Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ two credit scenes, defined

This text comprises spoilers for Shazam! Fury of The Gods.

Billy Batson learns what it takes to turn into a hero in Shazam! Fury of The Gods, however does he have a future within the DC comedian guide universe? One of many credit scenes appears to hope so, however it’s extraordinarily difficult.

The primary film was about teen Billy (Asher Angel) unlocking the powers of Shazam — the knowledge of Solomon, the energy of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the facility of Zeus, the braveness of Achilles, and the velocity of Mercury — remodeling him right into a full-grown superhero (performed by Zachary Levi). He discovered to manage that energy, and share it together with his siblings.

Fury of the Gods is in regards to the duty and responsibility of being a super-powered household that has to guard Philadelphia. Philadelphians are notoriously a tricky crowd to win over, and that process is made much more tough when a trio of super-powered goddesses (Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, Rachel Zegler) threaten to destroy not solely Philly but in addition all of planet Earth.

What does it imply to be highly effective? The place’s the road between private duty and the duty owed to individuals who can’t defend themselves? Why is Helen Mirren so imply on this film? And why does she get body-slammed so many instances?

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By means of this trial, Billy learns what it means to be a hero, a god even. On the finish of the movie, he makes the last word sacrifice to guard the world and is rewarded with a cheerful ending as Marvel Lady (Gal Gadot in a quick cameo) resurrects him and reunites him together with his loving household.

A mid-credits scene connected to the film appears to point he’ll be again for extra! Perhaps even with Marvel Lady in some capability.

However it’s not that easy …

Shazam’s credit scenes level to an unsure future for the hero

Fury of The Gods’ mid-credits scene opens with two brokers strolling and speaking about how Amanda Waller, the character performed by Viola Davis who instructions the Suicide Squad and Justice Society, instructed them to watch out when recruiting their subsequent goal. He’s apparently very highly effective, one of the highly effective forces they’ve ever come into contact with.

That concentrate on? Billy Batson/Shazam.

We discover Billy doing a little goal apply with empty soda cans, zapping every one with lightning bolts. Waller’s operatives inform him that she’d like him to hitch the “Justice …” earlier than Billy cuts them off. He says sure, considering they’re recruiting him to be a part of the Justice League. They appropriate Billy, telling him that it’s not the Justice League, however somewhat the similar-sounding Justice Society.

Billy is confused, questioning why somebody would give the groups such comparable names. And he clearly desires to hitch the staff that Marvel Lady is on. One of many Waller operatives walks away exasperated, having had sufficient of this attractive himbo. In the meantime Billy, goes on to counsel different names for the Justice Society — together with “the Avengers Society” — earlier than the scene cuts.

Usually, that is the half the place Warner Bros. and DC would need all of us to invest whether or not or not Waller will add Shazam to her roster of superheroes. It additionally harks again to the Black Adam credit scene the place Waller calls in Superman to take care of Black Adam. If Waller has each Superman and Shazam on velocity dial, clearly she has one thing in thoughts and might be shoring up defenses in opposition to the subsequent large dangerous.

However wait! This isn’t a daily credit scene as a result of the DC universe at Warner Bros. is getting a reboot.

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Again in October, director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad, to not be confused with plain outdated Suicide Squad) and Peter Safran had been named co-chairs and co-chief government officers of DC Studios, i.e., the people who find themselves answerable for all of DC’s superhero storytelling. When Gunn and Safran had been named, a cinematic overhaul of the universe started.

The sequel to Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam didn’t get a inexperienced mild. Neither did director Patty Jenkins’s bid for a 3rd Marvel Lady film. Henry Cavill, who was rumored to return as Superman, was out too. And although Gunn and Safran introduced a slew of latest tasks on each the movie and tv facet in January, not one of the heroes we’ve already met — together with Shazam — seem like a part of the primary chapter of Gunn and Safran’s storytelling.

The first tasks introduced have veered away from spotlighting DC’s most well-known heroes — Superman, Marvel Lady, and Batman — and as an alternative will share focus with characters like Tremendous Lady, Swamp Factor, and the superhero group referred to as The Authority. There are tales involving DC’s large three, however they’ll both function a distinct period of that superhero’s life (a Superman reboot film is within the works) or function that hero in a roundabout approach (a TV present about Themyscira, the Amazon island the place Marvel Lady was born, is scheduled however it doesn’t appear that Marvel Lady will probably be a central character in it).

Fury of the Gods’ credit scene appears to have been made earlier than the overhaul, because it’s now teasing a staff that isn’t a part of the Gunn-Safran schedule. Billy Batson’s future within the Justice League (he’s a member within the comedian books) in addition to his future within the DC cinematic universe appears to be doubtful. It’s not an excellent time to be a Shazam fan.

All that mentioned, he did have an excellent level in regards to the similar-sounding names.

Fury of the Gods’ second credit scene is an inside joke from the primary film

The tip-credits scene opens in a jail cell, Physician Sivana’s (Mark Robust) to be actual. It’s been 4 years or so since we final noticed the villain from the primary Shazam! film! And identical to earlier than, he hears a well-recognized voice emanating from a grate in his cell. Upon additional inspection it’s Mister Thoughts (voiced by Shazam! director David Sandberg), the tiny, telepathic, worm-like villain who visited him within the credit scene from the primary film.

Sivana asks Mister Thoughts why he hasn’t come sooner. They had been presupposed to be launching some grand plan collectively. It’s been years and, Sivana says, he’s 57 years outdated. Villainy, apparently, is just not for anybody pushing 60.

Mister Thoughts apologizes, and explains that regardless of his genius mind and powers of telepathy, bodily talking, he’s a tiny worm who has to slither all over the place slowly. He doesn’t have wings. Nor does he have legs. Visiting Sivana takes time.

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Sivana apologizes for speeding Mister Thoughts and never recognizing his bodily limitations. He asks, now that Mister Thoughts is right here in his wormy flesh, if they will begin on the plan. Mister Thoughts says sure, however he has to deal with yet one more factor earlier than they will start, and begins — to Sivana’s full frustration — inch out of the cell, leaving Physician Sivana to attend a couple of extra years.

I nearly really feel dangerous for Physician Sivana. Given Shazam’s unsure future at Warner Bros., Mister Thoughts’s snail tempo won’t be the one cause we’ll have to attend to see the 2 villains reunite.