New Line’s “Shazam!” arrives in theaters which sees DC trying to replicate Marvel’s ability to transform their lesser known superheroes into blockbusters.
The summer superhero movie season is about to get started in earnest with “Avengers: Endgame,” “X-Men: Dark Phoenix,” and “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” but first we’ve got “Shazam” from DC Comics — the second big comic book movie of the year after “Captain Marvel” in March.
For a long time, movies based on DC properties eschewed the practice that became the norm for their Marvel counterparts — post-credits scenes. Marvel movies, and movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in particular, loved tossing in a bonus scene during and/or at the end of the credits to tease future movies or just add a little extra joke. But DC didn’t do that sort of thing until very recently, with “Justice League” back in 2017 and “Aquaman” just a few months back.
So does “Shazam” follow the recent DC trend by including any bonus scenes after the credits roll, or does it stick with the old norm for DC flicks by skipping any extra teases?
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The answer is that “Shazam” does have two extra scenes after the credits roll – both a mid-credits scene and a post-credits scene.
