Shazam 2: Zachary Levi Believes Sequel Is Better Than the First (and Wants It to Come Out Sooner!)

Director David F. Sandberg’s Shazam! was a breath of fresh air. Full of heart, warmth, humor, and some ingenious, even horror-tinged setpieces, the Zachary Levi-starring DC movie immediately stood out as one of the best superhero flicks of that traditionally Batman-and-Superman-oriented stable of cinema. Thankfully, we are all getting a sequel by the name of Shazam! Fury of the Gods, with the returning creative team and cast (plus a few new, dope faces) to give us more unique superhero pleasures. Our own Steve Weintraub recently spoke with Levi about his new sports film American Underdog, and while Levi couldn’t dive too deep into the new Shazam’s secrets (“You know how we all should feel about spoilers, which is, ’We don’t say them’“), he told us just about much of a leap in quality he thinks the sequel is. And, like the rest of us, he wishes it was coming out way sooner. Levi got into why he believes Fury of the Gods is a triumph over the first Shazam,