Shazam 2 director responds to negative reviews and says he's done with superheroes "for now"

Shazam Fury of the Gods
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Shazam! Fury of the Gods director David F. Sandberg has rܫeacted to the negative reviews on the DC sequel – and revealed why he’s ready to leave superhero movies behind (for now).

"On Rotten Tomatoes I just 𝓡got my lowest critic score and my highest audience score on the same film. I wasn’t expecting a repeat of the first movie critically but I was still a little surprised because I think it’s a good film. Oh well," Sandberg . The Shazam sequel currently sits at 53% Critics’ score and 87% 💛Audience Score on the film aggregator.

"After six years of Shazam I’m definitely done with superheroes for now," the director con🌠tinued, adding, "I don’t regret even for a second making the Shazam movies. I’ve learned so much and gotten to work with some truly amazing people. Will forever be grateful that I got to direct two of these! They’ve been very challenging but valuable experiences."

In perhaps his most interesting obse🦋rvation, Sandberg also addresse💃d "superhero discourse." In his final threaded post, he said, "A lot of that stresses me out so much and it will be nice not having to think about that anymore."

Sandberg’s words also echo his appearance on the . While 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:discussing villain plans and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:that big DC cameo, he touched upon whether he 💯would return to the c꧑omic book space.

&𝐆ldquo;Right now I feel like I just want to do another horror movie or something again,” Sandberg sa🐟id. “First, I miss horror. But also these movies are so much work! It’s like three years per movie. I’ve been doing nothing since Shazam since 2017 so I just need a bit of a break – and then we can talk.”

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