SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Director Reveals How The Events Of THE FLASH Changed This Movie - Possible SPOILERS

SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Director Reveals How The Events Of THE FLASH Changed This Movie - Possible SPOILERS

Shazam! Fury of the Gods director David F. Sandberg has revealed how the events of The Flash once affected his sequel, pointing to a specific change caused by the creation of was set to be a new DCEU.

By JoshWilding - Mar 07, 2023 11:03 AM EST
Source: Gizmodo

There have been so many DCEU release date delays these past few years, it's a struggle to even remember what originally went where. However, Shazam! Fury of the Gods was supposed to be released after The Flash, and director David F. Sandberg has confirmed there's at least a hint of that in the upcoming sequel.

Talking to Gizmodo about a flashback to the events of the first movie, the filmmaker explained why he decided to put the past version of the Shazam Family in the updated costumes they're wearing in this instalment.

That involved reshooting a scene we saw in Shazam! so the difference in their appearance - there's a new actress playing Mary Marvel, for starters - wasn't too jarring. As for how these changes are explained in terms of canon, Sandberg says The Flash changing reality was once the most simple reason behind it. 

"Because we were originally supposed to come out after The Flash and, you know, The Flash is going to play around with the multiverse and timelines and things like that," he reveals. "So in my head it was like, 'Well, that could be the explanation,' you know. That they always looked like this in this universe now that it’s changed."

"[But,] now that we can come out before Flash? You know...it’s magic. Since we did change it in the flashback, you go “Yeah, this is what they always looked like, right?"

So, a reality-altering event was once responsible, but it's now a simple retcon. We can live with that. 

While we're sure many of you will now plan on watching Shazam! Fury of the Gods with your eyes peeled for any other nods to what the new DCEU might have once looked like, Sandberg confirms elsewhere in this interview that there's nothing in the sequel which contradicts the DCU.

Sandberg is obviously hoping Shazam! 3 will happen under DC Studios' watch and it seems the studio is at least open to the possibility. It might just hinge on those all-important box office numbers...

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Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/7/2023, 11:57 AM
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 3/7/2023, 11:58 AM
Shazam costumes lol 😆
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 3/7/2023, 11:59 AM
It sucks because it seems like The Flash was going to be The Winter Soldier of the DCEU and transform it into the DCU but between Ezra Miller's criminal investigations, Dwayne Johnson's flopped Vanity Project, and WW84, It seems like the studio went into desperation and decided to dismantle everything and hope for the best. What I don't get is why did they entertain the Snyderverse beyond Batman vs. Superman when they saw how hated it was? Why spend millions upon millions on projects the general audience wouldn't support?
kider2
kider2 - 3/7/2023, 12:02 PM
@SonOfAGif - That's pretty much what they did... That's why they got Geoff Johns to do rewrites. That's why Justice League Part 1 & 2 became 1 movie. That's why Whedon reshot a lot of stuff to add comedy.

The Snydercut was AT&T and wasn't Warner's leadership its choice.
tmp3
tmp3 - 3/7/2023, 12:13 PM
@slickrickdesigns - after how good he was in station eleven, i hope himesh patel gets a big role in something
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/7/2023, 3:04 PM
@tmp3 - Station Eleven was great.

I could see Patel as Reed or Doom if I'm being honest.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/7/2023, 12:03 PM
“Somehow it always like this”
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 3/7/2023, 12:07 PM
I mean if the speed force can change the sex of Diggle's child on the Flash this seems minor in comparison.
HAILHYDRA
HAILHYDRA - 3/7/2023, 12:14 PM
Sounds like he liked the newer version of the costumes better and just went with the whole reality altering thing as a justification for not using the old designs. And then when that explanation got taken away he just said eff it.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/7/2023, 3:05 PM
Don't think I ever would've noticed if he didn't mention it anyway.
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