Shazam 2 Writer Reveals Supervillain Team-Up Scene That Didn't Make The Cut

gamerant.com:

Although it may be hard to imagine Shazam! Fury of the Gods without Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren, it seems that early drafts were focused on a different set of villains: Mark Strong's Doctor Sivana and Mister Mind.

Shazam 2 stars Lucy Liu and Dame Helen Mirren as two of the trio known as The Daughters of Atlas. The third sister is played by Rachel Zegler, who musical fans may have seen in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story. The three sisters spend the movie attempting to get the seed of The Tree of Life to revive their home realm. While their quest isn't initially catastrophic for Earth, Liu's character turns greedy and vengeful, and Billy and his family have to stop the Daughters of Atlas from destroying Earth.

Shazam: Fury Of The Gods Easter Eggs And References

While having a group of sisters as the bad guys play into Shazam 2's familial themes, it wasn't the writers' first plan. Co-writers Henry Gayden and Chris Morgan had planned to bring back Doctor Sivana and Mister Mind as the main antagonists of Shazam! Fury of the Gods. «There’s a scene where Sivana breaks out of prison without having to lift a finger because of Mister Mind's help, which is one of my favorite scenes I’ve written,” Gayden said to The Hollywood Reporter. “There was stuff there that was great, but none of it really serviced a natural growth for Billy. It felt a little redundant. It felt like we were doing the last movie just on a bigger scale.» Instead, Sivana and Mister Mind were given their second end-credits scene, which plays off the first one that appeared after Shazam!

Sivana and Mister Mind's post-credits scene wasn't the only one attached to the movie. In a mid-credits scene, Billy is approached by Emilia Harcourt and John Economos, who DC fans