Wonder Woman 3 supposedly terminated as DC Studios plans for a brand-new age

Gal Gadot as Diana flipping her lasso of truth in the White House in Wonder Woman 1984

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Warner Bros is not going on with a 3rd Wonder Woman film from supervisor Patty Jenkins and also celebrity Gal Gadot, according to a brand-new record. Multiple resources told the Hollywood Reporter that the job “is not moving forward and is considered dead in its current incarnation.”

The action comes as supervisor James Gunn and also manufacturer Peter Safran, recently appointed as co-chairs and also co-CEOs of the brand-new DC Studios department, are placing the ending up discuss their strategy to renew and also restructure DC’s visibility in films and also television. According to the Hollywood Reporter, both are because of provide their vision to their manager,Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav, following week. They evidently informed Jenkins directly that her movie did not fit their brand-new strategies.

The cancelation of Wonder Woman 3 is the best sign yet that Gunn and also Safran intend to make a tidy brake with the last 10 years of DC movies, especially the “Snyderverse” cast assembled by supervisor Zack Snyder for the Justice League family members of films.

It additionally tosses right into question the return of Henry Cavill as Superman, as heralded by his post-credits scene in October’sBlack Adam As lately as that, a follow up to Snyder and also Cavill’s Man of Steel remained in energetic advancement according to the Hollywood Reporter’s resources, with supervisor Andy Muschietti (It and also the upcoming Flash film) suggesting a go back to the hopeful, vibrant design of Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman.

But it currently appears that may not become part of Gunn and also Safran’s strategy, and also the workshop is stated to be thinking about whether a cameo Cavill shot ought to be consisted of in The Flash, set up for launch in June 2023. Cavill’s reason will not have actually been assisted by Black Adam’s lackluster box office performance; celebrity Dwayne Johnson declared to have actually lobbied difficult to bring Cavill back, yet it appears his play to be a power-broker in the brand-new DC cosmos has actually run out of vapor, and also a Black Adam follow up looks not likely.

As it stands, the last DC film of the existing age is readied to be Aquaman and also the Lost Kingdom, established for launch in December 2023. Oddly, it’s reported that while Jason Momoa’s representation of Arthur Curry will certainly be chosen along with Gadot and also Cavill’s Wonder Woman and also Superman, the star is being aligned to sign up with Gunn and also Safran’s brand-new actors in a various function– that of unusual fugitive hunter Lobo, an antihero personality quite according to Gunn’s tongue-in-cheek perceptiveness.

Director Matt Reeves’ planned sequel to The Batman with Robert Pattinson, and also the connected pocket cosmos of Gotham- established television programs, are stated to be untouched by Gunn and also Safran’s fresh start.

Wonder Woman 3‘s cancelation proceeds a run of rotten luck forJenkins Earlier this year, her Star Wars Rogue Squadron film was removed from Disney’s schedule after hold-ups. The initially Wonder Woman was a success for Warner Bros., yet its follow up Wonder Woman 1984 battled at package workplace throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and also dealt with a challenging function from doubters and also followers.

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Source: Polygon

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