Even if he does not appear in Billy Batson’s first adventure, he will have a presence in the background as Sandberg lays the groundwork for him to eventually take on Shazam in a mano-a-mano match.
That said, it looks like we can still look forward to seeing Dwayne Johnson chew some scenery as the villainous wizard as the DCEU moves forward.
Although he won’t appear in the first Shazam movie, he’s still attached to the greater DC universe as the character — and there is even a Black Adam solo movie reportedly in development.
He’s out there waiting to make his debut, but now it’s a simple question of which villain the first Shazam film will have our hero face off against.