With a sequel to Shazam! already in the works, a lot of people are expecting Black Adam to finally come into the picture. The bad news is, we're going to have to wait until the third movie before we see Captain Marvel go up against his greatest rival.
Talking during the CCXP Cologne convention (via Batman-News), Zachary Levi explained:
"I can say that as far as I know, Black Adam is not going to be in the second Shazam! because the idea is that they want to go and do a standalone Black Adam movie first… And then it would kind of be if we do a third Shazam! and a second Black Adam, kind of [parallel] like that, that's where we would [meet]."
For now, it looks like the villain for the sequel is going to be Mister Mind, and it's possible that we could still get a return from Mark Strong's Dr. Sivana. The Black Adam movie is said to be aiming for a start next year, so that means we could get a theatrical release sometime in 2021.
When it comes to the delay on the clash, Levi did try to explain that Adam was the "ultimate bad guy" for Captain Marvel and that introducing him in a second film would make it hard to follow should a third movie be in the works. He continues:
"Like [Captain Marvel and] Black Adam, they're doppelgängers right, the evil twin to who I am. So that's got to be like the final battle… If we do that in the second movie, then where do we go after that? It would just be a movie of us sitting around playing video games for the third one; that would be very boring."
We don't have any releases for Black Adam or Shazam! 2, but both films are expected to start production next year.
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