The WONDER WOMAN Script Has James Gunn Very Excited But What About AQUAMAN And FLASH?

James Gunn offers a promising update on the Wonder Woman reboot, confirming a script is in development. However, fans eager for Aquaman and The Flash DCU debuts will wait longer.

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By MarkJulian - Jul 19, 2025 10:07 AM EST

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As the DCU builds to the eventual evolution of the Justice Gang into the Justice League, fans are very curious about its potential roster. We already have the Man of Steel to lead the way, along with Guy Gardner, Hawkgirl, Mr. Terrific, and Metamorpho, but who will occupy the remaining spots?

James Gunn recently confirmed that a new Wonder Woman script is currently in development, emphasizing that the project has a strong creative direction and will stand apart from the version brought to life by Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot.

“I’m excited, I’m very excited about Wonder Woman right now,” Gunn said, signaling a fresh take on the iconic character in the new DCU.

A DCU Wonder Woman movie was announced last month, and by all accounts, the project has been fast-tracked for production.

James Gunn teases a very distinct take for DCU Wonder Woman pic.twitter.com/T8ClSJOXG4
— 💫 (@THEMYSCIRALORE) July 18, 2025

However, the update wasn’t all good news. When asked about the futures of The Flash and Aquaman, Gunn revealed that fans shouldn’t expect either hero to appear in the DCU for at least the next two years. That puts their potential returns at 2028 or later

James Gunn says not to expect to see The Flash and Aquaman for at least the next 2 years

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— DCU Updates (@dcuworld) July 18, 2025

That's certainly disappointing news for fans of the Scarlet Speedster and the King of the Seven Seas.

Furthermore, unless Gunn decides to buck history and completely randomize the roster, the Justice League film that the Justice Gang is leading up to should definitely include these two characters.

After all, while the Justice League lineup has shifted many times across comics, animation, and live-action, one core group remains the foundation of the team typically features the iconic “Big Seven.”

This classic roster usually includes Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash (most often Barry Allen or Wally West), Green Lantern (typically Hal Jordan or John Stewart), Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter.

Though characters like Cyborg, Green Arrow, and Black Canary have played major roles over the years, these seven heroes are consistently recognized as the League’s most essential members, serving as the heart and identity of DC’s premiere super-team.

Which heroes do you want to see join the new Justice League lineup? Share your picks in the comments below, and keep following CBM for the latest updates on the evolving DCU, including news on James Gunn’s mysterious Superman follow-up.

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Malatrova15 - 7/19/2025, 10:36 AM

Nothing about It

grif - 7/19/2025, 10:39 AM

all 3 of these characters have nothing to offer now as far as im concerned. what can they do story wise that has not been done?

NonPlayerC - 7/19/2025, 10:48 AM

@grif - there are years and years of comics that could be adapted, but they are more of a gamble box office wise. That said the first aqua man movie made the most of the entire DCEU so you never really know

kazuma - 7/19/2025, 10:56 AM

@grif - In live action or just in general? IF just in general sure... if that's your complaint then wtf are you doing on this site? In live action, we've got 70 years of stories to be told.

grif - 7/19/2025, 11:03 AM

@kazuma - ok sell me. its the first movie to introduce any of these characters. what is the story.you cant use what the snyderverse has done.

with the flash maybe some kind of anthology story using a cap boomarang mirror master cap cold and trickster could be good but thats all i can think of.

grif - 7/19/2025, 11:04 AM

@NonPlayerC - so sell me give me pitch for all 3. cant use the what the snyderverse did

NonPlayerC - 7/19/2025, 11:49 AM

@grif - Flash - if gritty the death of Iris West. if Zany Human race Wally takes on a group of intergalactic gamblers who make speedsters race for the fate of their planets they could switch to Barry. Or they could start with Barry training wally and have Barry sacrifice himself leaving wally to take over the mantle.

Aquaman - gritty - when black manta murders aqua mans infant son, silly - aqua man and equaled get abducted by aliens and have to fight in a gladiatorial fish bowl, essentially a 1960s world war hulk scenario. Or anything dealing with him before finding Atlantis when he still didn't know his lineage or even after he renounces his throne

Wonder Woman - Gritty - when Diana ritually vows to protect a victim of sex trafficking, the girl goes out and mruders her traffickers, batman starts investigating and being the black and white view of the law starts a conflict with wonder woman (this would not be resolved with the word Martha). 12 labors which is a play on the Hercules myth, eyes of the gorgon when she fights medusa, or after losing Steve Trevor she starts starts working with the department of meta human affairs and starts dating an agent tressler. Not to mention it would be awesome to see her fight Giganta or this circe from creature commandos

NonPlayerC - 7/19/2025, 11:55 AM

@grif - that too a full team up against are Captain Cold, Abra Kadabra, Mirror Master, Heat Wave, the Golden Glider, the Weather Wizard, the Trickster, the Pied Piper, the Top, and Captain Boomerang. Having to fight them all at one is way more beleivable than just one or two at a time. Definitely has comedy potential. Hopefully they cast a straight laced Barry Allen and a more comedic wally west

NonPlayerC - 7/19/2025, 10:40 AM

hopefully there's at least acknowledgement they are around, I wouldn't like guy Gardner being a green lantern before Barry Allen was the flash and aqua man ruling Atlantis

Forthas - 7/19/2025, 10:42 AM

If James Gunn is excited about Wonder Woman, it must mean it includes a dance off!

NegativeNerd - 7/19/2025, 1:07 PM

@Forthas - 😂😂😂

TheJok3r - 7/19/2025, 10:51 AM

Both Flash and Aquaman just got movies a couple years ago, so this isn't surprising. If I had to guess, Wonder Woman will get a movie in 2028, followed by Justice League in either 2029 or 2030.

SteviesRightFoo - 7/19/2025, 10:55 AM

Hoping against hope for new directors, writers and cinematographers for any future films

ElJefe - 7/19/2025, 11:01 AM

@SteviesRightFoo -

SteviesRightFoo - 7/19/2025, 11:09 AM

@ElJefe - 😂

Apophis71 - 7/19/2025, 10:55 AM

The question this REALY poses is does that mean we won't see a Justice gang movie in the next two years if they are considered character that are required for it. Is there any confirmation if/when we would get Justice Gang as to me being three years away doesn't sound unreasonable with with all the stuff that has been sorta confirmed as coming soon.

https://www.thereviewgeek.com/movies-shows-dcu/

https://thedirect.com/article/james-gunn-dcu-movie-tv-release-timeline-order

IF we add Wonder Woman to those lists and two films per year we already have the most likely next two years worth of films (as in five films, ie 30months worth) not counting if we also get a Superman & Supergirl teamup first making it 3yrs worth of films.

IOW, this isn't exactly news is it? If he had said not in the next three or four years maybe, next two means little to nothing as their first appearance could be in a Justice Gang film prior to them getting new solo ones.

NonPlayerC - 7/19/2025, 11:02 AM

@Apophis71 - every time you say justice gang it hurts. I really hope no one listens to guys name choice

MarkJulian - 7/19/2025, 11:02 AM

@Apophis71 - He didn't say they weren't getting "films" in the next two years, he said don't expect to see them at all, in the next two years.

Apophis71 - 7/19/2025, 11:49 AM

@NonPlayerC - Always hated the team name Justice Gang, or anything with Gang in it as either sounds like a bunch of kids or urban collectives oft in trouble with the law, but it is what it is and if they go there kinda hope they avoid calling the film that even if the lineup is that of that team.

As you say, have Guy suggest it and the members pushback on it in the same sort of way the Thunderbolts team did in their film prior to getting anything approaching an official one.

Apophis71 - 7/19/2025, 12:15 PM

@MarkJulian - By which I took it to mean the first time they would appear would be in something like Justice Gang/League or in their own solo films and what I based the comment on and kinda what I always expected would be the case.

I wasn't expecting any of the top five or so JL characters in a solo film of anyone typicaly not in the top 10 for instance or on a TV series first meaning the only sorta confirmed movie I could have seen Aquaman and the Flash turning up in would be Batman'sBnB or Wonder Woman's film and would tend to think they would never have been introduced in either of those.

I mean we already know Clayface will be fairly standalone with no major characters in it, mostly original creations for that movie. If we are still getting Swamp thing would we expect Aquaman of Flash in that as I wouldn't and would they call the Authority that if it had a big name like Flash or Aquaman in it and don't recall either being connected in any way to that in the comics.

The point however was more this article seemed to focus on the team film not happening anytime soon and that team movie already was unlikely to be less than 30months away from release and as those two characters were the last major ones to get a solo film they were always likely to be the last of the big players from the DCEU to first appear in a DCU movie.

What the comment from Gunn doesn't do is rule out hints that the characters exist in the DCU sooner rather than later or even be fully name dropped in films LIKE the Authority where some of the members were pastiches of heroes like Superman and Batman in the comics.

TheVisionary25 - 7/19/2025, 12:33 PM

@Apophis71 - in the movie , the Justice Gamg is something Guy comes up with but others resist him like Hawkgirl

Have you seen the film yet?.

Apophis71 - 7/19/2025, 12:57 PM

@TheVisionary25 - Nope, not seen this Superman film yet but will ASAP when able and never read a Justice Gang comic if any exist but had heard a team name like that which wasn't DC years back and can't recall where/what it was about. The big seven were part of Justice League whenever I saw them all together in print and actualy couldn't recall anyone talking about a Gang featuring them until recently but I'm getting old and may have forgotten from when reading DC in the 70's and 80's :D.

It was a general comment that it is a daft name for a team, there are worse in the comics and have no issue if similar to the Thunderbolts scenario where one is pushing a name others reject either but all of that was in response to someone else making issue with that name for a team after the article specificaly referenced a Justice Gang team name.

If my lack of insight means my comment is a tad off in anyway, my appols :D

99OPTIMISTPRIME - 7/19/2025, 10:59 AM

Wonder Woman 3 had already been publicly announced. There had to have been something in Gal Gadot's contract, that delayed pre-production on the reboot. James Gunn must've been under a lot of pressure to hurry up and get Superman written, and give WB an off ramp from the DCEU.

NonPlayerC - 7/19/2025, 11:07 AM

@99OPTIMISTPRIME - pretty sure the studio keeps all rights to green light or cancel a project at their own discretion. At worst they had to pay Gal what she was owed and then write everything else off like a tax write off, same as they did with the batgirl movie.

Goldboink - 7/19/2025, 11:33 AM

@99OPTIMISTPRIME -

That was his assignment. Pinch off the never ending turd and start fresh with Superman, which should be the foundation of any DC endeavor.

Apophis71 - 7/19/2025, 12:22 PM

@99OPTIMISTPRIME - Which may explain some of the cameo appearances, easy way to get out of a multi-movie contract clause for the studio whilst if they moved forward with them being a major character again they can play the 'those cameos don't count' card.

RockBottom - 7/19/2025, 11:10 AM

Fair enough. It’ll give some time to wash the taste outta that POS movie’s mouth and give the Flash the proper treatment.

HistoryofMatt - 7/19/2025, 11:20 AM

At this point, for The Flash they should do what Justice League and Justice League Unlimited did and skip Barry Allen and go right to Wally West. Barry has been done to death. If Lanterns is going to be handing the torch from Hal to John, this film universe should use Wally West.

To be clear: RED-HAIRED WALLY. The real Wally.

lazlodaytona - 7/19/2025, 11:41 AM

@HistoryofMatt - I'm in on Wally West.
Anything in line with the JL/JLU animated series is a 100% go for me.

HistoryofMatt - 7/19/2025, 12:24 PM

@lazlodaytona - Plus, with Wally, he's been shown not as fast as Barry in multiple media. I know stories show where Wally eventually surpasses Barry for speed, but that is Post-Crisis. Whether it's his speed levels when he first was created through to his portrayal in JL and JLU and Young Justice, Wally can go about Mach 1.

Having a Flash who's fast, but not infinitely-fast, is a nice way to limit what he can do and create bigger stakes for the stories he's part of whether that's his own film or a Justice League film.

NGFB - 7/19/2025, 11:27 AM

For characters like Flash and WW we no longer need origin stories. Don't waste our time with them. Keep doing like they did in the new Superman. That was perfect.

Goldboink - 7/19/2025, 11:35 AM

@NGFB -
The origin story has been done to death already. Audiences are hip to it.

lazlodaytona - 7/19/2025, 11:45 AM

Who the heck is dying for Aquaman at the moment? I'm not and I'd prefer he not be part of the main 7. If he's used like the JL/JLU animated series then that'd be fine.
However, with Momoa being Lobo soon, WAIT on another Aquaman so Lobo has time to be fleshed out.

As well, keep cyborg on the Teen Titans and explore Martin Manhunter being introduced. He definitely needs to eventually be part of the 7 in Judge League. Even if MM is just in a MAX series starting out.

lazlodaytona - 7/19/2025, 11:46 AM

@lazlodaytona - *Justice League

Apophis71 - 7/19/2025, 12:34 PM

@lazlodaytona - Regardless views on the Aquaman films and demand for a new version, as you say with Momoa coming back as Lobo it doesn't make much sense to casting let alone intro the new Aquaman until AFTER we have seen Lobo in action at the earliest and probably more than JUST in Supergirl's film.

There has tended to be a good seven year gap or more for most major DC character reboots in films (Superman Returns to MoS or Batman and Robin to Batman Begins) and the last Aquaman film was 2023. We didn't get a new DCEU Batman after the prior well recieved Nolan version for FOUR years with The Batman FIVE years after the film version of Justice League, so at least five and likely more seems about right in this case considering his prior reception.

NGFB - 7/19/2025, 11:49 AM

Make Aquaman irrelevant in the new DCU. Have him randomly pop up in a bunch of movies and series, but then have everyone roll their eyes at him and make him a non-factor in any fights and events. It would be a good running joke.

TheOtherOn - 7/19/2025, 12:23 PM

"....But What About AQUAMAN?"

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The WONDER WOMAN Script Has James Gunn Very Excited But What About AQUAMAN And FLASH?

James Gunn offers a promising update on the Wonder Woman reboot, confirming a script is in development. However, fans eager for Aquaman and The Flash DCU debuts will wait longer.

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