Billy Batson and the rest of the Shazamily have a huge challenge ahead of them. The latest trailer for Shazam! Fury of the Gods highlights the epic face-off between the kids who have been granted immense power and the daughters of Atlas, who have come to reclaim the power they say was stolen from them.
Taking a decidedly more serious approach to its subject matter than the first trailer, this latest look at the Shazam! sequel promises some big action setpieces, as well as some serious personal and external obstacles for the characters to overcome. There's no bragging about throwing cars at dragons this time around.
Zachary Levi returns as the superpowered version of Billy Batson (Asher angel also returns as Billy in kid form), who now fights alongside his foster siblings. They are confronted by the daughters of Atlas, led by Hera (Helen Mirren), and it appears that these sisters have far more power and pose more of a threat than Doctor Sivana and the Seven Deadly Sins of the previous movie. The first image of the trailer is of the sisters seemingly planting some sort of far-reaching plant in the middle of a baseball field, indicating a much more widespread threat. The trailer is set to Drake's "Started From the Bottom," an interesting choice of song considering the first Shazam! was shot in the singer's hometown of Toronto.
Among the returning cast members are Grace Caroline Currey, Adam Brody, Ross Butler, D.J. Cotrona, and Meagan Good playing the superhero versions of Billy's siblings. Notably, Currey has been upgraded to playing both regular and superpowered Mary Bromfield. Jack Dylan Grazer, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, and Faithe Herman also return to play the Shazamily as kids, and Djimon Hounsou returns in seemingly an expanded role as Shazam, the wizard who granted Billy his powers in the first place. Lucy Liu is also on board as Kalypso, as well as West Side Story's Rachel Zegler. David F. Sandberg, who has previously provided updates and statements about the making of this sequel, returns to the director's chair.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is in somewhat of an awkward position, being the first movie to come out after James Gunn and Peter Safran took the reigns to the DC kingdom (Black Adam came out just days before the announcement). So far, there hasn't been any concrete news on the future of the Shazam! franchise, or whether any of the actors will be repurposed for other roles in the newly created DCU.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods hits theaters on March 17th.