A day after the Hollywwod Reporter story hit the online that Wonder Woman 3 wasn’t going ahead, new reporting make clear what went down between director Patty Jenkins and Warner Bros. Discovery.
According to TheWrap, Jenkins left the mission after rejecting studio notes on her remedy for the third movie within the franchise.
Jenkins turned in her remedy final week to Warner Bros. Film Group Co-Chairpersons and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy. The response? Both CEOs felt the remedy didn’t work and determined to not transfer ahead till it was in the perfect form potential.
Addtionally, DC Studios chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran, who had nothing to do with the choice, additionally agreed with De Luca and Abdy that the remedy didn’t work. Jenkins was additionally advised the present remedy was not a step in the fitting path for the franchise and even requested her if she would take into account pitching a special thought for the Amazonian warrior.
According to Deadline, Jenkin’s remedy “had character arc problems which rivaled that of Wonder Woman 1984.”
The Wrap report added that Jenkins wasn’t having any of it and went in on De Luca and Abdy saying “that they were wrong, that they didn’t understand her, didn’t understand the character, didn’t understand character arcs and didn’t understand what Jenkins was trying to do.” The kicker is that Jenkins despatched an electronic mail to De Luca that ended with a hyperlink to the Wikipedia definition of “character arc.”
Jenkins got here down with an ultimatum that if the studio didn’t do her remedy, she would transfer on to a different movie. Jenkins didn’t even wish to hear what Gunn and Safran needed to say on the matter, if although that they had nothing to do with the choice to pause.
So what occurs with Wonder Woman 3? Only Gunn and Safran know because the reveal their plan to Warner bros. Discovery CEo David Zaslav subsequent week.
Gal Gadot continues to be hooked up to play Wonder Woman and the studio is hopeful she is keen to proceed within the position with out Jenkins as director.
Stay tuned for the newest information concerning the way forward for the DC Universe underneath James Gunn and Peter Safran!