Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterLucy Liu is officially a god.The “Elementary” and “Why Women Kill” star has joined the DC Comics adaptation “Shazam!
Fury of the Gods” as the villain Kalypso, the sister of Helen Mirren’s villainous character Hespera.Along with Liu and Mirren, the core filmmaking team from 2019’s “Shazam!” is returning for the sequel, including Zachary Levi as the eponymous superhero Shazam!, and Asher Angel as his teenage alter ego Billy Batson.
David F. Sandberg is returning to direct the film, from a screenplay by Henry Gayden. Peter Safran is producing with his shingle the Safran Company.Like Mirren’s character Hespera, Liu’s Kalypso does not have an obvious counterpart in DC Comics.
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