Wonder Woman: Ana Nogueira Confirms She's Writing Script For DCU Reboot; Explains Her Approach

Wonder Woman: Ana Nogueira Confirms She's Writing Script For DCU Reboot; Explains Her Approach

Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira has confirmed that she is currently working on the script for the DCU Wonder Woman reboot, though she didn't disclose very much...

By MarkCassidy - Jun 11, 2026 12:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Wonder Woman

Last year, The Wrap reported that Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira had been tapped to pen the script for the new DC Studios Wonder Woman movie. This news was never made official (James Gunn stayed silent on social media), but Nogueira has now confirmed that she is indeed working on the project.

Though she obviously couldn't go into much detail for fear of the "sniper dot," Nogueira did briefly explain her approach to the character during an interview with Collider.

“I try to approach every character I write from a place of what feels most true to me about them… I put on blinders and see what the character means to me before I take them onto the page.”

Nogueira is also developing the live-action Teen Titans movie, so Gunn and DC Studios clearly have a lot of confidence in her ability.

We don't know much about Diana's next solo outing, but there's a lot of speculation that Gunn might introduce the iconic Amazonian warrior in Man of Tomorrow. Though Adria Arjona has reportedly been cast as Maxima, many believe she will actually play Wonder Woman.

Eva De Dominici, who was also in contention for Arjona's role, recently ignited speculation when she shared a training video to Instagram due to the emojis she added to her post - a woman with crossed arms and a pair of crossed swords.

The emojis do seem very specific, but she could simply be leaning into the rumors.

"I don’t know what they mean by fast-tracking," Gunn said of reports that the movie was top of DC Studios' list in a recent interview. "I've always had Wonder Woman as a priority. But we got the first few things started, and there’s some other things that are really close to green-lighting — like there’s a TV show that I hope that we’re gonna be green-lighting in the next few days."

"So now a little time has passed, and we really need Wonder Woman and we really need Batman, because they’re so important to us. And so it’s become a little bit more like going to everybody at DC and being like, we need to figure this out. We have good writers on Wonder Woman and we just have to make sure it’s working and they have to not be somebody who’s gonna take two years to write a script."

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Lisa89
Lisa89 - 6/11/2026, 1:01 PM
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Katy O'Brian for the W
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/11/2026, 1:17 PM
@Lisa89 - that's the best choice
dragon316
dragon316 - 6/11/2026, 2:46 PM
@Lisa89 - I’m only agreeing to this she’s 1 foot short to modern Wonder Woman who is 6 foot tall let complaints come through woman they pick play Wonder Woman should be this height blah blah racist fan cast crap
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 6/11/2026, 2:54 PM
@dragon316 - De ce nu folosești un traducător?
Poți să tastezi comentariul tău în română și să-l lipești aici în engleză perfectă.
Baf
Baf - 6/11/2026, 4:14 PM
@Lisa89 - @dragon316 translator:"I'm only okay with this because she's just one foot shorter than the modern version of Wonder Woman, who's around 6 feet tall. Let the complaints roll in: 'The actress playing Wonder Woman should be taller,' 'She's not comic-accurate,' and all the usual fan-cast and culture-war nonsense."
JackDeth
JackDeth - 6/11/2026, 1:11 PM
Between Adria Arjona and Eva de Dominici, I would prefer the latter to play Diana.
kirbyfan
kirbyfan - 6/11/2026, 1:11 PM
Couldn't care less about what's true to Ana Nogueira, how about writing what's true to Wonder Woman. Also WW should be facing Granny Goodness and The Female Furies.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 6/11/2026, 1:11 PM
Guess it makes sense to ask yourself how the character assigned to you to develop resonates with you before doing anything else.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/11/2026, 5:01 PM
@NinnesMBC - agree…

It allows them to focus on the things they like most about the character or what interests them about them and their world which they can highlight in the film.
Thing94
Thing94 - 6/11/2026, 1:19 PM
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FireGunn
FireGunn - 6/11/2026, 1:30 PM
From no writing experience to 3 major films. We all know why... Nepotism runs deep in the DCU

Reboot the MCU and DCU
SuperCat
SuperCat - 6/11/2026, 1:31 PM
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BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 6/11/2026, 1:49 PM
Still gotta rep Stori Denali for Wonder Woman. She is a true Amazon.
SenorTwats
SenorTwats - 6/11/2026, 2:04 PM
Those of you thinking Gunn might get fired better hold onto your nuts!

Gunn learned from snyders mistakes, no more waiting to see how projects do. He will green light them scripts and have them in preproduction before WB can cancel anything 🤣
dragon316
dragon316 - 6/11/2026, 2:47 PM
Laugh at all stupid fan casting stuff people picked all blonde women play sue who marvel picked play NOT woman fans picked play sue 😂😂😂😂 something think about there
ClarkJoeKent
ClarkJoeKent - 6/11/2026, 2:54 PM
RUMOR: DC Could Restore the Snyderverse if James Gunn Fails?
The SnyderVerse return rumor is in heavy circulation again. Let us run through it.

The rumor traces to Cosmic Book News editor Matt McGloin, who has cited unnamed insiders since November 2025 claiming that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund wants Zack Snyder back at DC Studios as part of the Paramount-WBD acquisition.

According to that reporting, the new ownership would replace James Gunn with Snyder, bring back Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, and “possibly” Ben Affleck as Batman.

The framing: Saudi backers want a Snyder-led DC franchise to rival Marvel.

McGloin has been right before. He reported the Daredevil: Born Again retooling months before The Hollywood Reporter confirmed it. His track record is mixed but not dismissible. The question is whether this specific rumor holds up against the verified parts of the Paramount-WBD merger picture.

Let us walk through the components.
The Saudi money is real

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the Qatar Investment Authority, and Abu Dhabi’s L’Imad Holding are providing a combined $24 billion in equity financing for Paramount’s $110 billion WBD acquisition, per the Paramount Skydance SEC filings from February 27, 2026. Larry Ellison personally guaranteed an additional $43.3 billion.


The European Commission’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation has flagged the Gulf sovereign wealth involvement as an area of concern ahead of the July 7 EU antitrust decision. The Saudis are not just passive financiers. They are a major equity bloc with potential governance influence in the combined company.

This piece of the rumor checks out completely.

The Snyder-Saudi business connection is real

Snyder is currently directing Brawlers (originally titled Brawler), a UFC-themed feature film co-produced with Dana White and Turki Alalshikh, who chairs Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority. The film is filming as of May 2026. Alalshikh is attached as an executive producer.

On May 1, 2026, Snyder posted an Instagram photo from the Paramount Studios lot captioned “Poking around the back lot in Hollywood as we start work on our new project.” Brawlers does not have an official distributor announced, but Paramount has a seven-year UFC distribution deal that makes it the obvious home.

Snyder has documented, ongoing business relationships with the same Saudi entertainment apparatus that is helping fund Paramount’s WBD bid. This piece also checks out.


James Gunn’s footing is genuinely uncertain

Multiple verified data points suggest Gunn’s position at DC Studios is less secure than the official Paramount messaging suggests.

Gunn did not attend the first internal David Ellison meeting after the Paramount-WBD agreement, with the official excuse being he was filming Man of Tomorrow in Atlanta. He also skipped CinemaCon 2026 and sent a video message instead. Paramount co-chair Josh Greenstein reportedly discussed a DC project with director Zach Cregger (Weapons) without going through Gunn or Peter Safran, per Puck and Collider. Under the current Gunn-Safran model, that conversation should not have happened.

Is James Gunn on thin ice with The Ellisons?
On the BobaTalks podcast in October 2025, Gunn was asked about long-term DCU plans past Man of Tomorrow. He said: “If I s-- Yes, they definitely go significantly further than ‘Man of Tomorrow.’ So, now, whether or not that’ll be me that’s able to fulfill that promise depends on a lot of things in life, but yeah.“ The hesitation and the laugh were notable.

Gunn’s contract was extended only to Spring 2027, the same window as the Man of Tomorrow release. After that, his status is genuinely open.

Whether his position erodes specifically because Saudi backers want Snyder, or because the broader Paramount leadership wants their own people, is the unverified part. The thin ice itself is real.

The actor return claims are NOT verified

Henry Cavill has not publicly confirmed a Superman return. Ben Affleck has not publicly confirmed a Batman return. Gal Gadot has not publicly confirmed a Wonder Woman return. Jason Momoa has not publicly confirmed an Aquaman return.

Zack Snyder himself has not publicly claimed he is returning to live-action DC. On the Happy Sad Confused podcast in March 2026, Snyder said animation and comics had been discussed as ways to continue his story “at least in some capacity.” He also said of Gunn’s DCU: “Other people will take them and other people will take them after that, and that’s how it should be.“

The actor casting framework Cosmic Book News reported is currently sourced to one outlet’s insiders. No actor representation has confirmed it. No studio announcement exists.

The “SnyderVerse restoration as official plan” claim is also not verified

This is the part where the rumor stops being supported by independently verifiable reporting.

Matt Belloni at Puck has consistently reported that the most likely scenario after the merger closes is Gunn and Safran remaining at DC Studios with tighter corporate oversight. Bloomberg reported in October 2025 that Ellison’s strategy is to “keep the creative teams of the two studios, while consolidating some of the marketing and distribution.” Neither outlet has reported a Saudi mandate to install Snyder.

The leap from “Saudi money is in Paramount” to “Saudis want SnyderVerse back” is a single-source claim. The leap from “Gunn’s footing is uncertain” to “Gunn is being replaced by Snyder” is also a single-source claim.

The pieces are real. The conclusion is not yet confirmed.

The Snyder Cut precedent

Here is the part that makes the rumor harder to fully dismiss.

The #ReleaseTheSnyderCut campaign ran for nearly four years before WarnerMedia officially announced in May 2020 that Zack Snyder’s Justice League would be released on HBO Max. Trade publications spent most of that period treating the campaign as fan wishful thinking. The Snyder Cut release was widely framed as impossible right up until the moment it was officially announced.


The DC fandom has a track record of getting outcomes that traditional industry reporting said would not happen. The combination of corporate change, motivated investor pressure, and an organized fanbase has produced surprises before.

Whether this specific rumor follows that pattern depends on what happens after July 7 when the EU antitrust decision lands.

If the merger closes and Saudi-aligned investors take board seats, the calculus shifts.

If Gunn’s contract is not renewed past 2027, the calculus shifts further.

Until then, the verdict on the SnyderVerse return rumor is: no confirmation outside of Cosmic Book News, the underlying circumstantial evidence is real, the actor returns and creative leadership changes have not been officially announced anywhere, and the precedent for fan-driven DC outcomes to actually happen exists.

Stranger things have happened. Worth watching what comes out of the July 7 EU decision and the Q3 merger close.

The DC fandom will be paying attention either way.
nobeeswax
nobeeswax - 6/11/2026, 4:46 PM
She can write all she wants, Wonder Woman is not gonna happen and Gunn knows it.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/11/2026, 5:08 PM
Sounds good!!.

Also it’s nice to see her on the press tour for this film since writers don’t tend to usually be which to me shows that they want to highlight Ana’s importance to not just this film but the DCU moving forward since she’s working on WW and Teen Titans as of now.

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