‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Drops First Action-Packed Trailer at Comic-Con
23.07.2022 - 20:31
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Carson Burton Shazam swooped into San Diego today, bringing the electricity to the Warner Bros. presentation during this week in Comic-Con’s Hall H.Zachary Levi took the stage to talk “Shazam! Fury of the Gods.”“The Shazam-ily has been playing superheros for a few years now in Philadelphia,” he said, setting the scene for the new film.The sequel to “Shazam!,” the hit 2019 film from the DC Extended Universe starring Zachary Levi, is coming Dec. 21.
“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” brings back Levi as the titular hero for a battle against Helen Mirren’s Hespera, the villainous daughter of the god Atlas. Lucy Liu also stars as Kalypso, the evil sister of Hespera.Both characters do not have an obvious counterpart in the DC Comics, but, as the daughters of the Greek god Atlas, they no doubt have a relationship to the boy-turned-magical-superhero. One of the sources of Shazam’s powers is Atlas himself — he holds the stamina of the titan god.
Along with the power of Zeus, the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Solomon, the speed of Mercury and the courage of Achilles, Shazam is surely in for an intense battle in his second outing. The core cast and filmmaking team from the original “Shazam!” is returning for the sequel, including Asher Angel as Shazam’s teenage alter ego Billy Batson. David F.
Sandberg is returning to direct the film from a screenplay by Henry Gayden, and Peter Safran is producing with his shingle the Safran Company.It’s sure to be an exciting end of the year for Shazam fans as the new “Black Adam” film starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is coming on Oct. 21. In the comics, Black Adam is the arch nemesis of Shazam and, in many ways, his darker counterpart.