Shazam! Fury of the Gods made a splash on the Westwood Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Stars of the DC sequel Zachary Levi, Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, Rachel Zegler, Adam Brody, Ross Butler and extra braved puddles of water on the crimson carpet to have fun the premiere of their movie. The flooding was so dangerous, staff needed to sweep mountains of water off of the carpet all through the night.
The moist carpet comes on the heels of a number of wet premieres in L.A. following the storms which have been hitting the most important metropolis and different components of California over the previous couple of months. Mike Wofford, a senior meteorologist for the Climate Service workplace in L.A., stated the area has already acquired no less than twice the average quantity of cumulative rainfall for this level within the yr, in line with The New York Occasions.
Whereas a number of premieres have been moved inside in cases the place the flooding is an excessive amount of, the Shazam! Fury of the Gods one was just too huge for an indoor venue to accommodate; and the quantity of rain close to the Westwood Theater made it not possible to maintain water out of the venue, regardless of it being tented for the premiere.
Levi narrowly escaped a puddle of water on the carpet and exclaimed “There’s a pool!” whereas putting foolish poses. Jack Dylan Grazer, who performs younger Freddy Freeman within the film, additionally took a playful approach to the rainy carpet, kicking it towards the cameras.
The sequel, one of many few titles James Gunn and Peter Safran saved on the discharge calendar after taking up DC, includes a time bounce and follows Billy Batson and his fellow foster youngsters as they proceed to learn to stability being youngsters and taking over their superhero alter egos.
The children’ journeys of self-discovery are reduce quick when the Daughters of Atlas arrive on Earth and trigger mayhem. Mirren’s Hespera, Liu’s Calypso and Zegler’s Antaeus make up the vengeful trio of historical goddesses. Meagan Good, Grace Currey, Djimon Hounso and D.J. Cotrona additionally star within the movie
Shazam! Fury of the Gods hits theaters March 17.
