Wonder Woman 3 NOT moving forward: Director Patty Jenkins’ third installment is ‘dead’ at DC… just ONE DAY after Gal Gadot tells fans she couldn’t wait to share ‘the next chapter’
Warner Bros. is reportedly not moving forward with Wonder Woman 3 in a rather shocking development.
Newly-minted DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran have reportedly been in Aspen finalizing their plans for the superhero company before laying out their wide-ranging plan for the next five years and beyond to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav next week, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Those plans apparently don’t include a new Wonder Woman sequel, which, ironically, comes just one day after Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot shared on social media that she, ‘can’t wait to share her next chapter with you.’
No sequel: Those plans apparently don’t include a new Wonder Woman sequel, which, ironically, comes just one day after Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot shared on social media that she, ‘can’t wait to share her next chapter with you’
The first Wonder Woman movie debuted in 2017, opening with a massive $103 million opening weekend en route to $412 million domestic and $822 million worldwide.
The 2020 sequel Wonder Woman 1984 was nowhere near as big a hit as its predecessor, largely thanks to a decimated theatrical environment due to COVID-19.
The sequel took in just $46.8 million domestic and $122.8 million in foreign markets for a worldwide haul of $169.6 million, while the sequel was also released simultaneously on the HBO Max streaming service.
The sequel was also not received nearly as well as its predecessor, with the original Wonder Woman earning a strong 88% rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics, while the sequel earned a 58% rating.
Wonder Woman 3 was officially announced in December 2020, just days after Wonder Woman 1984 hit theaters, though there has been little news on the project since then.
Sources claim that Jenkins and co-writer Geoff Johns recently turned in their treatment for Wonder Woman 3 to the studio.
However, Gunn and Safran – along with Warner Bros. co-CEOs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy – reportedly told Jenkins that the sequel did not currently fit with their new plans for DC Studios.
While it was said that the cost of the sequel wasn’t a main factor in the decision, sources also claimed DC Studios, ‘will not have any overburdensome financial restrictions,’ under this new regime lead by Gunn and Safran.
The studio will apparently save tens of millions of dollars just by scrapping Wonder Woman 3, since Gadot was reportedly on track to take in $20 million up front while Jenkins was set to earn $12 million for taking the helm, and those figures did not include back end bonuses.
While DC, Gadot and Jenkins have not publicly commented on this report, Gadot took to social media on Tuesday to reflect on her original casting as Wonder Woman.
‘On this day, a few years ago, was the first announcement that I was going to play Wonder Woman,’ Gadot began, while sharing an image of her in costume from the first Wonder Woman movie.
‘I’ve been so grateful for the opportunity to play such an incredible, iconic character and more than anything I’m grateful for YOU. The fans. The most amazing, warm, loving fans in the world,’ she added.
‘I’m still pinching myself to see if I will wake up. Can’t wait to share her next chapter with you,’ she concluded.