While TF1 is broadcasting the first film “Wonder Woman” this Sunday, January 29, a look back at the future of the franchise after the failure of the second episode.
In 2017, the international release of wonder woman had created a new emulation around the character of Diana Prince, played by Gal Gadot. The film, which was not free from defects, is however a certain success which makes it possible to relaunch the DC machine in the cinema. The successive failures of Justice League and of Wonder Woman 1984the second episode of the franchise, raise questions about the character’s future in cinema.
In December 2020, Warner confirmed that a third Wonder Woman film was in the works, still directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot. Meanwhile, James Gunn takes over the management of DC Studios, in charge of the cinematographic adventures of iconic superheroes. In a few weeks, DC’s projects change: Henry Cavill will finally not return for a second Man of Steel, and The Hollywood Reporter announces that Wonder Woman 3 ultimately will not see the light of day.
James Gunn, for his part, remains evasive about the future of the character. While Patty Jenkins is accused for a time of having left the production of the film and ended the project, the director wanted to make things clear on social networks: “I never left. I was open to discussion. I understood that there was nothing I could do to get things done […] I wish Wonder Woman and her legacy the happiest future, with or without me.” So it would seem that Diana Prince’s future in film is on hold at the moment, and Wonder Woman 3 will not see the light of day. as originally planned. But it also does not seem impossible that the character will return to the DCU, in the more or less near future, embodied by Gal Gadot or by another actress. Only the future will tell us.