Shazam 2’s post-credits scenes tease a possible DC Films future

Many things have happened since 2019’s release Shazam!And its sequel. Shazam! Fury of Gods. The future of Warner Bros.’ DC Comics films has radically changed, for one thing, and I’m not talking about Black Adam.

So, what’s the story in the credits? Fury at the Gods? After all, that’s traditionally where a superhero movie hints at what’s in store for the future of its heroes. It’s also called Shazam! Fury of GodsThis is not an exception.

[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for Shazam! Fury of the Gods.]

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Shazam! Fury to the Gods has two credits scenes, and the first points directly at the wider DC Universe — or, at least, one version of it.

Shazam joined the Justice Society

Agents Harcourt and Economos of HBO Max’s PeacemakerThey grumble along a backroad in the backwoods to meet Shazam. He is having fun popping empty bottles into a disused gas station. They’ve set up the meeting on behalf of Amanda Waller, who has warned them that Philly’s resident superhero is extremely powerful and “a little immature,” but she thinks he could be a good addition to “the team.” She even knows that Shazam and Billy Batson are the same person.

A moment later we discover which team she meant. Harcourt and Economos give Billy the chance to be a member of the Justice Society. He agrees immediately, even though he’s disappointed that they didn’t mean the Justice League. What’s the difference? They are vague. “The Justice Society is different from the Justice League because of how words work,” snarks Harcourt.

One joke about how they should change the name to “the Avenger Society,” and we’re back to the actual credits — Shazam has joined the Justice Society, which made its live action film debut in Black AdamLast year.

Unfortunately, there’s no real-world indication that we’ll ever actually Please seeHe is pictured alongside Hawkman and Doctor Fate. There are no Justice Society or Shazam films on Warner Bros.’ recently retooled slate of DC Comics films, not until the back half of this decade at the earliest, after Superman: LegacyIn theaters by 2025 The closest potential home for Zachary Levi’s Shazam is the Amanda Waller-based spinoff TV series WallerThe project is still under development, and it will not be ready for public release until the last minute. Superman: Legacy — and again, there’s no indication that Shazam will be involved in it.

Even though there is Peacemaker characters linking this scene to DC Films co-CEO James Gunn, there’s no clear indication of where this particular plot thread is leading. And that’s pretty much the case for Fury at the Gods’ second credits scene as well.

Mister Mind… is still at it

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You can recall what you did? Shazam! lore, you may remember that the 2019 movie’s credits scene featured its main villain, Mark Strong’s Doctor Sivana, having a little chat (literally) with Mister Mind. That is, the diabolical worm genius who is among the superhero’s greatest comic book enemies, along with Sivana and Black Adam. Mind said that he would come up with a way to eliminate Shazam.

Mister Mind, where were you? Fury at the Gods? According to director David Sandberg and writer Henry Gayden, they just couldn’t make the character work in this movie.

“I started working on the sequel a couple of weeks after the first one came out,” Gayden tells Polygon over video chat, “and it started out with Mister Mind and Sivana, really trying to follow that story up. Although I loved some of those ideas, most of it was not in the final movie. The Mister Mind character is the only difference. It didn’t feel like it elevated; it felt a little redundant.”

In that first version of the script, Sandberg says, “it was actually Mister Mind that enabled the [Daughters of Atlas]As part of a larger plan, he wanted to bring him to Earth. But it was just too much story to tell and just didn’t fit.”

In order for Fury at the Gods to really emphasize Billy’s core conflict — holding on to the family he’s got after not having one for so long — Sandberg and Gayden said they had to create original villains who could be a mirror to his situation: another set of siblings with superpowers that could be given and taken away.

The second Mister Mind scene in this episode is an intelligent joke. It’s pretty much exactly the same scene as written in Shazam!, but this time, Sivana complains that Mister Mind still hasn’t done his evil plan! Mind tells him, well, it’s very difficult for him to get places quickly! He is a tiny worm.

But they won’t have to wait much longer, he promises, as if he’s about to finally spill the beans on his machinations, and then… “Just one more thing I need to do,” he says, and immediately worms away.

Where will we finally see Mister Mind’s evil plan enacted? Well, as explained above, there’s really no telling. This may truly be the last we’ve seen of the world’s worst worm.