SHAZAM: FURY OF THE GODS Set Photo Confirms A Surprising Return - SPOILERS

A new photo from the set of Shazam: Fury of the Gods has confirmed that a certain character from the first movie will be returning for David F. Sandberg's sequel. Find out more after the jump...

By MarkCassidy - Jul 26, 2021 06:07 AM EST

Filed Under: Shazam! Fury of the Gods

The Shazam: Fury of the Gods set snaps keep on coming (director David F. Sandberg may want to share another official still to stay ahead of the leaks), and this latest photo confirms the return of a character who was thought to be killed-off in Shazam!

As you can see thanks to the Instagram post shared by Atlanta Filming, Djimon Hounsou (Guardians of the Galaxy, Blood Diamond) will indeed be back as "The Wizard."

In the first movie, The Wizard passed on his powers and the mantle of Shazam to Billy Batson before seemingly meeting his end. How he makes his return in Fury of the Gods is unclear, but it may only be in the form of a flashback.

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This is just the latest in a series of set leaks. The most recent video showed West Side Story star Rachel Zegler filming a scene in a golden superhero outfit, which looks quite similar to the colorful duds sported by the Shazam Family. Zegler is believed to be playing a villain, but some recently leaked details about her character suggest that she might be posing as an ally of Billy Batson (Asher Angel) and Freddy Freeman (Jack Dylan Grazer) in an attempt to gain their trust.

That's just speculation based on the information available, but at the time she was cast, Zegler was said to have taken on the role of the youngest of three sisters, and we know Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu will play villainous sisters Hespera and Kalypso.

We've also seen a battle-damaged Shzam (Zachary Levi) facing-off against an unknown foe.

Shazam: Fury of the Gods is set to hit theaters on June 2, 2023.

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soberchimera - 7/26/2021, 6:14 AM

You mean the actual Shazam?

bobevanz - 7/26/2021, 8:09 AM

@soberchimera - No you CAN'T don't even try lol

Fares - 7/26/2021, 6:15 AM

What a waste of a great actor.

soberchimera - 7/26/2021, 6:15 AM

@Fares - GotG and Aquaman wasted him too.

ShimmyShimmyYA - 7/26/2021, 6:33 AM

@Fares - would’ve been a great BP if he was younger or he could still play a version of T’Chaka near the end of his run as BP

Doomsday8888 - 7/26/2021, 6:16 AM

WANNA KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A SURPRISING RETURN????

THE HEADLESS SUPERMAN WITH CAVILL'S BEAUTIFUL MUG, GODDAMMIT!!!

WakandanQueen - 7/26/2021, 6:23 AM

finally some real kino

TheMapleSyrup - 7/26/2021, 6:28 AM

The wizard Shazam being in the sequel to Shazam is a surprise?

GhostDog - 7/26/2021, 6:28 AM

Djimon stay being wasted

GhostDog - 7/26/2021, 6:32 AM

The Wizard really went and got his dreads done

DarthGrizzly - 7/26/2021, 7:05 AM

@BlackBeltJones - The ville is back, the real is back

GhostDog - 7/26/2021, 8:08 AM

@DarthGrizzly - Flow bananas here, peel this back
And what you'll find is, your highness

Repian - 7/26/2021, 6:37 AM

I want to see "The Wizard" fighting. Maybe he defeated Hespera. Then Hespera's sisters backed away. Now that he is gone, they are not afraid to return.

bkmeijer2 - 7/26/2021, 6:46 AM

@Repian - I do think he's returning for a backstory flashback type sequence. Maybe how he got the powers from Atlas or maybe from fighting them indeed

ShimmyShimmyYA - 7/26/2021, 8:33 AM

@bkmeijer - I actually haven’t watched this movie, which power set is this Shazam running with? The classic or the one from new52 or whatever

bkmeijer2 - 7/26/2021, 8:40 AM

@ShimmyShimmyYA - I don't think it's ever actually said. I kinda assume just the wisdom of Solomon etcetera, especially now that they bring in children of Atlas. Kinda gives them a link.

ShimmyShimmyYA - 7/26/2021, 9:58 AM

@bkmeijer - gotcha. I haven’t just been able to drum up enough interest to watch it , Aquaman really burned me out from DC movies

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