Wonder Woman is an iconic DC character that first appeared in December 1941. Created by American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston, and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston’s wife, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byrne, are credited as being his inspiration for the character’s appearance. Diana is an Amazonian Princess from Themyscira. She is Zeus’s daughter. Considering the popularity of the character in the comics there was a TV show about the character where Lynda Carter played the titular role. The show ended after three seasons and Wonder Woman didn’t appear in anything major ever since until 2011, when there was another TV show in the works but it was never greenlit by a network and it got stuck at the pilot stage.
Diana didn’t return to the big screen until Zack Snyder’s Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016. The character was played by Gal Gadot. After her brief appearance in BvS. Wonder Woman returned with her solo film set in World War I which was directed by Patty Jenkins. The film was extremely successful critically and financially. I still believe out of whatever the DCEU has given us Wonder Woman remains the best. I’m still in awe of that background score. However, same cannot be said about the sequel-Wonder Woman 1984. After the first film, Diana continued to appear in both Whedon’s Justice League (2017) and Snyder’s Justice League (2021). The sequel was once again set in a different time than the recent events of the DCEU but everything with the sequel felt forced and wrong.
I was extremely disappointed to watch the steep quality drop of the second film in comparison to the first. The film’s critical reception was dire and it wasn’t successful on the box office either. Considering all this including the changes at Warner Bros. I was unsure if we’ll be getting a threequel and it turns out my fear was valid. If recent reports are to be believed then Wonder Woman 3 is cancelled!
Why is Wonder Woman 3 is Cancelled?
Just a month back, Patty Jenkins gave us an update on the script writing process of Wonder Woman 3 and it was revealed that the last scene of the film is being written and that is scene definitely something that is pulling the director’s heart’s strings. However, just one day after Gal Gadot announced her gratitude to being cast as Wonder Woman 9 years before, Warner Bros. Discovery has cancelled the film. The Hollywood Reporter reported revealed that the new DC co-leads James Gunn and Peter Safran have decided that they need to start fresh.
The report said, “is not moving forward and is considered dead in its current incarnation.” As Gunn and Safran are preparing a slate to show CEO Zaslav what the upcoming films will look like and apparently Wonder Woman didn’t fit in their plan. They have informed Patty Jenkins the same, “as [the project] stood… [it] did not fit in with the new [but still unfolding) plans.” This one is definitely going to sting as the entire script of the film was written but we should consider that this is the same studio that cancelled almost finished the Batgirl film.
This also means that Gal Gadot will be hanging her lasso for good as if DC is going to have a new start then they would definitely cast a new Wonder Woman as well. I feel bad that Gal Gadot’s journey as Wonder Woman has to end with a film like Wonder Woman 1984. Her casting as the character was really good but alas this is the last time we’ll see her.
Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984 are available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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