‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ New Trailer Pokes Fun at Game of Thrones

Warner Bros. Pictures has revealed a new trailer for “Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” this Thursday. The film which is a sequel to the 2019 movie, will release in theaters internationally beginning March 15, 2023, and in North America on March 17, 2023.

From New Line Cinema, “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word “SHAZAM!,” is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.

The trailer begins with Helen Mirren's Hespera threatening Shazam, "We are at war. We will annihilate everything. The champions of this realm can do nothing to stop us." Zachary Levi's Shazam is trying to explain the situation to other Super Heros, "All right, here's the situation. The Daughters of Atlas are coming to hunt us." The trailer also pokes fun at Game of Thrones when Shazam calls out Lucy Liu's character, who is riding on a Dragon, Khaleesi! For those who are not aware, Emilia Clarke's character Daenerys Targaryen in the Game of Thrones series was also referred to as Khaleesi. The trailer shows a lot of action-packed scenes with Shazam fighting Dragon rider and the superhero family fighting evil while riding horses that look like unicorns.

“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” stars returning cast members Zachary Levi as Shazam; Asher Angel as Billy Batson; Jack Dylan Grazer as Freddy Freeman; Adam Brody as Super Hero Freddy; Ross  Butler as Super Hero Eugene; Meagan Good as Super Hero Darla;  D.J. Cotrona as  Super Hero Pedro; Grace Caroline Currey as Mary Bromfield / Super Hero Mary; Faithe Herman as Darla Dudley; Cooper Andrews as Victor Vasquez; Ian Chen as Eugene Choi; Jovan Armand as Pedro Pena; Marta Milans as Rosa Vasquez; and Djimon Hounsou as Wizard. Joining the cast in this film is Rachel Zegler, with Lucy Liu as Kalypso, and Helen Mirren as Hespera.

The film is directed by David F. Sandberg and produced by Peter Safran. It is written by Henry Gayden and Chris Morgan, based on characters from DC. Shazam! was created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck. Executive producers are Walter Hamada, Adam Schlagman, Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Victoria Palmeri, Marcus Viscidi, and Geoff Johns. 

Joining director Sandberg behind the camera are, the director of photography Gyula  Pados, production designer Paul Kirby and editor Michel Aller (“Shazam!,” “The Nun”). The music supervisor is Season Kent and the music is by Christophe Beck (“Free Guy,” “Frozen II”). Visual effects supervisors are Bruce Jones (“Aquaman,” “It”) and Raymond Chen (“Alita: Battle Angel,” “The Meg”). The costume designer is Louise Mingenbach (“Jumanji: The Next Level,” “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”).

The first Shazam! movie, which was released on April 5, 2019, grossed $140.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $225.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $366 million. It was estimated that the film needed to gross $235–250 million worldwide to break even, and it ended up making a net profit of $74 million when factoring together all expenses and revenues.