The latest installment within the Shazam! franchise has introduced Billy Batson face-to-face with parts of a world exterior his personal. In a latest interview, David F. Sandberg reveals why the primary movie’s connection to the broader universe was left headless.
Many followers had been upset on the finish of the primary Shazam! movie when the top of the movie teased Superman’s look in a highschool cafeteria however reduce earlier than the actor’s face may very well be seen. It was revealed by Sandberg, who directed the primary movie, that the footage followers noticed was merely a placeholder for the true factor that they had been compelled to make use of when issues fell aside:
“I mean, the funny thing was, in the first movie we were gonna have Henry [Cavill] show up as Superman,” Sandberg advised Collider. “Then, when we were shooting that scene, they were like, ‘Well, Henry is not gonna make it on this day, so we’ll shoot it with a stand-in and then we’ll have to pick up his coverage later on.’ It’s like, ‘Okay…’ So, we shot it like that, and then the Henry thing fell apart and we couldn’t do it. So we had to just use the stand-in footage, and that’s why it ends before you see his face.”
Sandberg was capable of finding humor on this lower than splendid state of affairs, even utilizing it as an excuse to poke enjoyable on the idea of a headless hero with a joke within the sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods. While Henry Cavill would later reprise his position as Superman in Black Adam, James Gunn and Peter Safran taking up as heads of the DCU would have that be his closing time within the position as they opted to pursue a youthful actor for the position. It’s unclear presently if Zachary Levi’s model of Shazam will meet no matter model of Superman lies in the way forward for the DCU.
David F. Sandberg directed Shazam! Fury of the Gods from a script written by Henry Gayden and Chris Morgan, Shazam! Fury of the Gods. The movie stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Adam Brody, Ross Butler, Meagan Good, D.J. Cotrona, Grace Caroline Currey, Faithe Herman, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Marta Millans, Cooper Andrews, Djimon Hounsou, Rachel Zegler, Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren.
The official Shazam! Fury of the Gods synopsis reads as follows: “Bestowed with the powers of the gods, Billy Batson and his fellow foster kids are still learning how to juggle teenage life with having adult Super Hero alter-egos. But when the Daughters of Atlas, a vengeful trio of ancient gods, arrive on Earth in search of the magic stolen from them long ago, Billy—aka Shazam—and his family are thrust into a battle for their superpowers, their lives, and the fate of their world.”
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