Wait, is Gal Gadot still DC’s Wonder Woman?
LA TimesThis story contains spoilers for “Shazam! Her cameo is the payoff of a gag from earlier in the film, which sees Billy interacting with Diana without ever showing her face — itself a tongue-in-cheek allusion to the faceless Superman cameo at the end of “Shazam!” DC film fans will remember that Gadot made her debut as the Amazonian warrior from Themyscira in 2016’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” before headlining “Wonder Woman” and “Wonder Woman 1984”. She was also a part of DC’s 2017 superhero team-up “Justice League.” But Gadot’s future as Wonder Woman has been in question ever since James Gunn and Peter Safran were named co-chairmen and chief executive officers of DC Studios in October. Discovery shakeup came the news that the studio would not be moving forward with Patty Jenkins’ previously announced “Wonder Woman 3.” Since then, Gunn and Safran have shared some of their plans for a soft DC reboot meant to coalesce the franchise’s main film, TV and animation projects into one shared continuity known as the DC Universe. Among the upcoming films is Gunn’s “Superman: Legacy,” which is set to introduce a younger Clark Kent to be portrayed by someone other than Henry Cavill, who had been playing the character in DC’s live-action films since 2013’s “Man of Steel.” While Cavill’s tenure as Superman has ended, Gadot’s fellow “Justice League” cohorts Ezra Miller and Jason Momoa are set to reprise their respective roles in “The Flash” and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” both of which are expected to hit theaters this year.