The Wonder Woman movie franchise is lifeless within the water, in line with a brand new report.
The Hollywood Reporter right this moment claims that the subsequent deliberate instalment within the Wonder Woman collection, Wonder Woman 3, is “not moving forward and is considered dead in its current incarnation”.
But the news comes only a day after Wonder Woman herself, actress Gal Gadot, posted a gushing social media tribute to the character she’s performed throughout nearly half a dozen movies within the DC Universe, promising followers she will’t wait to “share her next chapter with YOU.”
The first Wonder Woman movie was an enormous industrial and significant success upon its launch in 2017, incomes greater than $US800m ($A1192 million) on the world field workplace.
The 2020 sequel, Wonder Woman 1984, copped extra middling critiques and earned simply $US169m ($A250m) in opposition to a $US200m ($A298m) funds, albeit additionally launched to streaming within the midst of the pandemic as folks stayed away from cinemas.
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The Hollywood Reporter claims that the director of each these movies, Patty Jenkins, lately submitted her remedy for a 3rd Wonder Woman movie to Warner Bros bosses – who instructed her it didn’t slot in with the brand new plans for the DC Comics universe.
Given Gadot’s promise to “share (Wonder Woman’s) next chapter” with followers, it’s attainable we might see the character return in different movies throughout the DC slate: Wonder Woman has already appeared in Batman Vs. Superman plus two Justice League movies.
In truth, Gadot’s set to make a small look as Wonder Woman in DC’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods, out subsequent March.