Dwayne Johnson Thrown Under The Bus For Shazam 2 Box Office Failure
Dwayne Johnson went his separate ways from DC and Warner Bros. Discovery since the release of Black Adam, but that has not stopped the actor from being thrown under the bus for the recent release of Shazam: Fury of the Gods.
Despite speculation that the Johnson DC film would lose money for Warner Bros. Discovery, Black Adam may have turned a profit. However, this remains disputed when factoring in costs, marketing, and how much the studio received from the film's box office gross. Even so, new information suggests that Shazam 2might have performed better if Johnson hadn't vetoed plans for the film.
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The Wrap reported on insider claims that Johnson was a handful for Warner Bros. and that he is to blame for the box office failure of Shazam: Fury of the Gods. Reports suggest that the actor “vetoed ideas that would have seen Zachary Levi's Shazam cameo in a post-credits scene for Black Adam." According to «high-level Hollywood insiders,» the nixed Black Adam post-credits scene would have seen Levi's Shazam being recruited by the Justice Society of America. However, Johnson reportedly didn’t want any big superheroes showing up that weren’t Black Adam or Superman, forcing Safran's hand to resort to those lower-tier Peacemaker characters for a similar scene in Shazam 2. This comes directly after Shazam 2 director David Sandberg said Safran decided to have the Peacemaker characters in Shazam 2 after plans for other characters appearing fell apart «at the last minute.»
The timing of these insider claims is interesting, especially if James Gunn and Peter Safran wanted to shift blame in an attempt to deflect from the responsibility of the
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