Zachary Levi is sharing his ideas on the state of DC Studios movies amid current modifications overseen by new bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran.

Levi posted an Instagram Stay video Thursday to set the report straight on ongoing dialogue surrounding Warner Bros.’ evolving plan for its future slate of movies based mostly on DC Comics characters. The actor reprises his function as DC hero Shazam in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, hitting theaters March 17, 2023.

In mild of Dwayne Johnson asserting earlier this week that his current movie Black Adam, through which he stars because the titular nemesis of Shazam, won’t be getting a sequel anytime quickly, Levi stated his goal was to dispel any “random deceitful banter” circulating on-line. Whereas Levi made it clear that he’s not absolutely certain what Gunn and Safran take into account for Shazam, he believes he’s in “a fairly good place” and inspired followers to “be affected person and provides them some house and a while to try to actually make one thing particular” with the DC Universe.

“Up so far, there have been fairly a number of DC movies which will have made some followers very completely satisfied, however they’re not tapping into the bigger viewers,” Levi stated. “Marvel was very profitable in doing that — bringing in as many individuals to the desk, as many individuals that could possibly be satiated and introduced pleasure and all that stuff.”

He continued, “For those who’re on the market, and you actually appreciated what occurred earlier than, you are able to do that — that’s wonderful. However acknowledge there’s lots of people that didn’t like these issues, and we should always at all times be making an attempt to, I feel, faucet into as a lot viewers as potential, making as many individuals as completely satisfied as potential. That’s what we’re in leisure for, and I feel that’s what Peter and James are actually making an attempt to do, and it’s not a simple place. They received handed all of these items that have been already in a whole lot of battle. So guys, simply fucking give them a break. Take it straightforward. Take a breath.”

Levi pushed again in opposition to fan criticism of his 2019 movie Shazam!, calling it a “actually charming film.” The Chuck alum added that he believes the movie’s sequel is even higher than the primary and is more likely to do “moderately nicely” on the field workplace.

Though he didn’t title anybody particularly, Levi additionally stated he needs he might work with among the people who find themselves exiting the DC world, an obvious reference to each Johnson and Henry Cavill, who reprised his function as Superman in a Black Adam cameo. On Dec. 14, Cavill confirmed that he wouldn’t be returning in any case because the Man of Metal after Gunn and Safran knowledgeable him that they might be taking the character in a brand new route.

The day earlier than Cavill’s announcement, filmmaker Patty Jenkins posted to social media in regards to the studio not shifting ahead with Surprise Girl 3 after she had submitted a therapy for the movie. She wrote, partially, that “there was nothing I might do to maneuver something ahead right now.”