James Gunn Reportedly Looking to Cast Adria Arjona as the DCU's WONDER WOMAN
James Gunn is working to bring his dream DC Universe to life in the movies and shows he is producing as the head of DC Studios.
He has already released his Superman film, and he is working on the sequel and a series in the same universe. He’s producing the Supergirl movie, the Lanterns series, and more, but some are wondering who will lead the new Wonder Woman movie that is distantly in the works.
In the last decade, we’ve received two Wonder Woman movies, one fantastic and one not as great, and also saw actress Gal Gadot as Diana Prince in a couple Justice League flicks. She was incredible in the role, but we know Gunn is looking to recast most of the DCU moving forward. So who does he have his eye on?
CBM reports that according to DeuxMoi, Adria Arjona (True Detective, Hit Man, Andor) is Gunn's "No. 1 choice" to play our next big-screen take on Diana in the movie that's currently in development from Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira.
DeuxMoi is primarily known for sharing celebrity gossip, but the account has posted some movie-related scoops that have turned out to be accurate in the past. They first mentioned that Barry Keoghan was being considered for the Joker role in Matt Reeves' The Batman, and that Lady Gaga was up for Harley Quinn in the Joker sequel, so there might well be some truth to this.
Gunn knows Arjona from a movie they made together years ago, and fans started linking her as his next Wonder Woman last year. Gunn said of the chatter:
“I follow Adria on Instagram but everybody came out [and said], ‘He just followed her, that means she’s Wonder Woman. She’d be a great Wonder Woman, by the way.”
Gunn continued, “She was in a movie that I made seven years ago. We’ve been friends and have known each other since that time. I followed her then, I didn’t just follow her.”
Gunn is well-known for casting friends that he’s worked with before, so this is another point for the case that Arjona could be cast in the role. But as always, this is still a rumor, and we just have to wait and see.