It might not absolutely appear to be it, however Shazam: Fury of the Gods comes out subsequent Friday. Initially scheduled to return out in the direction of the top of 2022 earlier than being punted to 2023, Fury of the Gods has had a considerably muted advertising cycle in comparison with newer DC film fare, and even its personal 2019 predecessor. However in the identical approach that WB determined at a sure level to surrender the sport about Henry Cavill’s Superman cameo in Black Adam, the studio is now doing it once more with the Shazam Household’s second outing.
Spoilers from this level, clearly.
If in case you have cable TV, likelihood is you’ve seen a current promo for Fury that’s stuffed with social media buzz, whereby Gal Gadot’s Surprise Girl exhibits as much as shut out the advert. Sooner or later in the direction of the movie’s finish, she’ll gently rebuff Billy Batson’s makes an attempt to get her quantity earlier than going off to do her personal factor…no matter that factor might find yourself being. Her inclusion within the movie, nevertheless substantial it’s, was undoubtedly meant to be a shock: on Friday, director David F. Sandberg suggested folks to be careful for spoilers in the event that they needed to go in blind subsequent weekend.
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The inclusion of Surprise Girl in Fury of the Gods is a enjoyable gag, because the first film had a headless Superman cameo, and it’d be enjoyable if this continued being the case with different heroes within the franchise’s future. In the meanwhile, although, all it actually serves to remind you is how abrupt Gadot’s time with the character received reduce quick, since she additionally received reduce from The Flash alongside Cavill (at the very least, at time of writing, who is aware of with these motion pictures anymore?) Extra importantly, if a studio has to depend on one or two-minutes cameos to promote a film, then it most likely says one thing about their religion in the way it’ll do by itself deserves.
Shazam: Fury of the Gods hits theaters on Friday, March 17.
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