SHAZAM! 2 Will Reportedly Start Shooting Next Year In Time For Its November 2022 Release

SHAZAM! 2 Will Reportedly Start Shooting Next Year In Time For Its November 2022 Release

We have an update on plans for the highly anticipated Shazam! sequel, with shooting reportedly set to start next year in order for the DC Comics movie to meet its planned 2022 release. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Aug 12, 2020 10:08 AM EST
Source: The Illuminerdi

Shazam! was a modest-sized hit last year, so it surprised no one when a sequel was confirmed. Fans loved the DC Comics adaptation (even if it did feel drastically different to past entries in the DC Extended Universe), and with Black Adam also on the way, the hope is that these movies will tie into one another and set the stage for a crossover. 

David F. Sandberg is returning to direct, as is writer Henry Gayden, and it's previously been reported that we could see Shazam battle Mister Mind after a mid-credits scene set up his appearance.

Now, The Illuminerdi has shared an update on where things stand with the Shazam! 2 in terms of shooting, and it's said that the current plan is for cameras to roll next spring. That will put the sequel on track to arrive in theaters as planned on November 4th, 2022. 

Black Adam is currently set to be released next December, but it's believed that will change as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will first have to finish working on Red Notice for Netflix. Plans for both movies might become clearer at DC FanDome this month as they're both expected to have a presence.

Are you excited to return to the world of Shazam!?

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tmp3
tmp3 - 8/12/2020, 10:55 AM
First one was a lot of fun, excited for this. Certainly a lot more than what the Rock is cooking...
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 8/12/2020, 11:59 AM
@tmp3 - haha for real. I just love Sandberg and his techniques. I'm hoping they just go balls out with the Monster Society
dracula
dracula - 8/12/2020, 10:57 AM
sweet

GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/12/2020, 10:57 AM
Keep The Rock as far away as possible. Loved the first one. They did so much with so little.
dracula
dracula - 8/12/2020, 10:58 AM
If Black Adam sucks, good thing he is not in Shazam 2 and hopefully the recast and just let him be a villain for Shazam 3
tmp3
tmp3 - 8/12/2020, 11:02 AM
@dracula - Right now the kid that plays Freddy Freeman is head and shoulders better at acting than the Rock and he's just a kid, lol
dracula
dracula - 8/12/2020, 11:04 AM
@tmp3 - true, seriously in every movie he is in The Rock just plays The Rock with a different name
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 8/12/2020, 2:00 PM
@dracula - he’s too larger than life to be anyone else, except maybe in that skyscraper movie. Played a dad ok
soberchimera
soberchimera - 8/12/2020, 10:59 AM
Yeah, the sooner the better, the kid who plays Billy Batson is going to be in his 20s if they ever make a 3rd one.
dracula
dracula - 8/12/2020, 11:01 AM
@soberchimera - could still work, Tom Holland was 19 when he started playing Spiderman and Peter was 15. Billy was 14 in the first film and the actor was actually that age
BrettMan
BrettMan - 8/12/2020, 2:26 PM
@soberchimera - Yeah it was already weird to me that Mary turned into an adult when she pretty much already is one. These kids are growing fast, and movies take a long time to produce.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/12/2020, 11:08 AM
Seeing Billy/Shazam! go against someone like Superboy Prime would be f*cking dope, considering how you could play with with an "Anti-Billy" type of character instead of Black Adam who's more of an Anti-Shazam, but alas...



I doubt we'll ever get there movie-wise...
dracula
dracula - 8/12/2020, 11:11 AM
@Doomsday8888 - If they continue to adapt the Geoff Johns stuff, it could happen, right now in the comics they have been teasing hi return
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/12/2020, 11:14 AM
@dracula
Yeah i know, but that stuff mostly works better in the comics seeing the RICH backstory you have in there, but in the DCEU?

I mean, i guess a simple explanation as an evil and younger version of Superman from a parallel Earth could suffice but that way...Superboy Prime's character would lose most of his layers.

But yeah, i guess it could work for a Shazam! 3 movie.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/12/2020, 11:16 AM
@AzulaCipher
Heh, you ain't lying lol!


My God, that reveal in Sinestro Corps gave one of my biggest boners ever, shiiiieeet never knew comics could have such an effect eheheh :P
dracula
dracula - 8/12/2020, 11:22 AM
@Doomsday8888 - Hopefully when Superboy prime does make his full return, he is portrayed as the more tragic character he was in Infinite Crisis and not the whiny, computer troll stand in he was after that story and gets better dialogue than
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/12/2020, 11:23 AM
Talking about "OH SHIIEEET!!!!" moments, this one was also pretty damn good:

God i miss Steve McNiven, man...


@AzulaCipher
lol, i know you're a big GL fan and i feel you brother!
Fingers crossed, man!

And yeah, SP's ending was a nice such with Geoff's meta-commentary on the fanbase and how nostalgia could warp our views on the medium or characters we love.
Pretty based tbh.

Can't wait for Scott Snyder to ruin the character in Death Metal tho, yeaaaaay! :D
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/12/2020, 11:26 AM
@dracula
Nah, man, don't you f*cking dare diss on that moment ahahha!!!

That shit is gold and quickly became a classic, talk about something being so bad that it's ACTUALLY good, you can't touch that!

Superboy Prime is crazy af.

A part of me, still wants to see a story where he gets some redemption but...some people are beyond that.

Also, i'd hate for him to be stuck in a Limbo like Red Hood, never know what to do with him, good guy or bad guy? Can't risk it.
dracula
dracula - 8/12/2020, 11:30 AM
@Doomsday8888 - id say put the ill kill you to death line in a movie as a one off joke.

Yeah id say he is beyond redemption, Superman and all 3 versions of the legion of superheroes tried and failed.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 8/12/2020, 11:12 AM
Awesome. The first one was one of the best DC movies ever made. My second favorite ever. And to see him hopefully go up against Mister Mind will be amazing experience.
JohnMarston220
JohnMarston220 - 8/12/2020, 11:17 AM
Hey as long as the same team from the first are back, then I'm all in. Shazam might be my favorite DCEU movie.
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 8/12/2020, 11:20 AM
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