Key Takeaways

  • Ana Nogueira is officially penning the next Wonder Woman movie after her successful work on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
  • James Gunn confirmed that Wonder Woman will return alongside a new HBO series titled Paradise Island, focusing on Themyscira.
  • The new take on Wonder Woman is expected to be very different from previous versions, which were heavily tied to World War I.
  • Gal Gadot's previous portrayal of Wonder Woman was in 2017, which was a critical and box office success under director Patty Jenkins.
  • Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is set to release on June 26, 2026, with Wonder Woman following in the new DC universe.

So here’s the latest from the ever-rebooting halls of DC Studios: Ana Nogueira, the playwright-turned-screenwriter who’s apparently got the golden touch for cape drama, is now officially penning the next Wonder Woman movie.

Nogueira is already deep in DC’s bullpen, having written the upcoming Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, currently in post-production, and reportedly taking the reins on a live-action Teen Titans project as well. Clearly someone at DC noticed she can write character work that doesn’t sound like it came out of a vending machine.

James Gunn, who now co-leads DC Studios, confirmed earlier this summer that Wonder Woman would return to screens—this time in tandem with a slow-cooking HBO series titled Paradise Island, focused on Themyscira and, we’re told, not just a tourism ad for Greek marble and exposed midriffs. Gunn promises this new take on Diana will be very different. Which, given how thoroughly the last version was tied to World War I, a collapsing timeline, and invisible jets, could really mean anything.

For context, Gal Gadot donned the boots and bracers starting in 2017 under director Patty Jenkins, in what was arguably the last DC film to be both a critical and box office hit without requiring a director’s cut to apologize for itself. Jenkins and Gadot were developing a third installment until the great DC Reset, whereupon Gunn and Safran tossed the whole continuity into the nearest Boom Tube.

This rebooted Wonder Woman joins DC’s upcoming Gods and Monsters chapter—a grab bag of new characters, tonal experiments, and calculated risks (which may or may not pay off, depending on how audiences feel about cosmic barhopping Supergirl, who’s apparently more into interplanetary clubbing than truth, justice, and Kryptonian legacy).

:Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, based on the Tom King miniseries and directed by Craig Gillespie, is due out June 26, 2026. It stars Milly Alcock as the steel-nerved party girl cousin to the new Superman. Wonder Woman will follow at some point after that.

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