SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Star Zachary Levi Wishes Fans A Happy New Year In-Costume As The Big Red Cheese

SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Star Zachary Levi Wishes Fans A Happy New Year In-Costume As The Big Red Cheese

With the Shazam! sequel set to fly into theaters this March, star Zachary Levi has shared a social media video wishing fans a happy new year. The promo also features some footage from the sequel...

By MarkCassidy - Jan 02, 2023 12:01 PM EST

Shazam! Fury of the Gods will be the first DC Comics movie out of the gate in 2023, and a Japanese promo video featuring star Zachary Levi wishing fans a happy new year has now been shared online.

The actor appears in full costume as the Big Red Cheese, and the video also includes some footage from the movie - although most of the shots seem to be from the first trailer.

Recently, Levi responded to the rumor that he, along with pretty much every other pre-DCU actor, would be parting ways with their respective roles as James Gunn and Peter Safran map-out their 10-year plan for the Warner Bros. Discovery franchise. Despite seeming confident that he'd be sticking around as the hero, he'd later admit that he wasn't actually sure what the future will hold.

We find it hard to believe that Gunn and Safran would pick and choose who stays and who goes, so we'd place our bets on a full reboot - which means Fury of the Gods will likely be the last we see of Levi as Shazam.

From New Line Cinema comes Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word “SHAZAM!,” is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods stars returning cast members Zachary Levi (Thor: Ragnarok) as Shazam; Asher Angel (Andi Mack) as Billy Batson; Jack Dylan Grazer (It Chapter Two) as Freddy Freeman; Adam Brody (Promising Young Woman) as Super Hero Freddy; Ross Butler (Raya and the Last Dragon) as Super Hero Eugene; Meagan Good (Day Shift) as Super Hero Darla; D.J. Cotrona (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) as Super Hero Pedro; Grace Caroline Currey (Annabelle: Creation) as Mary Bromfield / Super Hero Mary; Faithe Herman (This Is Us) as Darla Dudley; Ian Chen (A Dog’s Journey) as Eugene Choi; Jovan Armand (Second Chances) as Pedro Pena; Marta Milans (White Lines) as Rosa Vasquez; Cooper Andrews (The Walking Dead) as Victor Vasquez; with Djimon Hounsou (A Quiet Place Part II) as Wizard.

Joining the cast are Rachel Zegler (West Side Story), with Lucy Liu (Kung Fu Panda franchise) and Helen Mirren (F9: The Fast Saga).

Are you looking forward to Shazam! Fury of The Gods? The superhero sequel is set to hit theaters on March 17, 2023.

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micvalpro
micvalpro - 1/2/2023, 12:35 PM
Doesn't look like he worked out this time around. His neck doesn't match the rest of his body
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/2/2023, 12:35 PM
So glad James Gunn is rebooting the DC movie universe. This should be him gone after this movie.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 1/2/2023, 12:41 PM
@marvel72 -


He better reboot it completely and not keep scraps like peacemaker and the suicide squad.



If he does that then the backlash will be legendary 😐
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/2/2023, 2:03 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - Exactly,if he can get rid of Cavill everyone should go.

Even though I do like The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 1/2/2023, 12:39 PM
I find Levi super cringe in this role lately. Yikes.😐


2023 for DC is dead😐
TheLobster
TheLobster - 1/2/2023, 12:39 PM
I like Levi in Shazam but he plays up being an idiot kid more than Asher does when he actually is Billy Batson lol

I have a feeling the sequel is going to be pretty mid. Would love to be proven wrong.
Arthorious
Arthorious - 1/2/2023, 12:54 PM
@TheLobster - the kid who played Freddie would’ve been a better choice as Billy
TheLobster
TheLobster - 1/2/2023, 2:01 PM
@Arthorious - yup!
TheLobster
TheLobster - 1/2/2023, 2:04 PM
@Counterpoint - 100000%

I did enjoy the first Shazam but Levi was definitely one of the weaker aspects of it. I don’t blame him though - I blame David F. Sandberg for not giving him proper direction and reining it in.
DeaconFrostBite
DeaconFrostBite - 1/2/2023, 2:44 PM
@TheLobster - That was my biggest issue with the first movie too.
Taonrey
Taonrey - 1/2/2023, 3:11 PM
@TheLobster - yeah they don’t have the same personality which makes no sense
RolandD
RolandD - 1/2/2023, 12:40 PM
Scenes from the trailer?
DocSpock
DocSpock - 1/2/2023, 12:41 PM


So a 40+ year old white person running around in public in his red longjohns? Sounds like my last family reunion in LA.

Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 1/2/2023, 12:41 PM
I like Shazam but he’s the worst part of it imo. He just doesn’t fit Billy and doesn’t look the part. I would have preferred either John Cena or Alan Ritchson
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 1/2/2023, 12:52 PM
@Ha1frican - If Cena were Captain Shazam then he wouldn't have been Peacemaker and I don't want to be in that timeline.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 1/2/2023, 12:47 PM
Pretty cringe even for Shazam.
FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 1/2/2023, 1:08 PM
I like Levi as an actor but I could never fully get behind him as Shazam. Personally, I'd get someone like Brandon Routh, Max Greenfield, or even Ashton Kutcher.
Baf
Baf - 1/2/2023, 1:09 PM
Honestly. If you are rebooting the universe to create The Justice League then Shazam need not apply yet.
1stDalek
1stDalek - 1/2/2023, 2:22 PM
I don't think Captain Marvel is high on the priority list for the new DCU so I hope this one does well enough for itself to allow Sandberg to finish out his trilogy as I really liked the 1st one and I really want to get to the Marvel Family vs Mr. Mind & Monster Society third movie.
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 1/2/2023, 3:40 PM
I think he’s cheesy, but at least he’s passionate about this shit.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 1/2/2023, 4:18 PM


Sit down Chuck. Now you're just embarrassing yourself.

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