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Michelle MacLaren , who was the original director for 2017’sWonder Woman , let on that she is still plot to helm a superhero motion picture someday . Before Diana Prince got her cinematic entry in the DCEU , it took quite some time to get the DC heroine to the self-aggrandising filmdom . For more than a decade , Warner Bros. adjudicate various ways to bring her to the world of cinema , andeven on The CW . It was n’t until the DCEU was being shaped that the Themysciran heroine got her chance to jump from panel to sieve . After Lynda Carter bring in her to life story on TV , Gal Gadot became the first actress in film to institute Wonder Woman to life , and chop-chop got a successful franchise .
Before Patty Jenkins board the project , Michelle MacLaren was arrange to direct Diana ’s solo picture after getting hired in November 2014.Wonder Womanwould have been MacLaren ’s first film she had ever send , coming from the world of television . However , by April 2015 , MacLaren and Warner Bros. ended up farewell ways , with Jenkins landing the gig not long after , and ended up remaining attached tothe wholeWonder Womanfranchise . While minuscule has been unveil about why MacLaren stepped down , the only reason given was that she and the studio had creative differences over theWonder Womanproject .
While MacLaren has continued to helm sequence of massive idiot box bear witness likeBetter Call Saul , The Morning Show , andWestworld , would she consider doing a superhero film down the line ? In a new consultation withComicBook , MacLaren was expect whether she would return to the comic record book genre despite herWonder Womanexperience . Even though she did n’t go into astuteness about her time on the DC task , MacLaren did specify that she loves to do"projects that allow"her to do what she would wish to do as a filmmaker , express the followers :
" I am always undefended to it . I love to do projects that grant me to do what I would like to do and what I would like to bring to the table , let ’s just put it at that . If the correct task comes along , I would be happy to squeeze it and I hope I get the chance to . "
Even though MacLaren did n’t end up come to helm the firstWonder Womanfilm , the franchise has persist one of the DCEU ’s strongest ones thus far . The 2017 film was not only a critical success but hoard a sum of $ 822.3 million dollars at the worldwide box billet . Not only did it become one of Warner Bros. ’s highest - gross risible Word of God films , butWonder Womanis still one of the most commercially successfullyfemale superhero moviesof all time . WhileWonder Woman 1984’sfinancial results were involve by the COVID-19 pandemic , it did do well for HBO Max to the peak that a third installment is in the works .
While MacLaren is obviously more than open to revisit the amusing ledger realm , it remain to be catch if it would ever be with Warner Bros. Whatever those originative differences were during her metre onWonder Womanwould not necessarily be a problem at this point if Warner Bros. were to approach her again . Since her departure in 2015 , there has been monumental re - machinate behind the tantrum in the DC Films division andWarner Bros./WarnerMediaas a whole . Even ifWonder Womandidn’t end up being MacLaren ’s first superhero flick , perhaps a different DC undertaking will come her way in the future .
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