Gal Gadot, who played Wonder Woman in two solo films directed by Patty Jenkins, recently shared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that she wasn’t officially told by DC Studios that she’d been excluded from the new DC Universe being developed by James Gunn and Peter Safran. She said she was led to believe by Gunn and Safran that they intended to make a third Wonder Woman movie with her, but later noticed changes in how the new DC Universe was being shaped. This included the reworking of the previous DC Extended Universe (DCEU), as well as how other key figures like Henry Cavill (Superman) and Patty Jenkins were handled, which Gadot found unrefined. Sources close to DC Studios told Variety that no formal promises were made to Gadot about a third Wonder Woman film. Cavill, who had previously played Superman, was brought back for a cameo in the 2022 film Black Adam and was encouraged to publicly confirm he was once again Superman. However, Gunn and Safran later informed him that the role was being recast. Meanwhile, Jenkins had submitted a script for Wonder Woman 3, but the studio rejected it as the new DCU took shape. She was later forced to deny reports that she had walked away from the project. Gadot chose to move on to other projects, though she said she has no hard feelings. She pointed out that the "holy trinity" of the old DC-verse — Cavill’s Superman, Ben Affleck’s Batman, and her Wonder Woman — were central to the previous universe. Their exclusion signaled that Gunn was building a new world from the ground up. Characters like John Cena’s Peacemaker and Xolo Maridueña’s Blue Beetle, who were not as central to the old DCEU, were retained in the new DCU. Gadot’s Wonder Woman was one of the few major successes for Warner Bros’ previous DC universe, both in terms of box office and critical reception. However, her exclusion from the new continuity might be linked to the lukewarm reception of Wonder Woman 1984, which was released in 2020 during the pandemic and simultaneously on HBO Max. Keeping the old Wonder Woman while replacing Batman and Superman could have confused audiences, but Gunn has shown a willingness to rewrite history when needed. While the studio has left the door open for Margot Robbie to return as Harley Quinn, there are currently few signs she will. Whether the new DC Universe will succeed in creating a more appealing version of its characters remains to be seen. For now, the defining feature of Gunn’s new world seems to be its flexibility with continuity — as long as you were part of the original group when the reboot began.