Update: October 15, 2014
Warner Bros. Announces Massive DC Entertainment Slate
During a shareholder meeting today, Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara formally announced plans for a Justice League movie, confirming one of Hollywood's worst-kept secrets. The film, directed by Zack Snyder, will be divided into two parts, as the rumored third and fourth Avengers movies are expected to be.
He also surprised the industry with announcements of more than half a dozen movies including Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Green Lantern and Cyborg. Four a-list stars are in talks to join Suicide Squad, which will be directed by David Ayer, as announced already. That film is planned for 2016, after Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Tsujihara called it "a gritty story of a team of supervillains who take on black ops missions for the U.S. government.
2017 will see the relase of both Wonder Woman and the first Justice League film. "We're bringing back the cast of Batman V Superman with a cast of other well-known and highly-anticipated superheroes," said the CEO of Justice League. "Wonder Woman is an iconic female superhero fans have been anticipating for many years."
2018 will bring The Flash, starring Ezra Miller, and Aquaman. With all of this new information, they finally did confirm that Jason Momoa will play the role. "Fans among the world will become more acquainted with [The Flash] through our hit show on The CW," said Tsujihara of marketing The Flash. Shazam, which had been expected by many to be the first film post-Batman V Superman, will actually not hit theaters until 2019, the same year as Justice League Part 2.
While they don't yet have release dates, he also confirmed that Cyborg is in development with Batman V Superman's Ray Fisher and that they're working on a Green Lantern movie again. Those films are listed on the schedule above as 2020. Tsujihara also confirmed that the studio is working on stand-alone Batman and Superman films, although no release date was mentioned for them.
Warner Bros. Announces Full DC Movie Slate: Wonder Woman, The Flash and More
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Update: October 13, 2014
Producer Confirms Demigod Origins for WONDER WOMAN
Wonder Woman's origin in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice has been confirmed. During an interview, producer Charles Roven described in detail the difference between the world of The Dark Knight Trilogy, and that of the shared DC Universe begun in Man of Steel.
In his final comments, Roven mentions Wonder Woman, and confirms her origin as the daughter of Zeus. Roven said, "Wonder Woman's in it. We know that. She has powers, she's a goddess. She's a demigod. Her father was Zeus."This would seem to lay to rest any other rumors about Wonder Woman's origin in the film, including the one about Amazons being remnants of Krypton.
Wonder Woman's origin has been redone many times since she was first created in 1940. Before DC's New 52 relaunch, Diana was constructed from clay by Hippolyta (who wanted a daughter), and was brought to life by the Greek deities. In the New 52, however, she is the daughter of Hippolyta and Zeus, and recently became the new God of War after killing Ares.
Wonder Woman's Demigod Origin in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Confirmed
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Update: August 16, 2014
Ronda Rousey Criticizes Wonder Woman, Female Superheroes
Talking with Tommy Toe Hold last week, UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey
revealed that she would love to play Wonder Woman in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and criticized the film's choice of actress Gal Gadot for the Amazonian princess, whom she criticized as a girl who "couldn't curl a two-pound weight." In a new interview with
USA Today, Rousey takes some more jabs at Wonder Woman and other female superheroes in general:
"I'm tired of watching this thing where the woman's superpower is dumbed down. In The Fantastic Four, the woman is the invisible one. In X-Men, (telekinetic) Jean Grey gets tired all the time. Wonder Woman is cool, but she has bulletproof bracelets, while Superman is a bulletproof dude. It's like she has really cool accessories. I think about that a lot."
Interestingly enough, the three superheroes Ronda mentions are poor examples of weak female characters and are in fact three of the most powerful characters in the comic books. The Invisible Woman, not only can she turn invisible, but can also generate near-indestructible force fields and generate constructs. She could create a bubble inside a person's head and expand it until the head explodes. Jean Grey is an Omega-level mutant and destroyer of galaxies when she's bonded with the Phoenix Force. For the past few decades, Wonder Woman possesses a very high resistance to physical injury and that includes being bulletproof. Ronda needs to update her Wonder Woman research since it looks like she's still stuck with the Lynda Carter version.
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Update: August 9, 2014
Ronda Rousey Reveals Why She Should be WONDER WOMAN
Talking on the Tommy Toe Hold show recently (via Yahoo! Movies), MMA superstar and star of The Expendables 3 Ronda Rousey revealed some serious geek cred when talk turned to her love of Pokemon. However, of most interesting is what she said when asked which movie she thinks would be better if it starred her. "They're making a Wonder Woman right now, aren't they?" she asked. "I should have been Wonder Woman, man! That girl couldn't curl a two-pound weight, what's so wonderful about that? I don't understand."
Rousey revealed Mew is her favorite Pokemon. "Mew is the originator of all the other Pokémons ... Mew is the original one and [all the other Pokémon] came from that one. And, you couldn't catch Mew in the original game. You had to use the lavender town," she revealed. "I actually went to the mall for those Pokémon events, those little tournaments to get me a Mew. I wanted Mew so bad. I waited in line with all the other nerds for hours. I wanted to get me a Mew, and a Mew certificate of authenticity that I taped to my wall," Rousey was not ashamed to admit.
"Umm, I'm really good at Candy Crush (laughs)," she adds. "I don't know if I picked up a bassoon right now, if I could play it, like read the music, but I used to play the bassoon. I was really good at bassoon. Wait! I'm really good at Taboo, the game Taboo. I [expletive] wreck it on Taboo."
Ronda Rousey Reveals Why She Should be WONDER WOMAN Instead of Gal Gadot
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Update: July 26, 2014
First Official Image of Gal Gadot as WONDER WOMAN
Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Gal Gadot kicked off the Warner Bros. panel for Hall H with a bang and a teaser made just for the Comic-Con crowd. Rumors abounded that the studio would to do something with its highly anticipated Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie but no one expected it would kick off the presentation. The crowd, already primed, went bananas. Director Zack Snyder, who previously revealed a new image of Affleck as Batman, also teased a new image of Gadot as Wonder Woman. "We have a teeny little thing," Snyder teased, before unveiling a very short teaser scene.
The trailer opens with Batman standing on a rooftop in the pouring rain. He's dressed in an armor-type costume (different from the Zack Snyder released photo). The costume is very reminiscent of the armor costume that Batman wears in Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Batman's eyes are glowing bright whitish-blue (different from how his eyes looked in the Batman cowl photo).
There is something else on the roof. It's revealed to be the Bat Signal. Batman pulls down a lever to light the Bat Signal, and its bright, shining beacon reveals Superman, hovering in the air. Superman is also in the middle of the pouring rain, and his eyes are glowing red. The footage cuts back to Batman on the rooftop, staring intently at Superman. Batman's eyes are still glowing a whitish-blue. The trailer ends with the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice logo.
Wonder Woman First Photo Revealed; Batman V Superman Footage Description
