Billy Batson and the gang are returning to the silver screen [1]! On Dec. 12, Warner Bros. announced the release date for Shazam! Fury of the Gods [2] as April 1, 2022 but, like all productions that saw a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film release has been rescheduled [3] to premiere on June 2, 2023.

An unprecedented step away from DC's more serious superhero films, Shazam follows Billy (Asher Angel), a teenager who can transform [4] into the adult-sized titular hero played by Zachary Levi [5] when he says the magic word. Along with his foster siblings [6], Billy saves the world from the villainous Dr. Thaddeus Sivana, but the film's midcredits scene [7] definitely leaves enough material for a follow-up!

Though Shazam! doesn't have the same following [8] as DC's more popular film heroes, like Batman, Wonder Woman [9], or Superman [10], the film received critical acclaim and earned a 90 percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That's slightly more than Justice League [11] can say, for sure. Here's hoping we'll see more success and laughs from the transforming Shazam family [12] in the upcoming sequel!