Zachary Levi, star of DC’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods wants to see Billy Batson face off against Spider-Man’s Peter Parker. Originally an MCU star himself, Levi played Thor Odinson’s companion Fandral in 2013’s Thor: The Dark World and 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok. In 2017, he was also cast in the leading role of Shazam, the magical alter-ego of the teenage foster child Billy Batson.
Grossing over $366 million in the worldwide box office and earning positive reviews, a sequel was announced shortly after the first Shazam! was released in 2019. While details about the film’s potential plot have been scant, at last year’s DC Fandome, director David F. Sandberg announced that the sequel’s official title would be Shazam! Fury of the Gods. With DC Fandome 2021 also just around the corner, a new sneak preview is expected to be streamed as part of this year’s event program.
More recently, Levi and some of his fellow cast mates also attended Dragon Con and led a Shazam! panel. According to The Direct, Levi and the cast were asked which Marvel characters they would most like to see their DC superheroes face off against. Levi had two answers, firstly suggesting Thor, because “we’re both like Gods of Thunder” and then moving on to suggest that Spider-Man’s Peter Parker might be the best opponent because he’s “similar to Billy Batson.” Check out his comments below:
"Split decision for me, it’s either fight Thor, cause you know we’re both like Gods of Thunder essentially; shooting electricity at each other. Plus you know, I kinda made a little cameo in that whole situation. Just the irony of it would be fun…
But also, I think there’s only one character, in all of comic-dom, both DC, Marvel, whatever it is, there’s only one character that I think is similar to Billy Batson: and it’s Peter Parker... I think Billy and Peter having a fight would be really fun… they would become friends after the fight!"
The concept of a potential DCEU and MCU crossover event has long been on the wish lists of dedicated fans, and the idea of Shazam facing off against Spider-Man would most certainly be a spectacle for audiences to witness. However, given the difficulties Marvel Studios have previously faced working around the rights issues with Sony to have Spider-Man appear in their own films, it seems highly unlikely that such a crossover with DC would be feasible anytime in the immediate future. Yet, in a world where studios seem intent on continually one-upping themselves and are always looking to develop the next big comic book adaptation, the various studios involved may see the box office potential in collaborating on a Marvel vs DC property at some point in the future.
After all, Spider-Man himself was the first ever Marvel character to meet a hero from the DC Universe. As far back as 1976, Spidey began the trend of Marvel vs DC comic crossover events in Superman vs The Amazing Spider-Man. If Peter Parker can manage to face off against the Man of Steel in the comics, there’s no reason he shouldn’t be able to hold his own against Levi's Shazam. Until then, however, fans still have plenty to look forward to with Shazam! Fury of the Gods' upcoming DC Fandome panel.
Source: The Direct
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