James Gunn Offers Update on DC’s PARADISE LOST Series and It’s Connection to WONDER WOMAN Movie

DC fans eager to revisit Themyscira, you're in luck, DC Studios is still developing its Paradise Lost series. The show is set on Wonder Woman’s mythic island home, and in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, DC Studios co-chief James Gunn gave a small but welcome update on the project and how it fits into the broader DCU, especially when it comes to the newly revealed Wonder Woman movie.

“Paradise Lost is moving along. It’s slow-moving, but it’s moving. And, yeah, I really love that project a lot.”

When asked whether the series is connected to the upcoming Wonder Woman film, Gunn got a little… well, Gunn-ish:

“Yes. Well, yes and no. Wonder Woman‘s a separate thing. We’re working on Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman‘s being written right now. So it’s different. I mean, not different. They’re connected. She’s from f—ing Themyscira, so…”

What we do know is that Paradise Lost is still coming, even if it won’t feature Diana at all. It’s meant to take place long before her birth and will explore the politics, power struggles, and mythology of Themyscira itself.

Gunn has previously described the show as a kind of DCU-flavored Game of Thrones, a political fantasy thriller set in a paradise that isn’t as peaceful as it looks.

The show was originally announced in January 2023 as part of the first slate of the DCU reboot, and it’s believed to take inspiration from the Paradise Island Lost comic arc by Phil Jimenez and George Pérez.

While the creative teams for Paradise Lost and the untitled Wonder Woman movie haven’t been revealed, Gunn did confirm for the first time that “Wonder Woman‘s being written right now.”

With Superman set to launch the new DCU on July 11th, all eyes are now on how the rest of the slate will take shape, including when we’ll finally set foot on Themyscira again. Until then, we wait.