Superman has been performing fairly effectively on the field workplace (extra so domestically than internationally), and although the film nonetheless has an extended highway forward (it should face severe competitors from The Improbable 4: First Steps this weekend), James Gunn’s reboot is being seen internally as a profitable launching level for the DCU.
Gunn has confirmed that he’s already engaged on a follow-up (although it will not be a direct sequel), however a latest report from Selection instructed that Surprise Lady will probably take priority.
“Though Warner Bros. has sequel choices on Corenswet and Brosnahan, a sequel announcement doesn’t seem like imminent. As an alternative, sources say the studio is fast-tracking a Surprise Lady film. And the studio is thrilled with Matt Reeves’ just-submitted screenplay draft for the sequel to The Batman.”
Throughout an interview with Rolling Stone, Gunn responded to this report, and whereas he considerably downplayed the notion that the undertaking is being “fast-tracked,” he did verify {that a} new Surprise Lady film is a precedence for DC Studios.
“I don’t know what they imply by fast-tracking. [Laughs.] I’ve at all times had Surprise Lady as a precedence. However we received the primary few issues began, and there’s another issues which can be actually near green-lighting — like there’s a tv present that I hope that we’re gonna be green-lighting within the subsequent few days. So now slightly time has handed, and we actually want Surprise Lady and we actually want Batman, as a result of they’re so necessary to us. And so it’s develop into slightly bit extra like going to everyone at DC and being like, we have to determine this out. We’ve good writers on Surprise Lady and we simply have to verify it’s working and so they should not be anyone who’s gonna take two years to jot down a script.”
Some really feel that final half could be a dig at Matt Reeves taking so lengthy to ship the script for The Batman – Half II, however they could be studying a bit an excessive amount of into it (tell us what you suppose).
Relying on how far alongside Surprise Lady is, there’s an opportunity we’d get some official updates pretty quickly, and will even be taught who’s being eyed to play our subsequent big-screen tackle the long-lasting Amazonian warrior.
A number of actresses have emerged as fan-favorite picks to take over from Gal Gadot, together with Scream and Abigail star Melissa Barrera, and Andor star Adria Arjona. Nevertheless, on this week’s episode of The Hot Mic, Jeff Sneider talked about that he is heard that the studio is searching for an unknown actress to play Diana.
The scooper stated he has requested round to see if they may wish to go an surprising route by presumably casting somebody Black or Latina, and was instructed it will greater than probably be somebody of Mediterranean descent – however a Black actress might wind up enjoying the lead within the Paradise Misplaced Max sequence.
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