Billy Batson is going to have his hands really full when
Shazam! Fury of the Gods swoops into theaters in 2023. SYFY WIRE has confirmed that the sequel to 2019 s crowdpleaser
Shazam! will be adding a second villain in the form of none other than Lucy Liu s Kalypso.
The character is the sister of the previously announced Hespera (played by
Fast and the Furious Dame Helen Mirren) and the second daughter of the Greek God Atlas, one of the six immortal elders who are the sources of Shazam s mystical powers. He has the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the courage of Achilles, the power of Zeus, the stamina of Atlas, and the speed of Mercury. (All of which actually forms the acronym that is the titular hero s name.)
It s not all bad news, though. Cavill still clearly wants to play Superman, and you ll get to see him do more in HBO Max s upcoming
Zack Snyder s Justice League in March. But at the moment, he s rather busy at the moment shooting the second season of
The Witcher for Netflix. And as
Variety notes, the plan is still for him to show up as a cameo in
a DCEU movie in the future, just not
Shazam! 2.
This isn t the first time there s been questions about who s showing up in
Fury of the Gods. Though the cast of the original film is expected to return, including Asher Angel as Billy Batson and Zachary Levi as his heroic counterpart, the original announcement of the film last year also revealed comedian Sinbad had joined the cast. They even featured him in a poster! Was the casting a joke or the real deal? We shall see.