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Everyone’s Pointing Fingers Over Why ‘Shazam 2’ Bombed

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | March 21, 2023 |

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | March 21, 2023 |


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With Shazam! Fury of the Gods bombing at the box office, the finger pointing has started in earnest, and Zachary Levi is surprisingly diving right in. While responding to DC fans on Twitter, he not only kicked the Zack Snyder hornet’s nest, but outright blamed “marketing” for failing the film. (Variety)

There’s also a burgeoning theory that The Rock is to blame for kneecapping the film by vetoing a Shazam cameo in Black Adam, and what do you know? Zachary Levi quickly jumped aboard that one, too. (The Wrap)

The news that Jordan Peele has two movies coming in 2024 probably has a lot of actors calling their agents. (Lainey Gossip)

Who in the hell is seriously mad about this? Who?! (Dlisted)

Hobo-chic Jeremy Strong and pregnant Sarah Snook kicked off the final Succession premiere. (Celebitchy)

From Petr: My metal people keep on being great. (TikTok)

In what’s becoming a recurring theme for the Star Wars movies, Damon Lindelof has already bounced after turning in his secret script. (Deadline)

Speaking of, yes, the Daniels worked on a Star Wars. No, they are not selling out. (Polygon)

Trump misled his own lawyers about the classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, and now, the special counsel knows it. Is that bad? That seems bad. (ABC News)

The J.K. Rowling podcast finally let a trans person push back. (Daily Beast)

From Seth: Lolol, this is very simple, yet very well done. (TikTok)

Narfna picked up Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke because of a recommendation, but it was the “extremely entertaining and highly informative prose” that made this one of her most tabbed books. “I sat down just to look at it, with no intention of buying. I read the first page and then bought it.” How do you note book passages you want to remember? (Cannonball Read 15)