Zachary Levi; Dwayne Johnson.Photo: Jason Mendez/Getty, Arturo Holmes/Getty
Warning: Post-credit spoilers forShazam! Fury of the Godsappear in the text below.
Fellow DC Studios starsZachary LeviandDwayne “The Rock” Johnsonappear to not be seeing eye to eye. (Levi plays superhero Shazam across two films in the DC Universe, while Johnson debuted his Black Adam character in 2022.)
On Tuesday, theShazam! Fury of the Godsactor, 42, shared a report from an Instagram user that began, “The Wrap confirms that in ‘SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS’, the Justice Society from ‘BLACK ADAM’ were recruiting Shazam in the post credits.”
“The Rockdenied access and[director]David F. Sandberghad to make a last minute decision to add Emilia and John,” the report continued. “Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson attempted to restructure the DCEU centering him andHenry Cavill’s Superman.”
Cavill’s Superman had a cameo at the end ofBlack Adam, a DC film released last October in which Johnson, 50, plays the title role. At the time, Cavilltold fans on Instagram he was making a comebackto the role of Superman. (Johnson also revealed he “fought hard” to make the cameo happen, teasing furtherBlack Adamsequels.)
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Zachary Levi’s Instagram Story.Zachary Levi/instagram
Meanwhile, the report Levi shared on his Instagram Story Tuesday concluded, “The Rockdidn’t allow Zachary Levi to cameoin a post credit for ‘BLACK ADAM,’ " citing The Wrap.
In text underneath the report about Johnson, Levi wrote, “The truth shall set you free,” adding upside-down-smile and praise-hands emojis.
Reps for Johnson and Levi did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment on Wednesday morning.
The alleged disagreement comes amid several recent shakeups in the DC world, including the cancelledBatgirlfilm,Wonder Woman 3being put on hold andThe Flashfacing challenges amidcontroversy surrounding star Ezra Miller.
Ina message on Twitterin December, Johnson also clarified that under new leadership at DC Studios (Guardians of the Galaxydirector Gunn, 56, and producer Safran, 57, were announced as new co-CEOs in October),Black Adamwon’t have a sequel in the immediate future.
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Sandberg, 42, said in a recent interview withThe Hollywood Reporterthat “there were supposed to be characters from [Black Adam’s] Justice Society” inShazam! Fury of the Gods, “but that fell apartthree days before we were going to roll cameras.”
Despite figuring out a solution, the filmmaker toldTHRthat he “was really upset because we had built that abandoned gas station set, and we could only shoot that scene in that little piece of forest. I was like, ‘This is so boring. We need something here.’ "
“So the art department built that whole gas station and brought in some old cars and things,” he added. “They made it look really nice with very few resources, and so I was like, ‘We have this set and we have the time, so we have to shoot something here.’ "
And while the scene “makes a little less sense” with Emilia and John — “It’s like, ‘Why are they recruiting for Justice Society?’ " Sandberg said — he added, “You can kind of see it as they’re working for Amanda Waller [Viola Davis].”
“So I was just very grateful to get them in there, and it was really cool shooting it because I’m a big fan ofPeacemaker,” he noted to the outlet.
Shazam! Fury of the Godsrecentlyopened to $30.5 million domesticallyover its opening weekend, according toVariety, which noted that its production budget was $110 million, not including the estimated $100 million used to promote it.
CostarringHelen Mirren,Lucy Liu,Rachel Zeglerand more, the sequel to the 2019 DC film has a51 percent Rotten Tomatoes scoreamong critics and 87 percent among moviegoers.
Shazam! Fury of the Godsis in theaters now.
source: people.com
