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The untitled Wonder Woman film is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Wonder Woman. Produced by DC Studios and to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it will be part of the DC Universe (DCU).

After James Gunn and Peter Safran became co-CEOs of DC Studios in October 2022, they halted development on a sequel to the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) films Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) starring Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and instead began work on the DCU television series Paradise Lost and a separate film featuring the character. The new film was being written by June 2025.

Production

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Background

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Patty Jenkins, the director of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) films Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), said in January 2019 that she had "pretty clear plans" for a third film featuring Gal Gadot's Diana Prince / Wonder Woman. She had envisioned how Wonder Woman's character arc would be concluded,[1] and planned to tell a contemporary story with the character rather than making another period piece, after the first two films were set during World War I and the Cold War, respectively.[2] Jenkins was unsure at that time if she would return to direct a third film,[1] which she and Gadot had planned a full story for by that December. The pair did not want to rush another sequel and were pursuing other opportunities first, while they were also considering a spin-off film focused on the Amazonian race of Wonder Woman's home, Themyscira.[3] Jenkins said the Amazons spin-off would not star Gadot and that she would not direct the film, but would serve as a producer instead.[4][5] In April 2020, Jenkins revealed that she had a story arc for the four films in total and intended for the third Wonder Woman film to be made following the Amazons spin-off. By that point, Jenkins and her Wonder Woman 1984 co-writer Geoff Johns had written the story and sold their pitch for the spin-off to Warner Bros. Pictures.[5]

After working on the storyline for six months, Jenkins paused work on the third film by June 2020 because she wanted to see how the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could inform the modern setting, but believed the story would remain largely similar to what was planned before the pandemic. She still intended to make the Amazons spin-off before the third Wonder Woman film despite uncertainty due to the pandemic, but would not imminently resume work on the latter following the pandemic lockdowns.[6] In October, Jenkins and Gadot signed on to develop a Cleopatra biopic, which was intended to be their next project following the two Wonder Woman films.[7] In mid-December, Jenkins expressed further uncertainty about either film moving forward at that time over concerns about securing a theatrical release due to the Warner Bros. streaming initative "Project Popcorn", which saw Wonder Woman 1984 released simultaneously in select theaters and on the company's streaming service HBO Max, as well as due to her earlier commitment to making the planned Star Wars film Rogue Squadron, which was announced that month, as her next project following Wonder Woman 1984. She said the third film would be made once she determined how it could "speak to [the current] world" and expressed interest in the Amazons spin-off being produced on a smaller budget and taking place on Themyscira following Diana's departure from the island.[8][9][10] Gadot also expressed interest in the third film taking place in the present day, believing that the prior films had adequately covered the past and felt that it was time to move forward with the character.[11] Following the successful day-and-date pandemic-era release of Wonder Woman 1984 at the end of that month, Warner Bros. announced that it would be fast-tracking the third Wonder Woman film, with Jenkins attached to once again write and direct, along with Gadot returning to star. The film was planned to conclude the Wonder Woman trilogy.[12]

By July 2021, Jenkins was expected to work on her Cleopatra biopic and Rogue Squadron before Wonder Woman 3. Charles Roven, a producer of the Wonder Woman films, said that the creatives had begun formulating the film and that it was moving forward.[13] At the virtual DC FanDome event that October, Jenkins confirmed that she was commited to making Wonder Woman 3, despite some concerns that she would have scheduling conflicts with Rogue Squadron. Lynda Carter, who previously portrayed Wonder Woman in the 1975–79 television series Wonder Woman and appeared as Asteria in the mid-credits scene of Wonder Woman 1984, was revealed to be reprising her latter role for the third film.[14][15][16] In November, production of Rogue Squadron was indefinitely delayed due to Jenkins's work on Wonder Woman 3,[17][18] and Jenkins subsequently stepped down from directing Cleopatra in December to instead focus on Wonder Woman 3 and Rogue Squadron.[19] In January 2022, Gadot said the script was being developed while filming had been planned to begin by the middle of 2023.[20][21]

In April 2022, Discovery, Inc. and Warner Bros.' parent company WarnerMedia merged to become Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), led by president and CEO David Zaslav. The new company was expected to restructure DC Entertainment and Zaslav began searching for an equivalent to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to lead the new subsidiary.[22] At that time, Jenkins and Gadot were actively working together on the script,[23] and in early October, Jenkins revealed that she had finished writing the script,[24] which she was expected to turn in imminently.[25] Writer/director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran were announced as the co-chairs and co-CEOs of the newly formed DC Studios at the end of October.[26] A week after starting their new roles, the pair had begun working with a group of writers to develop an eight-to-ten-year plan for a new DC Universe (DCU) that would be a "soft reboot" of the DCEU.[27][28][29]

Jenkins was revealed in December 2022 to no longer be developing a sequel to her Wonder Woman films after being informed by Gunn and Safran that such a film did not align with their new plans.[30] On January 31, 2023, Gunn and Safran unveiled the first projects from their DCU slate, which begins with Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. The fourth television series in the slate was Paradise Lost, a political drama in the style of the television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) about the scheming and power struggles on the all-female Themyscira before the birth of Wonder Woman. The title of the series is similar to "Paradise Island Lost", a 2001 comic book story by Phil Jimenez and George Pérez about a civil war on Themyscira.[31] Gunn and Safran said there was potential for Gadot to reprise her role in the DCU, but a decision on the character had not been made.[32] During separate interviews that were conducted before the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike and released in August, Gadot said that it was her understanding that she would be developing a new Wonder Woman film with Gunn and Safran, explaining that while Jenkins would not be involved going forward, she was told not to be concerned about her future as the character.[33][21][34] Later in August, a third Wonder Woman film was revealed to not be in development at DC Studios, when it was reported that Gunn and Safran did not have plans for another Wonder Woman project in the DCU beyond Paradise Lost at that time, and that there had not been a promise or decision on Gadot reprising her role.[35][36]

Development

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During WBD's Q1 earnings call in May 2025, Zaslav described Wonder Woman as one of the four "pillars" of the DCU, alongside Superman, Batman, and Supergirl.[37][38] Gunn revealed that a new Wonder Woman film was being written for the DCU and was slowly progressing by June 2025, when he stated that the new film would be separate from Paradise Lost.[39] Gunn said that finishing the Wonder Woman script was one of the top priorities for DC Studios at that time because the character was important to DC.[40]

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