Gal Gadot has revealed more details about her meeting with James Gunn and DC. After with original director Patty Jenkins was canceled last December, it appeared as if Gadot would not return to the role in the rebooted DC Universe, which will replace the old DCEU, but that has now changed with the confirmation that .
Speaking to , Gadot offered more details on what she heard from DC Studios co-CEOs Gunn and Peter Safran during their meeting regarding . According to the actress, Gunn and Safran told her, "." Gadot also revealed that the duo said to her that they loved her performance as Wonder Woman, telling the actress that she has "
I was invited to a meeting with James Gunn and Peter Safran [co-chairperson and CEO of DC alongside Gunn] and what they told me, and I’m quoting: ‘You’re in the best hands. We’re going to develop with you. [We] love you as — you’ve got nothing to worry about.’ So time will tell.
Despite the character having originated in the old DCEU, . After making waves with her first solo movie as the DC hero, 2017's , Gadot returned for a less-than-stellar second lead turn as Diana Prince.
Fully breaking away from the DCEU could offer the breath of fresh air that Gadot's Wonder Woman franchise needs after her disappointing second solo movie, as well as the character's final two DCEU appearances coming in the form of cameos in movies that bombed at the box office this year, and . While Gunn's announcement of the DC Universe's slate didn't include a Wonder Woman movie, it can explain how Gadot's
The DC Universe's Chapter One will feature the series on Max. The show will focus on the Amazons of Themyscira several years before Wonder Woman was born. That way, the series can set up the Wonder Woman corner of the DC Universe, adding in the Greek mythology elements that are key to the character in the comics but were missing from Diana's DCEU adventures. That way, could debut after ends its run, with the series allowing Gadot to soar even higher as Diana in her return film.
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