THE FLASH And AQUAMAN Sequel Pushed To 2023...But SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Is Now Coming In 2022!

THE FLASH And AQUAMAN Sequel Pushed To 2023...But SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS Is Now Coming In 2022!

Another slew of changes have been made to Warner Bros.' DC Films release calendar, and while we'll be waiting longer for The Flash and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, there's good news for Shazam! fans...

By JoshWilding - Mar 09, 2022 03:03 PM EST
Filed Under: The Flash

Earlier today, news broke that Black Adam and DC League of Super-Pets have both been delayed. While we'll still get to watch those movies on the big screen in 2022, the same sadly can't be said for The Flash and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. It felt a little too good to be true that we'd get so many DC Comics movies in such close proximity to one another, and something clearly had to give. 

The Flash has moved from November 4, 2022 to June 23, 2023. The Aquaman sequel, meanwhile, has shifted from December 16, 2022 to March 17, 2023, which means it will no longer battle James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar sequel at the box office over the holiday period.

Due to its Christmas setting, the prevailing theory has been that Batgirl would drop on HBO Max in December. However, with The Flash - a movie we know will rewrite the DC Extended Universe's timeline - pushed into 2023, we doubt that's going to be the case. It's not all doom and gloom, as Shazam! Fury of the Gods has actually been brought forward and will now drop this year!

After originally being scheduled for next June, it's taken Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom's spot and will go head-to-head with Avatar 2. That's a bold move on Warner Bros.' part, but the superhero movie promises to be a better alternative to Cameron's sequel than Arthur Curry's next solo outing. Why? the Disney movie is expected to feature a lot of underwater sequences likely to overshadow Atlantis.

The Hollywood Reporter explains that COVID and delayed work on visual effects is the main reason for these release date changes, so the impact of the pandemic is clearly still being felt.

We can't really complain about getting The Batman, DC League of Super-Pets, Black Adam, and the Shazam! sequel in one year, but it's going to be a long wait for The Flash and Aquaman 2...
 

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MrDandy
MrDandy - 3/9/2022, 3:31 PM
Shazam is here to save the DCEU….again.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 3/10/2022, 2:04 PM
@MrDandy - I guess they realized that we r getting 2 batman centric films this year and none in 2023. so it was prob better for the bat brand to just have 1 batman film a year as reeves batman 2 is estimated to be shot and released by 2024 if he can get a script wb likes before the end of the year.
eGGtheGreat
eGGtheGreat - 3/10/2022, 2:52 PM
@MrDandy - how exactly did Shazam save the dceu?
thereeljoefish
thereeljoefish - 3/9/2022, 3:32 PM
Brutal
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 3/9/2022, 3:34 PM
So Shazam!: Fury of the Gods will be out on Christmas, that's nice.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 3/9/2022, 3:45 PM
@NinnesMBC - Still dont know why the firdt movie wasnt released on Christmas...
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 3/9/2022, 4:12 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - Probably to avoid losing the box office against the final Star Wars movie back then.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 3/9/2022, 5:30 PM
@NinnesMBC - Mmm...
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 3/10/2022, 7:21 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - Films studios always choose 2 major release times. 1 near summer and 1 near the end of the year. Shazam was chosen for the summer and Joker was chosen for the end of the year.

Shazam was a gamble and Joker was a guaranteed hit. with oscar season coming up WB knew they can push Joker to make even more money with audiences of all ages compared to Shazam.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 3/10/2022, 9:18 PM
@mastakilla39 - Well, that actually makes a lot of sense.

Btw, not hating on Shazam, I think that movie should've been released on december just as I think Iron Man 3 should've been released on december.
rebellion
rebellion - 3/9/2022, 3:34 PM
So what about batgirl? Shouldnt that come after flash? Jesus, dceu is getting messier and messier
KWilly
KWilly - 3/9/2022, 3:38 PM
@rebellion - This is exactly why Matt Reeves requested his Batman be in another universe.

Or I guess, technically Stargirl's universe.
grif
grif - 3/9/2022, 3:38 PM
@rebellion - what about it?
rebellion
rebellion - 3/9/2022, 3:41 PM
@grif - keaton will be in batgirl, so i guess that needs to be explained in the flash first. Or they dont care to.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 3/9/2022, 3:45 PM
@rebellion - Batgirl is an HBO Max original.
NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 3/9/2022, 4:07 PM
@rebellion - I mean...thats beign filmed as we speak, I fear that Its going to feel like a TV pilot with steroids if indeed comes out this year...we'll see
Spagett
Spagett - 3/9/2022, 4:30 PM
@rebellion - They'll have to push it, they can't put it out first, there's no way. What the [frick] are these people doing?
rebellion
rebellion - 3/9/2022, 4:52 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - .... and?
dragon316
dragon316 - 3/9/2022, 5:28 PM
@rebellion - black widow movie came out after avengers end game
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 3/9/2022, 5:31 PM
@rebellion - Why would it be affected by these changes?
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 3/9/2022, 7:50 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - They're talking about from a narrative pov. 'The Flash' would probably need to explain why Keaton's Bat is there.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 3/9/2022, 8:29 PM
@RitoRevolto - ...well, then I guess Batgirl is getting delayed too.
Malatrova234
Malatrova234 - 3/9/2022, 3:34 PM
At least we got that kinda Batgirl pseudo movir, excited to see Brendan at least.
MisterDoctor217
MisterDoctor217 - 3/9/2022, 3:34 PM
I’m so looking forward to Shazam 2 😍, it just sucks that his arch nemesis is being played by the Rock. Johnson will try to take the spotlight away from the actual superhero and any lore connecting the two will be in service of the Rock.
This sucks man :/

Colton
Colton - 3/9/2022, 4:11 PM
@MisterDoctor217 - I'm so looking forward to but it sucks man. Wtf?
MisterDoctor217
MisterDoctor217 - 3/9/2022, 4:40 PM
@Colton -
It sucks that his ultimate foe is being played by the Rock. It’s Rock Adam not Black Adam lol

I’m excited for Shazam 2, not Black Adam.
PantherKing
PantherKing - 3/9/2022, 3:37 PM
Well this video is now awkward
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/9/2022, 3:46 PM
@PantherKing - I was just thinking that lol
1stDalek
1stDalek - 3/9/2022, 3:52 PM
@PantherKing - Even more awkward since it's playing in front of The Batman screenings.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 3/9/2022, 4:12 PM
@PantherKing - I was thinking the same thing lol! But at this point I expect to see the horse hooked behind the cart when it comes to DC.
lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 3/9/2022, 4:28 PM
@PantherKing - That aged like milk in this sun 😂😂😂
The1st
The1st - 3/9/2022, 5:29 PM
@PantherKing - Maybe they think flashpoint will erase that too...at this point it's hard to tell.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 3/9/2022, 3:38 PM
They sent Shazam to get killed by Avatar? dam. Well at least they letting Aquaman live.

Flash gets delayed....again? More time for Ezra to get in trouble and F up WB's stuff. lol!!
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