Con: Audiences May Be Confused by the Sight of a New Superman Interacting with Gal Gadot

Right here is the previous studio logic at play: Will informal moviegoers perceive that Gadot is perhaps taking part in an all-new model of Surprise Lady who is certainly interacting with an all-new Superman? Or would possibly the confusion simply encourage antipathy? Once more, the DCEU model is fairly poisonous at this level, and maybe one of the best ways to get of us to overlook how a lot they disliked a lot of these movies is to faux as if none of them existed.

Professional: Continuity Is Overrated, and James Gunn Is aware of It

That above argument, nevertheless, would carry extra water if it hadn’t already been confirmed Gunn is bringing again Viola Davis as Amanda Waller in a Max TV sequence, to not point out John Cena’s Peacemaker persevering with to maintain his peace on streaming. There are additionally (unsubstantiated) rumors that state now we have not but seen the final of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn. However then… all three of those actors labored with Gunn on the movie The Suicide Squad, and Gadot didn’t.

Nonetheless, that appears to recommend of their bones, Gunn and Safran know you possibly can persuade the core viewers with sufficient advertising to know these are new(ish) variations of the character and/or their universe. And in the event you’re making an exception for Peacemaker, you certain as hell can do it for the actress who headlined one of the best superhero origin film of the final decade.

Con: Will She Wish to Be Doing This for 10 Extra Years?

After all the opposite crude elephant within the room is that Gunn and Safran have introduced that the continuity which kicks off correctly with Superman: Legacy is a part of an unlimited 10-year plan (no less than) for the DC Universe. And on this try and clone Marvel Studios’ popular culture dominance within the 2010s, this implies actors taking part in the core characters are anticipated to do the function for roughly a decade, much like the 11-year stint Robert Downey Jr. did as Iron Man and the 11 years Scarlett Johansson endured as Black Widow.

Whereas we’d argue the DCEU failed to essentially take advantage of out of Gadot’s Surprise Lady—two solo movies, one disastrous team-up film, and an entire lot of cameos—she’s already portrayed the function for seven years. And if the brand new DCU decade-strategy begins in 2025, she’d be 50 in 2035. After all past whether or not she’s , this additionally invitations the insidious and sexist double requirements held towards girls in Hollywood. We would level out, nevertheless, nobody raised questions on Downey taking part in Iron Man till he was 54.

Professional: One other DC Universe Afraid of Together with Surprise Lady… Actually?!

Clearly, it doesn’t matter what the ultimate verdict is, Gunn, Safran, and the bigger government equipment at WB has already thought-about the above in nice element. Maybe that’s why they’ve additionally determined to not handle this publicly. In any respect. The Selection report was based mostly on nameless sources, and the one factor introduced about Surprise Lady within the DC Universe is a Diana-less Max tv sequence about all her Amazonian compatriots on Paradise Island. However not her.