James Gunn Shuts Down Rumors That DCU’s Wonder Woman PARADISE LOST Series Is Cancelled
It looks like we can all take a breath. The DCU’s long-gestating Wonder Woman prequel series is still alive and kicking.
After a wave of online chatter claimed that Paradise Lost, the HBO Max series centered on Themyscira before Diana Prince ever stepped foot in Man’s World, had been cancelled, DC Studios co-head James Gunn jumped online to clear the air. And he didn’t mince words.
"Definitely not. Jesus, I go on Threads for the first time in weeks and it's just one insanely wrong thing after the other. What is going on?"
That response came after rumors started spreading that the series had quietly been scrapped. For DC fans who’ve been curious about the larger mythology of the Amazons and the political intrigue of Themyscira, the idea of losing the show stung.
The cancellation talk originally picked up steam a few weeks ago when Geek Buddies podcaster John Rocha shared what he’d been hearing. He said:
"Sources are telling me that DC was meeting with writers for Paradise Lost, was taking pitches for Paradise Lost, but they've been informed that the project is dead. Paradise Lost is dead. Will not be happening as a TV show. And not dead in the sense of like, well, they're just going to wait for a script.
"[It's] no longer an active development. Dead, and that is a massive bit of news because I think a lot of people felt that it was a little weird that you were going to do a Themyscira show but not have Wonder Woman in it."
That’s a pretty definitive claim. But according to Gunn, it simply isn’t true.
Paradise Lost was announced as part of the first chapter of the new DC Universe, envisioned as a grounded, political drama set on Themyscira long before Diana’s birth. It’ll focus on power struggles, Amazonian culture, and the kind of mythic world-building that could deepen the entire DCU.
Even without Wonder Woman front and center, it has the potential to reshape how audiences view that corner of the universe.
With Gunn now publicly confirming that the project is “definitely not” cancelled, it sounds like development is still moving forward, even if we haven’t heard many updates lately.
In the meantime, the next DCU project on deck is Supergirl, directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Milly Alcock, who reprises her role as Kara Zor-El after debuting in last year’s Superman.
From what we’ve seen so far, the story leans into Kara’s struggle to adapt to Earth after witnessing the destruction of Krypton. It’s shaping up to be a very different kind of Super-family story.
The supporting cast includes David Krumholtz, Eve Ridley, Emily Beecham, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Jason Momoa, which makes this one to watch when it hits theaters on June 26.
As for Wonder Woman and the Amazons, they aren’t going anywhere. Themyscira still has stories to tell, and if Gunn’s response is any indication, Paradise Lost remains part of the larger DCU plan.