In 2017, 76 years after she debuted within the pages of All Star Comics #8, Marvel Lady lastly scored her personal live-action characteristic movie, which adopted one 12 months after Gal Gadot debuted because the character in Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice. Whereas there had as soon as been plans for Marvel Lady 3 to be made following the discharge of Marvel Lady 1984 in 2020, we’ve now moved previous the DCEU period and shifted to the DC Universe franchise. As such, a Marvel Lady reboot is within the works, and DC Studios co-head James Gunn has commented on the reviews that this upcoming DC film is being fast-tracked.
The DCU is formally underway following Creature Commandos Season 1 airing to HBO Max subscription holders and Superman opening on the 2025 films schedule. Throughout an interview with Rolling Stone, Gunn reaffirmed that the subsequent Marvel Lady film is a “precedence” for this new shared universe, however he pushed again a bit on the declare that DC Studios is trying to get it into manufacturing as quickly as potential, saying:
I don’t know what they imply by fast-tracking. [Laughs.] I’ve at all times had Marvel Lady as a precedence. However we acquired the primary few issues began, and there’s another issues which can be actually near green-lighting — like there’s a tv present that I hope that we’re gonna be green-lighting within the subsequent few days. So now a little bit time has handed, and we actually want Marvel Lady and we actually want Batman, as a result of they’re so necessary to us. And so it’s change into a little bit bit extra like going to all people at DC and being like, we have to determine this out.
Marvel Lady makes up the core DC Trinity with Superman and Batman, so it’s no shock that James Gunn and the opposite artistic minds at DC Studios need to convey her and Gotham Metropolis’s Caped Crusader into play. On the identical time although, there are numerous initiatives additional alongside in improvement for the DCU, so these are clearly going be launched sooner. Plus, as Gunn has stated so many time earlier than, the script needs to be proper earlier than a mission strikes ahead, though he doesn’t need the individual writing Marvel Lady to take too lengthy on the job. In his phrases:
We’ve good writers on Marvel Lady and we simply have to verify it’s working and so they need to not be someone who’s gonna take two years to put in writing a script.
It was reported by The Wrap earlier at the moment that Ana Nogueira would be the one finishing up these scripting duties. That is the third DCU film below her belt, as she first wrote subsequent 12 months’s Supergirl and can also be engaged on Teen Titans. So clearly James Gunn is impressed with Nogueira’s writing skills, which additionally means he’s assured that she’ll flip in a primary draft after an inexpensive period of time. Nevertheless, similar to how there’s nonetheless no launch date for the Batman-focused The Courageous and the Daring, Marvel Lady gained’t be slated onto Warner Bros. Photos’ theatrical calendar anytime quickly.
Within the meantime, the aforementioned Supergirl will hit theaters on June 26, 2026, and Clayface will comply with on September 11 of the identical 12 months. On the TV facet of issues, HBO Max’s Peacemaker Season 2 premieres August 21 on the 2025 TV schedule, and Lanterns will arrive on HBO someday in early 2026.