Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Tag Archive: Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Black Adam and Shazam!–DC Comics moves past the Snyderverse into fun territory

Filed under: Movies, Superheroes — Leave a comment

July 24, 2022

At this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con, DC Comics’ Jim Lee announced that there are no plans for Zack Snyder to return to the DC franchise movies or for the “SnyderVerse” Justice League to continue. This was followed up with two big trailers that open up the DC Comics universe to return to the fun of the comics. Zachary Levi’s spin on the original Captain Marvel opened the gates for a renaissance for DC at the movies with his new Shazam in 2019, back again this year in the sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, and Dwayne Johnson is taking DC to the next level in his big fall release Black Adam.

And another show with a dragon! Seems like you can’t find a trailer this summer without one. Thanks, Shazam!

Neither of these movies could look better, and these trailers have a lot of promise. Can Shazam and Black Adam save the DCU? Check out the trailers for Black Adam and Shazam! Fury of the Gods: Continue reading →

DC Fandome trailers, and the Justice League we really want

Filed under: Comics & Books, Movies, Retro Fix, Superheroes, TV — Leave a comment

August 24, 2020

Where Marvel Comics has seen its pantheon of characters celebrated both in 20 years of X-Men movies and 11 years of interconnected movies featuring the other major characters from the comics, DC Entertainment has limped along on the big screen, choosing to either go darker than the traditional comics in its adaptations or overlooking the core of its characters altogether. It’s had a better run on television. What we all probably want is something getting closer to the heart of why we loved the characters as kids. And if you want reminded of what that was, you’ll be happy to see that all nine seasons of the animated classic series Super Friends aka SuperFriends are streaming right now on DC Universe.

Continue reading →