WONDER WOMAN Director Patty Jenkins Denies Walking Away From Threequel: "There Was Nothing I Could Do"

WONDER WOMAN Director Patty Jenkins Denies Walking Away From Threequel: "There Was Nothing I Could Do"

Recent reports indicated that director Patty Jenkins "walked away" from Wonder Woman 3 after rejecting Warner Bros.' ideas, but the filmmaker has now shared a different version of what transpired...

By MarkCassidy - Dec 13, 2022 08:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman and WW84 director Patty Jenkins has released a statement in response to the recent report that she was the one who walked away from the planned threequel, and she paints a slightly different picture of what went down.

THR claimed (though other sites did publish similar reports) that it was Jenkins who decided to pass on helming the project after "receiving notes on the treatment she submitted to the studio." It was said that WB higher-ups weren't completely sold on her pitch, which contained "character arc problems which rivaled that of Wonder Woman 1984."

Jenkins was reportedly given the opportunity for another pass, but opted to walk, and made it clear that she had no interest in listening to new DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran's ideas.

However, Jenkins has now denied that she was the one to leave the film, adding that she "was open to considering anything asked of" her, but "it was my understanding there was nothing I could do to move anything forward at this time."

Jenkins also updated on Rogue Squadron, and it sounds like the Star Wars movie is still in-development - although she doesn't know whether it will ultimately happen.

You can check out her response in full below.

From what we can gather, Gal Gadot is still attached to the role of Diana, so we might well see a third Wonder Woman movie with a different director behind the camera down the line.

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marvel72
marvel72 - 12/13/2022, 8:34 PM
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 12/13/2022, 8:36 PM
dracula
dracula - 12/13/2022, 8:43 PM
Well too late to not end your time on wonder woman on a bad note.

No way 1984’s performance didnt play a role in yhe choice to scrap
dagenspear
dagenspear - 12/13/2022, 10:33 PM
@dracula - I don't really agree.
bcom
bcom - 12/13/2022, 10:56 PM
@dracula - I don't think WW84's performance has anything to do with it. I think it's more to do with Gunn & Safran completely reworking the DCU. Any storyline or script for WW3 would've been tied to what's come before and that would make no sense carrying forward with whatever the new DCU will look like.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 12/13/2022, 8:43 PM
Predictable. I said this the other day: scoopers are predictable. They were always going to report some half truth negative assessment. Usually, where there's smoke, there's fire, so I don't think all of it is inaccurate, but I'm sure a lot of it is for clicks.
ForceofWakanda
ForceofWakanda - 12/13/2022, 8:44 PM
So basically, the project is dead rn, but she never actually walked away from it, or refused to do anything in particular, allegedly....
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/13/2022, 8:46 PM


The 2nd WW movie was beyond horrible. She got sacked.

What is the question here?

Toonstrack
Toonstrack - 12/13/2022, 9:58 PM
@DocSpock - the question is why do you opt to make up convenient facts when someone who would actually know offers you a truth?
dagenspear
dagenspear - 12/13/2022, 10:31 PM
@DocSpock - I don't think it was horrible.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/14/2022, 1:12 AM
@dagenspear -

We all knew there was someone who thought that.

Wow. It's you.

dagenspear
dagenspear - 12/14/2022, 1:51 AM
@DocSpock - I don't think I'm the only one.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/14/2022, 1:26 PM
@dagenspear -

Nope sorry. I checked with the whole world, & you are the only one who didn't think the 2nd WW movie sucked.

TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 12/13/2022, 8:47 PM
How I imagine WB creative rooms being like:
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 12/13/2022, 8:48 PM
It sounds VERY similar to what happened with Tim Burton, after Batman Returns failed expectations. Burton went from full creative control, to being pushed out. WW84 diminished the power and goodwill Patty had earned. With James Gunn being a director, I'm a little surprised he didn't try harder to make it work with Patty. But they no doubt had creative differences.
2013venjix
2013venjix - 12/13/2022, 8:50 PM
@99OPTIMISTPRIME - At the end of the day, It's all the studios' fault.
dracula
dracula - 12/13/2022, 9:01 PM
@2013venjix - how?

Jenkins had full control
TUD
TUD - 12/13/2022, 8:51 PM
Rogue Squadron 2025?
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 12/13/2022, 8:51 PM
James Gunn liked the post...

Anyway, this whole situation got out of hand.
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