Filmmaker Patty Jenkins has responded to rumours swirling across the cancellation of Wonder Woman 3.
Jenkins posted a prolonged assertion on social media to make clear that she didn’t “walk away” from what would’ve been a 3rd instalment within the franchise.
Last week, it was reported {that a} sequel to Jenkins’ first two superhero motion pictures starring Gal Gadot as Diana Prince had been shelved. It was initially reported that the movie grew to become grist within the mill of DC Studios’ reboot below new bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran.
Jenkins was reported to have submitted a proposal for a 3rd movie and it was determined that her plans didn’t slot in with DC Studios’ new course, which remains to be being ironed out.
But within the absence of official statements, hypothesis ran rampant that Jenkins had refused to curtail to DC Studios’ future plans for its superhero universe.
Jenkins began her assertion by saying that whereas she wasn’t one to often expound on non-public profession issues, she couldn’t enable inaccuracies to proceed.
“When there started being backlash about WW3 not happening, the attractive clickbait false story that it was me that killed it or walked away started to spread. This is simply not true,” she wrote.
“I never walked away. I was open to considering anything asked of me. It was my understanding there was nothing I could do to move anything forward at this time.
“DC is obviously buried in changes they are having to make, so I understand these decisions are difficult right now.
“I do not want what has been a beautiful journey with WW to land on [a] negative note. I have loved and been so honoured to be the person who got to make these last two Wonder Woman films.
“She is an incredible character. Living in and around her values makes one a better person every day. I wish her and her legacy an amazing future ahead, with or without me.”
Jenkins went on to pay tribute to Lynda Carter, who performed Wonder Woman within the Nineteen Seventies TV sequence and who had a cameo in Wonder Woman 1984, hinting at an expanded function in any future movies.
The filmmaker additionally praised Gadot, the crew and the fan group.
Jenkins’ assertion was backed up by Gunn, who retweeted it and added, “I can attest that all of Peter and my interactions with you were only pleasant and professional”.
It has been a chaotic begin to Gunn and Safran’s tenure as joint heads at DC Studios. Any important artistic change on the prime is predicted to undergo rising pains.
After news broke that Wonder Woman 3 had been canned, The Hollywood Reporter revealed an article quoting insiders which stated myriad adjustments had been on the desk, together with hypothesis that Henry Cavill’s Superman sequel wouldn’t go forward.
A Cavill-led Superman sequel could be swept out together with different “Snyderverse”-era DC Studios iterations of the characters, together with Jason Momoa’s Aquaman.
Following that story, Gunn responded on Twitter. He wrote, “So. As for the story yesterday in the Hollywood Reporter, some of it is true, some of it is half-true, some of it is not true and some of it we haven’t decided yet whether it’s true or not.
“Although this first month at DC has been fruitful, building the next 10 years of story takes time and we’re still just beginning.
“Peter and I chose to helm DC Studios knowing we were coming into a fractious environment, both in the stories being told and in the audience itself and there would an unavoidable transitional period as we moved into telling a cohesive story across film, TV, animation and gaming.
“But in the end, the drawbacks of that transitional period were dwarfed by the creative possibilities and the opportunities to build upon what has worked in DC so far and to help rectify what has not.
“We know we are not going to make every single person happy every step of the way, but we can promise everything we do is done in the service of the story and in the service of the DC characters we know you cherish and we have cherished our whole lives.”
Gunn and Safran had been appointed in October to supervise the DC Studios output, changing Walter Hamada, the then-latest government in a string of studio bosses with accountability for Warner Bros’ superhero franchise.
It’s hoped Gunn and Safran will convey a extra cohesive imaginative and prescient to iconic characters together with Superman, Batman and extra, in an identical vein to what Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has managed to do with the MCU.
Gunn is greatest recognized for his Guardians of the Galaxy motion pictures for Marvel however has additionally made Suicide Squad for DC, in addition to TV spin-off Peacemaker.
Responding to fan questions this week, Gunn stated Superman could be a “huge priority, if not the biggest priority” for him. He additionally stated it was false the declare that he doesn’t like Cavill.
Cavill first portrayed Superman/Clark Kent in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, reprising the character in Batman vs Superman after which Justice League. He final appeared because the character in 2017 earlier than a mid-credits cameo in final month’s Black Adam.
Cavill posted to social media that he was “officially” again as Superman. But nothing is a certainty within the superhero motion pictures business and whether or not Gunn and Safran retains him on remains to be, paradoxically, up within the air.
