‘Shazam! The fury of the gods’ already has a premiere date on HBO Max

After its disappointing run in movie theaters, ‘Shazam! The fury of the gods’ already has a premiere date on HBO Max. Sequel to ‘Shazam!’ Directed by David F. Sandberg, the DC Comics film reunites us with the superhero played by Zachary Levi in ​​a new adventure that features great movie icons like Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu, as well as newcomer Rachel Zegler (who debuted in the remake of ‘West Side Story’).

‘Shazam 2’ follows Billy Batson and his adoptive brothers, who in the previous film received the powers of the gods. However, They are teenagers and have not yet learned to control their lives, much less these amazing powers that allow them to access an adult and superheroic version of themselves.. Fortunately or unfortunately, they will have to learn the hard way when the Daughters of Atlas, a vengeful trio of ancient goddesses, come to Earth in search of the magic that was stolen from them long ago.

‘Shazam 2’: streaming release date on HBO Max

According to the US media, the release date in streaming from ‘Shazam! The fury of the gods’ will be on May 23 on HBO Max. This date coincides with the launch of Max, the new name of the platform, in the United States (in Spain it will be in 2024). Even so, the release date of the film is expected to be the same, although in our country it is still HBO Max.

Maybe the box office numbers will put you off a bit, but soon we will have the opportunity to see if this new entry in the DC Comics movie order is really worth it. Besides, We assure you that the two post-credit scenes of ‘Shazam! The fury of the gods’, which leave some messages for the uncertain future of the franchise now led by James Gunn.

In his review for FOTOGRAMAS, Fausto Fernández wrote about the film: “‘Shazam! The Fury of the Gods’ invites a ball pool to all those DC characters that the cinema is going to make invisible, a kind of Justice League of losers before the decisions of new executives in the studio. There he lets them have fun and has fun with them, he plays with them like Freddy with his superheroic memorabilia that he doesn’t know how to manage yet very well, which is already part of it.”

While we wait to be able to see the latest DC Comics premiere from our living room, we already have our eyes set on the next films in the saga, and that we still do not know very well how they will fit into the entire framework of the brand. We are talking about ‘The Flash’ with Ezra Miller, which opens on June 23, and also in summer ‘Blue Beetle’ with Xolo Maridueña, who we will see again in season 6 of ‘Cobra Kai’. Projects prior to the Gunn era will end with the premiere of ‘Aquaman 2’ in Christmas 2023.

From here on, the future of DC is divided between individual projects such as ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’, the sequel to Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga’s ‘Joker’, and new projects announced by Gunn’s direction as the expected ‘Superman Legacy’.