Is Dwayne Johnson the ultimate villain of the DCEU? Rumors reveal that it was he who prevented his expected meeting with Zachary Levi in ’Shazam 2′, causing the null success of both films.
A few days ago Shazam 2 was released in theaters around the world, but even Zachary Levi’s charisma was not enough to be a box office triumph during its opening weekend, which is usually the most important period of income for a film. The film directed by David F. Sandberg few viewers liked it and many were left waiting for something better.
This is the second failure following the premiere of Black Adam in 2022. We already know all the chaos that was created with the arrival of James Gunn together with Peter Safran at the head of the DCEU, because following being the hope of the fans, he soon became a terrible villain for ending the participation of Henry Cavill as Superman and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.
With the cameo of the superhero in a blue suit and red cape in the post-credits scene of the film directed by Dwayne Johnson, audiences celebrated Cavill’s returnwho abandoned his role in The Witcher to give priority to his character in DC, but things didn’t work out that way and just a month later he announced his departure from the universe.
The funny thing is that It is rumored that Superman would not appear in said scene but Shazam. It was Johnson who refused to let Levi appear at the end of his movie and, according to The Wrapit was also because of him that Black Adam did not make a cameo at the end of Shazam! The fury of the gods; breaking the illusion of fans to see the meeting between the rivals of the comics.
Supposedly, the protagonist of Jungle Cruise he was so involved in overseeing his project and character that he wanted complete control of which films he would act in and with whom, so refused to show members of the Justice Society of America recruiting to Shazam. So the only way to intertwine the other movies was with the Wonder Woman cameo.
Still to be released The Flash to find out what will happen to the DCEU and what its direction will beWell, things have not gone well for the study that produces them. The film co-starring Jack Dylan Grazer, Rachel Zegler, Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren continues on the big screen; If you haven’t seen it yet, you can buy your tickets here.
