Shazam 2 Will Ignore First Movie's Post-Credits Tease, Confirms Writer

The upcoming sequel will ignore the big setup at the end of the first film.

Fury of the Godsis confirmed to ignore the teases in the first movie’s post-credits tag.

He then starts to hear a voiceone that belongs to a talking caterpillar.

Shazam, Fury of the Gods, Mister Mind

The insect in question happens to be the one and only Mister Mind.

The character is a worm from space sporting powerful psionic abilities such as telepathy and mind control powers.

He also happens to be an infamous villain fromShazam’srogue gallery.

Mister Mind, Shazam

In an interview withCinemablend,Shazam!

And it is, now that he has it, hes terrified to lose it."

And it was really fun.

Mark Strong, Shiva, Shazam

But what ended up happening is it felt redundant with the first movie.

It just felt like it was telling the natural next installment, action-wise."

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Questioning that, and really telling that story was much more compelling than continuing the Sivana story right now.

Thats not to say they were in the future.

But I think, ultimately, this emotionally was the best story to tell."

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However, given theupcoming DCU reboot, manyfans wonder if either of themwill make the final cut.

Shazam’s existence inJames Gunn’supcoming slate remains a big question mark.

No one seems to know what’ll happen to the hero or his supporting cast.

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Odds are that DC Studios is waiting to make any final decisions until the movie’sbox officeperformance can be seen.

Fury of the Godshit theaters on Friday, March 17.