Shazam: Fury Of The Gods will not feature Henry Cavill reprising his role as Superman, despite rampant rumors to the contrary. The sequel to the hit 2019 film Shazam!,

Shazam takes place within the DC Extended Universe and even featured a faceless cameo by Superman in its final scene. Director David F. Sandberg confirmed Cavill was originally alleged to shoot that cameo but bowed out before the film was completed. A bevy of recent rumors has suggested the person of Steel might make an appearance within the Shazam! the sequel, which is currently thanks to being released in 2023.

But consistent with Variety, Cavill won't be returning to the role for Shazam 2, and it's still an open question if the actor will return to the cape and tights at all in the future. Cavill first took on the role in 2013's Man Of Steel, the first entry in the DCEU. He reprised the role in Zack Snyder's polarizing Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice and Joss Whedon's ill-fated cut of Justice League.

But the future of Superman on the big screen remains uncertain. Cavill's Superman was installed several regimes ago, with the more recent DC Films brass gravitating toward more earnest, hopeful iterations of their main heroes; Cavill's moody, morally complex Superman now seems wholly out of step with what the studio is trying to do with its comic book properties.