morgan. Peter Safran is the caput shaper of the sequel. The originative squad besides includes cinematographer Gyula Pados, exertion Michel Aller, and euphony composer Christophe Beck. The accumulation companies down Shazam 2 are New Line Cinema, DC Films, The Safran Company, and Seven Bucks Productions.

The manager delivered a teaser astir the sequel via Twitter successful June 2022. “It’s a MUCH bigger movie than the archetypal one,” David F. Sandberg wrote. “There’s truthful overmuch worldly that I can’t hold for radical to see. I anticipation they enactment a batch of it successful the trailer. I don’t adjacent attraction astir spoilers, I’m conscionable anxious to amusement disconnected our creatures, action, etc.”

Zachary Levi successful ‘Shazam’ (Photo: Everett Collection)

Filming Details

Filming on Shazam: Fury of the Gods was expected to statesman successful mid-2020 but was delayed owed to the pandemic. The formed and unit officially started shooting the sequel connected May 26, 2021 successful Atlanta, Georgia. Filming wrapped connected August 31, 2021. HollywoodLife will proceed to update you on Shazam: Fury of the Gods right here!