Who Are Shazam 2's Villains & Why They Want To Kill Him
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for Shazam: Fury of the Gods, officially debuting the film's villains known as the Daughters of Atlas. It's also revealed why they want to kill Shazam (Zachary Levi) and his family. Taking place a few years after the first Shazam film, the members of the Shazam Family have become established heroes in Philadelphia. However, it seems as though their magical powers are now at risk, thereby endangering the world.
Played by Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, and Rachel Zegler, the Daughters of Atlas will be positioned as the sequel's primary villains. While mysteries persist about Zegler's character whose name has yet to be revealed, the mythological sisters look to be a formidable force to be reckoned with. However, they may not be a fully unified force as they face the newest heroes in the DCEU.
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According to Levi at SDCC, Shazam2 will feature Billy Batson doing his best to keep his family together while also fearing the idea of getting older. As such, the Daughters of Atlas are perfectly positioned to serve as the film's rivals who threaten to take the Shazam Fam's power away in the new sequel. Here are the origins of the Daughters of Atlas as well as why they want to defeat Billy and his siblings.
Rather than having direct counterparts to characters in the comics, the Daughters of Atlas will instead be based on the original characters from Greek Mythology. Officially confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con, Helen Mirren will be playing Hespera in Shazam 2 while Lucy Liu will play Calypso. Having anywhere from three to seven daughters known as the Hesperides, Hespera and Calypso were both children of Atlas, tasked with protecting
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