The DCU’s new management has Asher Angel eager for the potential crossovers we’ll see with Shazam and different DC superheroes.
There are new plans being shaped for the subsequent decade with the inventive way forward for the DCU, and this has no less than one Shazam! star feeling excited. Released in 2019, Shazam! follows Asher Angel as Billy Batson, a younger boy with the flexibility to remodel into the titular superhero (as performed by Zachary Levi). As the movie was an enormous success for Warner Bros., a sequel was put into growth, and Angel will reprise his position for the upcoming sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
A standalone movie, Shazam! did not function a lot to hyperlink itself to the DCU. There was a particular shock look by Superman, although his face wasn’t proven because it wasn’t Henry Cavill within the go well with. Things may be completely different transferring ahead, nonetheless, with Shazam! producer Peter Safran taking management of the DCU alongside James Gunn. Angel feels that the change could also be resulting in some crossover motion pictures involving different DCU characters, and that is one thing that the actor cannot wait to see. As he regaled in an interview with Josh Wilding (through The Direct):
“Man, I really feel actually good with Peter and James approaching board. I imply, they’re clearly tremendous gifted, and tremendous passionate and, I really like how they’re creating this 10-year plan. And I believe the DC Universe goes to be… there’s loads of particular motion pictures to come back and I’m simply prepared for Shazam to be built-in with another superhero motion pictures.”
The Rock Has Promised a Black Adam Crossover
One pure option to go could be for Shazam to get entangled with the brand new story that is been established with Black Adam and Superman. At one level, there have been tentative plans for Black Adam to have a cameo in Shazam! earlier than The Rock pushed for the antihero to first debut in his personal solo movie. Now that Black Adam has arrived, with Henry Cavill’s Superman no much less, the time has come for a crossover to occur. And it is even one thing that Dwayne Johnson himself has promised followers will see.
“It was only a mosh of, ‘Just put them each collectively as a result of they’re each related,'” Johnson mentioned in a earlier interview about why the timing wasn’t proper simply but for the characters to fulfill. “So that is after I mentioned, ‘You cannot do it like this, we’ve got to respect Shazam and his origin story, that must be its personal film. Respect Black Adam, this must be its personal film. Build them up, after which you are able to do this.'”
Shazam! Fury of the Gods will probably be launched in film theaters on March 17, 2023.