In 2017, 76 years after she debuted within the pages of All Star Comics #8, Wonder Woman lastly scored her personal live-action function movie, which adopted one 12 months after Gal Gadot debuted because the character in Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice. Whereas there had as soon as been plans for Wonder Woman 3 to be made following the discharge of Wonder Woman 1984 in 2020, we’ve now moved previous the DCEU period and shifted to the DC Universe franchise. As such, a Wonder Woman reboot is within the works, and DC Studios co-head James Gunn has commented on the experiences that this upcoming DC film is being fast-tracked.
The DCU is formally underway following Creature Commandos Season 1 airing to HBO Max subscription holders and Superman opening on the 2025 motion pictures schedule. Throughout an interview with Rolling Stone, Gunn reaffirmed that the subsequent Wonder Woman film is a “precedence” for this new shared universe, however he pushed again a bit on the declare that DC Studios is seeking to get it into manufacturing as quickly as attainable, saying:
I don’t know what they imply by fast-tracking. [Laughs.] I’ve all the time had Wonder Woman as a precedence. However we bought the primary few issues began, and there’s another issues which are actually near green-lighting — like there’s a tv present that I hope that we’re gonna be green-lighting within the subsequent few days. So now slightly time has handed, and we actually want Wonder Woman and we actually want Batman, as a result of they’re so vital to us. And so it’s turn out to be slightly bit extra like going to everyone at DC and being like, we have to determine this out.
Wonder Woman makes up the core DC Trinity with Superman and Batman, so it’s no shock that James Gunn and the opposite inventive minds at DC Studios wish to deliver her and Gotham Metropolis’s Caped Crusader into play. On the similar time although, there are numerous tasks additional alongside in improvement for the DCU, so these are clearly going be launched sooner. Plus, as Gunn has stated so many time earlier than, the script must be proper earlier than a challenge strikes ahead, though he doesn’t need the individual writing Wonder Woman to take too lengthy on the job. In his phrases:
We now have good writers on Wonder Woman and we simply have to verify it’s working they usually should not be any individual who’s gonna take two years to jot down a script.
It was reported by The Wrap earlier as we speak that Ana Nogueira would be the one finishing up these scripting duties. That is the third DCU film underneath her belt, as she first wrote subsequent 12 months’s Supergirl and can be engaged on Teen Titans. So clearly James Gunn is impressed with Nogueira’s writing skills, which additionally means he’s assured that she’ll flip in a primary draft after an affordable period of time. Nevertheless, similar to how there’s nonetheless no launch date for the Batman-focused The Courageous and the Daring, Wonder Woman gained’t be slated onto Warner Bros. Footage’ theatrical calendar anytime quickly.
Within the meantime, the aforementioned Supergirl will hit theaters on June 26, 2026, and Clayface will observe on September 11 of the identical 12 months. On the TV aspect of issues, HBO Max’s Peacemaker Season 2 premieres August 21 on the 2025 TV schedule, and Lanterns will arrive on HBO someday in early 2026.