By James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe plans were announced back in early 2023 with new films coming for Superman, Batman, Supergirl, Swamp Thing and The Authority. Similarly Green Lantern was getting another go with HBO’s “Lanterns” series.
But what about “Wonder Woman”? Patty Jenkins’ 2017 “Wonder Woman” film was the best-reviewed film of the entire DC Extended Universe, posting critical aggregate scores even the best of Marvel Studios envied.
It also drew $824 million at the global box-office from a contained $149 million budget. Unfortunately the sequel didn’t fare so well with mixed reviews and box-office heavily impacted by the pandemic.
A third film was loosely in development until Gunn’s new DC Universe plans were announced and the project essentially was scrapped. Actress Connie Nielsen, who plays Queen Hippolyta in the old DCEU films, revealed to Den of Geek this week that she’s baffled by the decision:
“I think it’s crazy. I mean, frankly, I don’t understand it. [Wonder Woman] made $800 million just in the movie theaters, and it has an enormous and passionate, passionate fan base.
These are spectacular films, and there’s just no reason I can understand whatsoever for not investing in that. If I were a business person, I would say that’s money on the table.
It’s right there. Plus every time we’ve done it, [it was] with budgets that were way smaller than any of the other DC budgets.
It’s a pity. I really hope that they change their minds, and that they realize this is crazy. This is a billion dollars that is lying on the table. Not claiming those fans and making them happy is something I just don’t really understand at all.”
Gunn and Safran are returning to the world of “Wonder Woman” with the Max series “Paradise Lost” which will be set in the past of Themyscira, but no word as yet regarding when that will be coming.
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