In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Sandberg was asked Wrath of the Godsmid-credit scene with ARGUS agents Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland) and John Economos (Steve Agee) Suicide Squad (2021) and HBO Max Peacemaker recruit Shazam (Zachary Levi) into the JSA. According to the director, the appearance of Harcourt and Economos was a last-minute change, as the heroes of the DC super team were originally going to make a cameo. “There had to be characters from (Black Adam’s) Justice Society, but it broke up three days before we were going to roll cameras,” Sandberg said.
What is the American Justice Society in Black Adam?
The DCU’s JSA was introduced in Black Adam (2022), featuring heroes Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), Doctor Fate (Pierce Brosnan), Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo) and Cyclone (Quintessa Swindell). Set in the comics two decades before Justice League, the DCU’s version of the team tasks ARGUS leader Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) with capturing Black Adam (Dwayne Johnson) after he’s freed from a 5,000-year battle. exile. In the end, the JSA and Black Adam team up to stop the villain Sabbac from taking over the world, and the battle claimed the life of one JSA member.
Sandberg explained how the entire gas station scene in the movie where Shazam meets Harcourt and Economos was built for the planned JSA scene. “I was really shocked because we had built that abandoned gas station set, and we could only shoot that scene in that little forest,” Sandberg said, adding, “They made it look really cool with very little resources, so I was like, ‘We have this set and we there’s time, so we have to film something here.”
Thanks to calls from producer Peter Safran, now co-CEO of DC Studios alongside James Gunn, Holland and Agee signed a deal to save the scene. “Jen Holland and Steve Agee came in on very short notice,” Sandberg explained. “I mean, the scene makes a little less sense with them. It’s like, ‘Why are they recruiting for the Justice Society?’ , because I’m a big fan Peacemaker.”
Future Peacemaker and Black Adam projects explained
Amanda Waller and the Cast Peacemaker may be a future in the future of the DCU, but the future of Black Adam and the JSA is more uncertain. Peacemaker has been renewed for a second season, but has no official release window. Starring Davis Waller meanwhile, another DC series focusing on the ARGUS boss after his crimes and the Suicide Squad show announced Peacemaker Season 1 finale.
As for Black Adam and the JSA, in November 2022, Black Adam producer Hiram Garcia hinted at Atom Smasher’s future plans, but was this connected Wrath of the GodsThe middle level or other projects are not known. A month later in December 2022, Johnson released a statement about the suspension going forward Black Adam projects, which read: “James Gunn and I teamed up, and Black Adam is not in the first chapter of their storytelling. However, DC and Seven Bucks have agreed to continue exploring the most valuable ways Black Adam can be utilized in future chapters of the multiverse.”
Shazam’s future in the DCU depends on the hero’s sequel
The first chapter of Gunn and Safran’s revamped DCU is called “Gods & Monsters,” but no future Shazam! the films have been announced at the time of writing. Sandberg and Levi have both discussed how the hero’s future in the DCU depends on the success Wrath of the Gods, and the film’s two credits scenes seem to create new stories for the character. While Shazam joined the JSA during the mid-credits, Wrath of the GodsThe post-credits scene follows Dr. Sivana (Mark Strong) and Mister Mind’s partnership teased Shazam! (2019).
Shazam! Wrath of the Gods is now showing in theaters.
Source: THR