It’s been a rough ride for the DCU fandom since James Gunn and Peter Safran took over, with virtually the entire SnyderVerse cast being phased out, with no less a star of Dwayne Johnson’s magnitude joining them on the scrapheap. And yet, we’ve got the sneaking suspicion that Zachary Levi’s Shazam will be just fine.
While David F. Sandberg’s opening installment and upcoming sequel Fury of the Gods are technically set in the same timeline as the likes of Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, and Justice League, the closest they’ve come to actually interacting was the faceless Kryptonian cameo at the end of the first film.