The first Shazam! movie might not have been a massive hit, but fans and critics alike reacted well enough to it, so of course a sequel was coming sooner rather than later. While the next logical step in the Shazam! saga was to pit the iconic DC hero against his traditional antagonist Black Adam, the powers that be chose to keep them separate for at least one more installment.
With the Dwayne Johnson-led Black Adam movie now dead in the water and Shazam’s continuity within the larger DC universe in question, a live-action conflict between the two characters – current iteration or not – might not happen for a long time. The second Shazam! installment has built up its world and mythology regardless, though.
