the director of Shazam! Fury of the Gods, David. F. Sandberg, used his Reddit profile to debunk a fan who commented on the film’s failure. The second superhero feature film is the first to debut after the DC Comics takeover and underperformed box office expectations.
Shazam 2 flops in theaters
In the publication, the fan wrote that Sandberg deserved more than a weak comeback shazam, an expensive production. The director replied that he already expected the result.
Don’t worry. Not that this comes as a surprise. I saw where she was going a long time ago. I will be OK. I was paid in advance.
David F. Sandberg
Shazam! Fury of the Gods it opened on March 16 and had a lower than expected box office.
Sandberg’s next steps
Recently, David F. Sandberg revealed on Twitter his desire to return to work in horror productions, the genre in which he began his career.
As I’ve been saying for a while, I’m really looking forward to getting back into horror (as well as trying new things). After six years of Shazam!, definitely enough superheroes for now. One thing I was really looking forward to is disconnecting from the superhero talk online. It stresses me a lot and it will be nice not to have to think about it anymore.
David F. Sandberg
The director worked on such films as When the lights go outsince 2016, e Annabelle 2: The Creation of Evilsince 2017.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods begins two years later Shazam!. Now, after discovering his powers and joining a family, protagonist Billy Batson (young Asher Angel / adult Zachary Levi) faces the problems of coming of age and reconciling his life with his alter ego as a superhero. Together with their families, they are forced to face the goddess daughters of Atlas, played by Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu and Rachel Zegler, who have come to Earth to recover their powers.
In an interview with Hollywood reporterone of the writers of the sequel says that the renewal of the franchise for an upcoming film depends on the box office.
There are really informal conversations with all of us (about a sequel) but nothing definitive because the movie has to go really well and we can really commit after that. I think it just depends on the success of the film. But, you know, these kids aren’t getting any younger, so we’ll know sooner or later.
Henry Gayden
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