Shazam! Fury Of The Gods Director Denied Reshoots Caused Delay

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods director David F. Sandberg has denied rumors that the film will be undergoing reshoots. Taking to his social media page, Sandberg clarified that filming on the movie is completed and now in the late stages of the post-production process.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods was originally intended to be released on December 21 of this year, before being pushed back to a March 2023 release slot. Ever since the reshuffling at Warner Bros. following its merger with Discovery, the slate of the DCEU has been in a state of flux. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was previously going to be released during Shazam's new opening window, but the film needed further work and was pushed back to a release date of December 25, 2023.

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Perhaps due to Aquaman 2's need for more time in post-production, some have speculated as to whether Shazam also needed more time in its post-production stage. According to Sandberg, he had even seen rumors claiming that Shazam 2 needed to be 'retooled.' He flatly denied those rumors and dispelled other claims that more filming would need to take place before the film hit theaters next year. Sandberg stated that the final cut has been «locked» for «some time now» and said that the Shazam 2 production crew is actually hard at work finalizing the mix, color, and VFX shots for the movie.

He further elaborated that «everyone» is happy with the film as it currently stands, and that the release date shift did not mean that the crew was going to take more time to complete it. Sandberg assured fans that the reason for the release date shift was because «they» (presumably meaning the studio) felt that Aquaman and the Lost