WONDER WOMAN Star Connie Nielsen Says It's "Crazy" and a "Pity" DC Studios Scrapped WONDER WOMAN 3
Connie Nielsen, the actress who played Hippolyta in the Wonder Woman film franchise doesn’t quite understand DC Studios’ decision to scrap Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 3.
During a recent interview with Den of Geek at the Gladiator II press junket, Nielsen shared her thoughts saying: “I think it’s crazy. I mean, frankly, I don’t understand it.
“[Wonder Woman] made $800 million just in the movie theaters, and it has an enormous and passionate, passionate fanbase. These are spectacular films, and there’s just no reason I can understand whatsoever for not investing in that.
“If I were a business person, I would say that’s money on the table. It’s right there. Plus every time we’ve done it, [it was] with budgets that were way smaller than any of the other DC budgets.”
Well, this simple answer to this is that Wonder Woman 3 just didn’t fit in with the plans that James Gunn and Peter Safran outlined for their reboot of the DCU.
It’s easy to understand her frustration, but we will be getting a new Wonder Woman project. Gunn previously said that Gal Gadot is still on board to play Wonder Woman but also admitted that he’s not sure what to do with her yet.
When Gunn was asked if any former stars have been in talks for the franchise's future, he said: "Some. We don't know. We've talked to Gal. She's up for doing stuff. We're not sure what we're going to do with that.”
Gadot later offered an update on the matter saying: "Things are being worked behind the scenes and once the right moment arrives, you'll know about it."
The actress later said that she will be developing Wonder Woman 3 with Gunn and Safran. She said: “I love portraying Wonder Woman. It’s so close to and dear to my heart. From what I heard from James and from Peter is that we’re gonna develop a Wonder Woman 3 together.”
We don’t know if things have changed between then and now, but as far as I know, a Wonder Woman project is currently not in development at DC Studios.
It was announced that there is a series titled Paradise Lost, which “is going to be a Game of Thrones-esque story about Themyscira, Paradise Island, the home of the Amazons and it's also the birthplace of Wonder Woman. This drama it's really about the political intrigue behind a society of all women.”
But that series is said to take place before the birth of Diana.