The highly anticipated sequel to 2019’s Shazam!, titled Shazam! Fury of the Gods, has shifted its release date a few days from December 16th, 2022 to December 21st, 2022.
According to Deadline, Warner Bros. has decided to move the DC sequel to avoid sharing the same release date as Avatar 2, which is now officially titled Avatar: The Way of Water, following Disney and Avatar producer Jon Landau confirming at CinemaCon that the James Cameron-directed sequel would be released theatrically on December 16th.
While the first Shazam! film was a critical and box office hit after grossing $366 million on a $100 million budget, the decision to shift release dates is seemingly a smart move since the DC sequel would have been going head-to-head with the sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time – which currently sits at $2.8 billion.
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Shazam: Fury of the Gods is being directed by David F. Sandberg, and sees the return of Zachary Levi alongside fellow cast members Asher Angel as Billy Batson, Jack Dylan Grazer and Adam Brody as Freddy Freeman, Faith Herman and Meagan Good as Darla Dudley, Grace Fulton as Mary Bromfield, Ian Chen and Ross Butler as Eugene Choi, Jovan Armand and D.J. Cotrona as Pedro Pena, Marta Milans as Rosa Vasquez, Cooper Andrews as Victor Vasquez, and Djimon Hounsou as The Wizard. New additions to the cast include Helen Mirren as Hespera, Lucy Liu as Kalypso and Rachel Zegler in an as-yet-unrevealed role.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods will release on December 21st 2022.
