Gal Gadot opened up about the cancellation of WONDER WOMAN 3, whose development has been hotly contested.
“They told me the opposite!” the actress said on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast when asked if she was told DC Studios’ bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran were going in a different direction. “They told me, ‘We’re going to develop it with you. The third [movie].”
Gadot first appeared as the beloved superhero in 2016’s BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE, going on to play Wonder Woman in WONDER WOMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE, WONDER WOMAN 1984 and SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS.
Movieguide® nominated WONDER WOMAN 1984 for a Teddy Bear Award® in 2021. The review praised its focus on “truth, love, patience, kindness, sacrifice, goodness and joy” and the fact that it portrayed humans “as flawed and sinful, with desires that can lead them toward ruin.
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In 2023, Variety reported that “a third WONDER WOMAN film is not in development at DC Studios nor do Gunn and Safran have plans at this time for any WONDER WOMAN project in the new DC Universe other than their previously announced PARADISE LOST prequel series for Max.”
This came after Gadot made multiple comments about a WONDER WOMAN 3, telling ComicBook.com, “From what I heard from James and from Peter is that we’re gonna develop a WONDER WOMAN 3 together.”
She also told Flaunt Magazine, “I was invited to a meeting with James Gunn and Peter Safran and what they told me, and I’m quoting: ‘You’re in the best hands. We’re going to develop WONDER WOMAN 3 with you. [We] love you as Wonder Woman — you’ve got nothing to worry about.’ So time will tell.”
However, Gadot admitted on “Happy Sad Confused” she wasn’t all that surprised when she learned WONDER WOMAN 3 wouldn’t be going forward.
“I saw the way everybody else was handled. The Henry [Cavill] situation was not handled elegantly to say the least. Same with Patty [Jenkins],” she said, referring to Cavill being booted as Superman, and Jenkins, who was supposed to direct WONDER WOMAN 3. “It was not handled elegantly.”
Gadot added, “We’re all adults and it’s all good. It’s not even about [Gunn and Safran]. They are there and they’re there to do what they believe in. It’s all good.”
Gadot’s version of Wonder Woman might not be showing up in the DC universe, but Gunn told Entertainment Weekly in 2025, “We’re working on WONDER WOMAN. WONDER WOMAN’s being written right now.”
Time will tell if Wonder Woman will ever return to the big screen, but we’ve got our fingers crossed.
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