Surprise Girl will formally be a part of James Gunn’s DC Universe. In a current interview with Leisure Weekly, the DC Studio head confirmed {that a} new film centered on the Amazonian hero is actively in improvement.
“Surprise Girl’s being written proper now,” Gunn stated, whereas additionally confirming the lead position has not been forged but.
Information of the challenge follows a interval of uncertainty for the character. A 3rd Surprise Girl movie starring Gal Gadot and set to be directed by Patty Jenkins was scrapped by Warner Bros. in 2022, shortly after Gunn and Peter Safran had been employed to guide DC Studios. In August 2023, Gadot claimed she could be reprising the position in a film she was co-developing with the brand new studio heads.
Just a few days later, nevertheless, it was reported that DC Studios was not growing Surprise Girl 3 on the time, nor had been there quick plans for a standalone challenge. Nonetheless, it was famous that the character could be included within the upcoming Max prequel sequence Paradise Misplaced.
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Elsewhere within the interview, Gunn agreed with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s earlier assertion that Superman, Batman, Supergirl, and Surprise Girl are essential to the brand new DC Universe.
“I wouldn’t say solely these 4 characters [are crucial], however I might say that these 4 characters are extremely necessary to us,” Gunn said. “Proper now, I really feel nice about the place two of these characters are, after which we’re coping with the opposite two.”
The David Corenswet-starring Superman movie is ready to kick issues off on July eleventh, and shall be adopted by Supergirl: Girl of Tomorrow starring Milly Alcock in June 2026. A brand new Batman film, titled The Courageous and the Daring, was introduced as a part of Gunn’s preliminary DCU slate.