Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC character Shazam. Produced by New Line Cinema, DC Studios, and the Safran Company, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the sequel to Shazam! (2019) and the 12th installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Directed by David F. Sandberg and written by Henry Gayden and Chris Morgan, it stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Ross Butler, D. J. Cotrona, Grace Caroline Currey, Meagan Good, Lucy Liu, Djimon Hounsou, and Helen Mirren. In the film, Billy Batson / Shazam and his foster siblings fight the Daughters of Atlas. A sequel to Shazam! began development shortly after its release in April 2019, with Gayden returning as writer, and Morgan joining soon after to revise Gayden's screenplay. Sandberg and Levi (Shazam) were also set to return by that December. The title and the rest of the returning cast were confirmed in August 2020, with Zegler, Mirren and Liu cast as the daughters of Atlas in early 2021. Filming began that May in Atlanta, Georgia, and concluded in August. Shazam! Fury of the Gods premiered at the Fox Village Theatre in Los Angeles on March 14, 2023, and was released in the United States on March 17. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who considered it inferior to its predecessor. It was also a box-office bomb, grossing $134 million worldwide against a production budget of $110–125 million.
Organic chem is my meditation. [Shazam chuckles] Said nobody with friends ever, really. In point of fact, I'd have friends if I had gone to college. [Shazam] In point of fact is exactly the kind of smart thing that a smart person who doesn't need to go to college says. So, let's go back to the tape. Now, guys, as you can see, we started off real, real, real, real strong, right? Right up top, all that cohesiveness, energy, -terrific! -[cell phone ringing] Oh, sorry, Coach. Gotta fly IRL. No, no, no, I'm not done with the presentation. I know. And I love these daily recaps. I just gotta spread my wings a bit before dinner. -It helps keep me loose! -Okay, fine, fine. No recap. We'll go have a group hang in the air. That sounds great. I gotta test this slime for toxicity 'cause I'm starting to... tingle. Oh. The, uh, Phillies game just came on so I'm gonna go ahead and, uh, watch baseball. It's right that I give Tawny back.
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[Shazam] Oh, come on! What is happening? What is happening right now? All or none, guys! If you say you have to work... I have to work. [sighs, chuckles] Why do you even have a job? Wonder Woman doesn't have a job! -Stop. -No, seriously. Do you think she wears a ponytail and glasses and, like, nobody recognizes her and she's, like, an accountant or something? Just stop. You are holding on too tight. Just 'cause Freddy wants to fly solo for ten minutes doesn't mean he's gonna leave you like your mom. Or me wanting to go to college means I'm abandoning the family. Oh. Okay, cool, it's about college again. I totally get it. Yeah. Do you really not see yourself? [sighs]
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Magic. Impossible. This realm was sealed off from magic. Yes. After you ripped it from our father's very core. From every god in this realm. From me. [bar sizzling] Do you not remember what you took? What my particular power was? The power of elements. No. I cast a barrier to prevent your kind from entering the human realm. The only way that barrier could be removed is if-- Someone broke this?
Shazam! Fury of the Gods