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‘Shazam!’ Director Almost Gave Up IP-Based Movies After “Death Threats” From Fans
Although David F. Sandberg might be done with superhero movies after 'Shazam!', he still has some blockbusters in him.
Fury of the Gods(2023) director revealed that he got “death threats” over his work on the DCEU franchise, which nearly forced him to give up IP-based movies before his upcoming video game horror adaptation Until Dawn, which premieres Friday. You can get, like, death threats and everything so after Shazam 2, I was like, ‘I never wanna do another IP-based movie because it’s just not worth it.’ But then I was sent this script, and I was like, ‘Ah, this would be so much fun to do, to do all these kinds of horrors? star Zachary Levi was also confused at the “ insanely unkind ” reviews, expressing doubt in another installment of the superhero franchise.
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